Author Archives: Lorelle VanFossen
Introduction to Microsoft Internet Explorer Browser
Keyboard Shortcuts Sometimes working from the keyboard rather than a mouse can speed up the process on the Internet. Look for tips for using keyboard shortcuts. They are listed as single or combined keystrokes. For example, F5 is found across the top of your keyboard, and CTRL+F means to hold the Control key down and […]
Microsoft Internet Explorer Parts and Pieces
Exploring the Internet means more than learning to navigate the pages you see in your browser. It also means learning how to more efficiently use your browser to improve the process and the experience. In this section we will learn about the parts, pieces, buttons and bells of Microsoft Internet Explorer, including power user tips […]
Tools and Tips for Working Offline
When your computer is connected to the Internet you are “online”. When it is disconnected, you are “offline”. Many people use the same telephone line for the Internet as well as talking. When sharing the same line, it is important not to tie it up or hog it, so getting your work done quickly, and […]
FAQ about the Internet
Do you have a lot of questions about the Internet? How the Internet works and how to get the most out of your searches? Do you want to really find the information you need and spend more time on that than on the searching? While the Internet seems like it has been around for a […]
The Search is on – Using Search Engines
A search engine is software on the internet that searches web sites and collects information on the web site and stores it in a giant database. When you use a search engine, it is not actually searching the Internet for the information you want, it is merely going through its database to find what it […]
Searching the Internet
This section will cover three of the most popular techniques used for searching the Internet with search engines. These three techniques will work on most search engines, but not all. If in doubt, click on the link to HELP or ADVANCED SEARCH on the search engine main web page to find out what your usage […]
Shopping on the Internet
There are a lot of things to do on the Internet, and shopping is one of the most fun. You can buy just about anything you want on the Internet. The problem is getting it shipped to you. Living overseas can make this difficult if the company you want to order from won’t ship overseas, […]
Internet Tips and Tricks Shortcuts
Page designed with “tables” prepared for printing. Click PRINT to print a copy of this page. Editing Shortcuts Movements Copy Ctrl + C Go to your Home page ALT+HOME Paste Ctrl + V Move to the beginning of a document HOME Cut Ctrl + X Move to the end of a document END Select from […]
Web Page Plots
This section covers how a web page works and how to find the information you want on a web page. Remember that the way a web page looks is determined by the people who create them. Some have wonderful, easy to read and understand designs. Others are clunky and look like bad term papers. By […]
Cat on the Road
Toshi, the traveling kitty, loves exploring new worlds and new civilizations. He boldly goes where few cats have gone before. In just two years, he traveled over 60,000 miles back and forth across North America, and together, we both learned a few things about life. Some cats just don’t travel well; some people don’t travel […]
Traveling Blind Cat Dahni is Famous
To return to translation, click here. For more on Dahni and his adventures, check out his personal web page, and for more on taking your pet on the road, visit Toshi’s Tails. We hope you have enjoyed this tale about our life on the road, a sample from our book, Home Is Where Lorelle Is. […]
Traveling Blind Cat Dahni is in the News
Yep, Dahni is famous. Impressed with Dahni after a visit, a friend told her daughter, the magazine writer, about his accomplishments. The daughter called me for an interview with Dahni – and me. A few months later it was published in the Ma’Ariv Children’s Magazine which is published weekly in the national Hebrew newspaper. Here […]
How do you?
Living on the road full-time, and traveling a lot, we get a wide variety of questions about our life on the road. There are no questions that are stupid questions. After all, we didn’t have any idea of how to do any of this when we started almost ten years ago. We often learned the […]
WordPress CSS Styles Winners
I adore working with CSS and the creative process, and I was thrilled to hear that there was a WordPress contest for creating a WordPress Blog CSS Style, similar to what has been done onCSS Zen Garden. I was too late to participate, but the entries are out and they are great. Wonderful use of […]
Learning Some Rules of Life (Be On Time)
At a self-improvement seminar I attended years ago, their rules for attendance were simple. 1. Arrive on time. 2. Do not leave the room during the program unless given permission. 3. Participate fully. Pretty easy, until I began to test them out. At first, I found myself participating fully, snapping my brain back whenever it […]