One morning, while on an RV trip with the Tiny Texas Tumbleweed at San Saba Texas, I woke up to find out that I had accumulated over 44,000 steps while sleeping. The chance to spoof my friends was sort of fun in an evil way. But it wasn’t for me. With FitBit, I don’t think […]
Electronics
The advantages of Cable TV with the mobility RVers need
If you nick me with something sharp, my blood runs RED. If I stub my toe horribly, I bleed red. Not just red, but SCARLET. What the H-E-double-toothpicks am I talking about? I’m a Cornhusker grad and I love my college colors. I bet YOU do too! In fact PUT A COMMENT on this post […]
A wonderful fitness watch – RVers need to exercise – Fitbit can help
I recently purchased an upgrade to my Fitbit Surge. It is the Fitbit Iconic (amazon disclosure). I wrote an article on why we chose Fitbit over Apple Watch. Here is my video overview of my new Fitbit Iconic. Spoiler: I LOVE IT. Here is a plain old link to the Fitbit Surge versus Fitbit Iconic […]
Improve your WiFi reception at RV Parks economically
(Editor’s pre-amble. This is a guest article from an RV52.com reader Dan Wilcox -THANKS DAN- about his real world experience. Minor edits by RV52 along with added Amazon links. Dan wrote RV52.com due to some of my articles on managing the WiFi in your RV. He wrote a great article and I hope it […]
Why my wife is giving up her Apple Watch
(note – links on this page go to sites in which RV52 will be compensated for the traffic. however, this does not inform nor sway the opinions of RV52.com) What caused my wife to decide to leave behind a year of Apple Watch The trail was really starting to climb. We were really starting to […]
eBook eReader Update for the RVer from RV52 – Kindle HD7 Review
Way back when I first started RV52.com, and RVing, I wrote an article about books and ereaders. You can find that old timer article here. In that article, I was a real advocate of the Nook. Every person in the family had one. At the same time, we were also very big advocates of Amazon […]
See why you need to backup your RV electronics in this RV52.com video
RV52.com uses automated remote computer backup services. I thought I would take some time and do a video that explains why backup is important and why remote backup is the best way to go. Here is the vid: Read RV52.com’s other article on computer backup. Happy backing up RVers!
Your computer WILL fail – Here is why – And what you can do about it
Why computer backup service is important! Hello RVers. Today, more than ever, you have more and more of your life captured in digital format. RVers, more than many people are capturing their travel digitally. RVers more than many people are more mobile than ever. RVers digital life can be very rich with a large […]
When RV ing – Careful Consideration is Good Idea for Your Email Addresses
(this is an excerpt from my book: The Spartan RV) What is your email address? An awfully large bunch of people have email addresses that were given to them by their internet provider. You can tell by looking. The email addresses might look like this: Sparta@austin.rr.com Sparta@comcast.com Sparta@rogers.com Sparta@swbell.net Sparta@windstream.net If you are using an […]
RV Entertainment System Overview with Sonos Play and Bridge
(Note – this article is a pseudo-excerpt from the book The Spartan RV. Learn more about living life more fully, without STUFF in that book) A reader asked about a simplified RV Entertainment system… I thought I would elaborate while spending some time talking more in depth about how to get the internet in and […]
Books – Lightening the load of your older books
(Note – this article is a pseudo-excerpt from the book The Spartan RV. Learn more about living life more fully, without STUFF in that book) Books. Boxes of Books. Books in bookcases. Books in nooks. Nooks and nooks of books. Books as makeshift coasters. Books on the nightstand. Books in the window sills. Books are literally […]
Music – Getting rid of the CDs
(Note – this article is a pseudo-excerpt from the book The Spartan RV. Learn more about living life more fully, without STUFF in that book) Music, in the form of DVDs, Vinyl LPs, CDs, and whatever other forms you might have is a tremendous space “sucker” for an RV. Catalogs, like LL Bean, are chock-full of […]
Why we bought the Kindle?
Maybe I was wrong when I wrote this article about eReaders. We bought a Nook. I LOVE Barnes and Noble. But logic and practicality eventually wins out. Sheri recently bought a Kindle. Here is a picture of the one she bought: (you can click on this to go see it on Amazon) Why did […]
I bought a Clear Wireless Modem, why isn’t it working?
Update to this article as of 2016: Good luck finding Clear anymore. Sprint killed their product off the market in 2016. I loved WiMax, but clearly (no pun intended) it wasn’t working financially for the big firms. As of 2016, if you are a high bandwidth user, I still don’t have a good solution for […]
BlueParrott Headset – Redial and Reject calls
Transcript: Hi, this is Marlan from RV52 again. Hey, to reject a call-somebody calls you and you’re busy, you’re trying to drive, you’re involved, you want to reject the call, you just press and hold this for a couple seconds, and it’ll make two little beeps, and it’ll send them straight to voicemail. Something that’s […]