Geeks on Tour - Articles

by Chris Guld, Geeks on Tour: We spent the past week in Essex Junction Vermont at the FMCA Northeast Area Rally (NEAR.)  To our surprise and delight, there was Wi-Fi available right at our parking spot.  We could tell it came from the fairgrounds since it was named, “CVFairmn1.”  We were at the Champlain [...]

People tell me their computer problems … just call me Dear Abby of the computer world!  This week, I’ve had several people tell me that they’ve lost their favorites because they have a new computer, or have switched browsers.  There are several ways to backup your favorites for safekeeping and transferring, but I think the [...]

Yes, we’re trying to be part of the tweet generation! We also have facebook accounts. And FMCA Community, and Plaxo, and Linked In, and … and … and …
The proliferation of social networking sites is overwhelming. But, Twitter and Facebook have become just too popular to ignore, so we’re on there trying to figure out [...]

We’ve made a lot of new videos over the last few months (we’re over 140 now - about 14 hours worth) and we’ve re-authored our disks accordingly. We’ve divided them up into 2 categories:

Boot Camp: videos on how to use your computer, Essentials, Vista, Safe Computing and Internet connections. Disk includes a 40 page self-study [...]

If you’ve ever attended one of our Geeks on Tour seminars called ‘Safe Computing’, you know how much we preach backups.
BACKUP!! BACKUP!! BACKUP!!
Everyone will someday experience a computer crash, or mistakenly delete a file, or overwrite important data. It’s not a matter of *if* it’s just a matter of *when.*
If you [...]

For Beginners : Learn to Type
If you’re brand new to computers, which many RVers are, you may also be brand new to typing. If you’d like to learn how to type with all ten fingers the proper way, I know a great website to help you do just that. It’s called ‘Dance Mat Typing‘ [...]

Jim provides a service he calls ‘Computer Cleanup’ for Windows-based computers. It’s kind of like a tuneup on a car. He charges a flat rate of $99 for this service. Sometimes it takes 3-4 hours, sometimes it takes 3-4 days! Every computer is different, and he has a lot of tools and tricks that he [...]

Geek, “I think your computer is running slow because you need more memory. Vista works best with 4 gigabytes of RAM.”
You, “But I have 100 gigabytes of free space on my C Drive! So it must be something else.”
The problem is a misunderstanding of terminology. RAM memory is a completely different thing from Disk drive [...]

English-speaking people are in the minority in this RV park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Where I would normally say, “Hi” when I pass someone while walking the dog, I now say, “Bonjour.” Dozens of families from Quebec have made this park their winter home for years.
Just like us, they all have their computers [...]

Although this is not a travel related topic, I seem to get several questions this time of year about how to print mailing labels. I use Microsoft Word, as do many other folks, but it ain’t easy! I keep looking for an easy way to do mailing labels, since so many of us only do [...]