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 Back on the road in June. We presented seminars at the RVSEF Lifestyle, Education, and Safety conference in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and enjoyed Georgia, Tennessee, and Mammoth Caves as part of the deal.
Upcoming Appearances :
We're on our way to The Rally in Louisville, KY July 21-25. We'll be doing our seminars on Picasa, Internet, Blogging, GPS Navigation and Trip Planning, and Narrated Slideshows with Photo Story 3. Check out the Seminar Listing for The Rally.
In August, we'll be in Redmond, Oregon for the FMCA convention 8/11-14.
Geeks in the News on Forbes.com
Forbes.com published an article about us last month: Running A Subscription Website From The Road. Check it out and leave a comment at the end.
In This Newsletter
To keep the newsletter shorter, you will just see the opening paragraph or so, then, if an article interests you, you can click on a link to read the full article. That takes you to our website where you can read the full article *and* leave a comment as well - converting this newsletter into a two-way conversation.
Other Articles this past month
So you don't miss out on anything, here's a list of other articles we wrote this past month. Something new is our 'Gabbing with the Geeks' videos.
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Microsoft Streets and Trips: Printed Directions |
 We use Streets and Trips on our laptop computer with GPS to navigate while we're driving, but I know some people that don't want to do that. They want to plan their trip, then print out directions to use while on the road. When we produced our recent series of Tutorial Videos for Streets and Trips, we didn't cover printing - so here ya go!
Printing Options
With your current route file open and on your screen, simply choose File | Print. There several different formats from which to choose. When you click on one of the choices, you will see a thumbnail that shows you what that style looks like:
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New Fulltime RVers ask, "How do we Get Internet on the Road" |
 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 all of the above. I was hoping if you can recommend a service with in the $80.00 range Thanks Ron
Ron,
Congratulations on becoming fulltimers!
We got a kick out of the wording of your question. We too would like a service that would pay our bills and do our banking.
Seriously, all wireless technologies have limits. We have used all three. Cellular, Satellite, and WiFi.
Banking and other legitimate money or credit transaction websites have built-in security, so you are safe as long as your computer is clean, up to date, and you are on your bank's secure website. Look in the address bar for HTTPS:// and the lock icon.
Cellular Connections
A wireless cellular data connection will cost about $60/month. If you go with a 2 year contract, the cost of the adapter is often free. We generally recommend Verizon because they have the best overall coverage in the US. Your choice of carrier may be influenced by where you like to travel. Most plans will limit you to 5 Gigabytes per month.
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Feedburner: Send Readers an Email of every Blog Post |
 In a previous newsletter article I wrote about "What is an RSS Feed and why you want One." That article showed how to make your blog accessible to your readers thru their Feed Readers. But this is only good for those people who use and understand a Feed Reader. How many people who read your blog fall in that category? Just as I thought 
It might be second nature to kids these days, but for us Boomers-and-Beyond generation, many are just getting the hang of email. With just a little bit of set up work, you can use Feedburner to automatically send an email of your blog posts to anyone who asks for it.
Feedburner.com is part of the Google family. So, if you have a Google account, you have a Feedburner account. To create an Email Subscription Form for your blog, follow these steps:
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