Remote Help

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Computer Shortcuts via The Keyboard

Here is an alphabetic list of common shortcuts

Ctrl + A - Select All

Ctrl + B - Bold text

Ctrl + C - Copy selected

Ctrl + F - Find (access Search)

Ctrl + I - Italicize selected text

Ctrl + S - Save

Ctrl + U - Underline

Ctrl + V - Paste

Ctrl + Y - Do it again

Ctrl + Z - Undo

The most common for word processing are these:

Ctrl + B - Bold text

Ctrl + I - Italicize selected text

Ctrl + U - Underline

Using the mouse with the left-button pressed you can highlight text and then:

Ctrl + C - Copy selected

Ctrl + V - Paste

Ctrl + Z - Undo what you just did

Water... water

Water, water everywhere but do you want to drink it? I'm a bit nervous about the water I'm able to grab for my RV van on the road. I've traveled all around the 48 and have no desire to drink water that might make me sick. So I have a Berkey water filter for the van.

 

I've been pretty happy with it. I've Gorilla glued it to my counter top in the van so that it can't shift or fall while I'm driving.

Is it the best out there. Don't know. On the other hand it seems to work well for me.

Internet On The Road for RVers

On the road to have good internet service possibly you've seen ads for Starlink and for Nomad Internet.

Currently I've turned off my Starlink service and am using Nomad internet. I've chosen the Nomad Air modem and I've been extremely happy here in the northeast. Next winter it will be interesting to see how well it does out in Quartzite Arizona.

UPDATE

I personally no longer use Nomad. I've had issues with them and am not happy. Perhaps in the future I will post about what I now use.

Online Shopping - Amazon & Timu

 I travel for work and pleasure. My vehicle is a custom van. typically I travel with two or three computers, printer, and scanner. Plus a sundry of other devices. My typical source is both Amazon and Timu.

From Amazzon I've bought such non-obvious things such as a travel dog bed, micro sd cards, micro sd card readerice maker, and a walll file holder. From Timu my latest purchase was a usb-based bug zapper.

Good stuff!

On the road again

 

I travel for work and pleasure. One thing I need no matter where I go is internet access. It has to be adequate speed and be reliable.

I have only found two reliable services for internet access with no problems. These are: Starlink and Nomad Internet. But first some background.

Currently the biggest problem besides reliability is throttling. What's that you ask? Cell phone carriers have a problem in that they don't have unlimited resources. So if you use too many of their resources according to them they slow down your internet access making your use of the internet almost unbearable.

Starlink has their own satellites swirling around the globe. So no speed issues from throttling. I have used it from coast-to-coast with no issues but one. My first dish (you can see it in the picture of the van) was out during a hailstorm and rudely failed to work after that. I've also had to replace my cable twice but that was clearly my fault.

Nomad Internet does use cell service but there is no throttling. I use their Nomad Air device and so far I'm extremely happy with it.

Both of these companies offer a service where you can start and stop their service if you won't be using it for awhile. Do check them out. You'll find links to the right under Our Favorites. And check us out if you need computer help. We do a lot of our work remotely. So no matter where you are we're there.

The pain of Passwords... eased

Be calm!

Passwords are infuriating!You just setup an account at your bank and you need to create a password for online access and since your name is Sally you try to choose "Sallyspw". But the bank's system says you need to use a password that conains no names, has at leaast one number and one special character. Plus it has to be between 12 and 18 characters and so you end up with a password like  BigLittle001!.Two days later you've forgotten the password. That's where tool like Roboform and Lastpass come in. These days a good password manager is esstential. Get yourself one and save yourself a lot of grief.