Computer Tips for Travelers

Computer Tips for Travelers

  • Jul
    30

    If you like to read about RVing, have I got a page for you!  Forget about that novel on your bedside table, this will provide you many, many hours of delightful stories.
    RV Centennial Stories at RV.net
    Did you know that this year marks the 100 year anniversary of RVing?  That’s the theme at The Rally, and [...]

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  • Jun
    27

    Email from Ron, “Hi, We are new-bees and are gearing up to doing fulltiming RVing. We need a wireless service that will do our banking, and pay our bills, we also would like to have the the ability to watch netflix, we need to keep the monthly cost as low as possible but still get [...]

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  • Apr
    20

    Droid watches Traffic

    Filed under: WiFi;

    by Chris Guld, www.GeeksOnTour.com:  We were recently at a State Park in Georgia (Fort McAllister – a wonderful park) when a fellow traveler advised us that we might want to avoid I-95 on our way south.  “There is a lot of construction on I-95 between here and Florida”, he said.
    We heeded his warning, but also [...]

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  • Apr
    19

    by Chris Guld, www.GeeksonTour.com
    Wi-Fi can be the best way to connect on the road:

    All current laptop computers have the capability to connect to Wi-Fi hotspots
    Wi-Fi hotspots are easy to find.  Lots of RV parks, cafes, truck stops, and libraries have Wi-Fi hotspots.
    There’s no contract, it’s pay-as-you-go.  Many hotspots are even free.
    Some Wi-Fi hotspots are extremely [...]

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  • Mar
    17

    Internet by Droid

    Filed under: WiFi;

    by Jim Guld, www.geeksontour.com.
    I have had my new Verizon phone for a few weeks now, and I like it.  You don’t need to be a Geek to want one.  If you are one of the many folks who want a phone just to make calls, the Droid is way overkill.  For a phone, it is [...]

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  • Mar
    14

    by Jim Guld, www.GeeksOnTour.com:
    “…any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Arthur C. Clarke
    Connecting a Single Computer
    For the RV traveler, Internet connectivity is a lifeline.  Connecting even a single computer to the Internet can be a daunting experience.  Everything needs to be configured properly for it to work.
    There are three ways for RV travelers to [...]

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  • Feb
    28

    A little while ago I wrote an article called Using Gmail for All your Mail. In it I wrote, “You can import all email and contacts from your other email.” It sounds so simple and straightforward you may have missed it. Actually, it’s quite a big deal, especially when you think of AOL. We have [...]

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  • Feb
    8

    RV Rallies present major issues for Internet Access.  Rarely is Wi-Fi provided throughout the rally grounds, and, when you try to use your Cellular provider for data, you may find it doesn’t work so well. That was our experience at the FMCA SE Area rally last week in Brooksville, FL.  At times like these I [...]

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  • Feb
    2

    by Chris Guld, www.GeeksOnTour.com We’ve said this time and time again, but it’s been a while and we have a lot of new readers. If you’re using a Wi-Fi hotspot and it’s not working so great, get an external Wi-Fi adapter. We have quite a collection of them over the years, [...]

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  • Jan
    4

    Jim just bought a Droid smartphone and he’ll be able to read and write his email on that little device now. So, what does he do when he’s sitting at his computer and sees the same email sitting in his Outlook inbox? He’s using the web-based Gmail program to read all his mail on [...]

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Geeks on Tour

Jim and Chris Guld have been living and traveling in their motorhome since 2003. They present computer seminars at RV Parks and Rallies across the country. They also teach with Tutorial Videos on their website. GeeksOnTour.com

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