It is time to read your emails! Yay!

Viewer Mail April 2022 – Part 1

We go over your emails, talk about our prize, and chat chat chat! We might even have gotten a show topic from it!

Looking forward to our winner? That’s coming up!

Our friends at OfficeMax/OfficeDepot have given us an AMAZING Monster Quest RGB PC gaming keyboard. Normally retailing for $99 this mechanical keyboard has sold out twice since we started this contest.

Viewer Mail April 2022 – Part 2

And today? Someone wins it!

The Word processor is one of those programs that most everyone will use at some point. So, we found a few tips for you to make the experience better, including not using Word!

Word Processing 101

* Find a keyboard shortcut cheat-sheet

* Windows keyboard shortcuts: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/keyboard-shortcuts-in-windows-dcc61a57-8ff0-cffe-9796-cb9706c75eec#WindowsVersion=Windows_10

* Microsoft Word keyboard shortcuts: Windows keyboard shortcuts: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/keyboard-shortcuts-in-windows-dcc61a57-8ff0-cffe-9796-cb9706c75eec#WindowsVersion=Windows_10

* W10/11: go to Settings, System, Clipboard, you can enable “Clipboard History.”

* Win + V for Clipboard History

* Win + . for emoji ❤️

* Word has a Focus feature so you can simply write with minimal distractions. Go to View then click Focus. Press Escape to get out of it.

* Add words to the dictionary! https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/add-or-edit-words-in-a-spell-check-dictionary-56e5c373-29f8-4d11-baf6-87151725c0dc

* You don’t need Acrobat to make a PDF of your document! https://www.howtogeek.com/352668/how-to-convert-a-microsoft-word-document-to-a-pdf/

* Classes are available via Maui Computer Learning! https://www.q-a.net/maui-computer-learning/

* You don’t have to buy Word!

* https://www.office.com/ for the free online version. Its more limited but more than enough for many folks. Also available on phones!

* Wordpad comes with Windows and is usable for basic use.

* Google Docs is pretty good, more robust than the free online Word, and free.

* Libre Office and Open Office are available for free!

* Macs come with iWork which comes with Pages, a nice little word processor.

Got “old stuff”? You know what we’re talking about: old desktops, laptops, tablets, smartphones and more? Well, time to talk eCycling here on Maui!

E-cycling on Maui!

* Why Recycle? from Alert Internet Surfer Kimi: https://tcrwusa.com/pages/recycling-services

* ECycling Maui’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ecyclingmaui

* County of Maui Environmental Protection & Sustainability website – https://www.mauicounty.gov/742/Environmental-Protection-Sustainability

* Residential Recycling Guide (also in the April 2022 issue of the Maui Times!) https://www.mauicounty.gov/DocumentCenter/View/120794/

* Got batteries? https://www.epa.gov/recycle/used-household-batteries

* Got Lithium-Ion batteries? https://www.epa.gov/recycle/used-lithium-ion-batteries

* Reading on Lithium-Ion recycling: https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/04/lithium-costs-a-lot-of-money-so-why-arent-we-recycling-lithium-batteries/

* Want to contact your State representatives about recycling those batteries? https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/members/legislators.aspx?chamber=H

* How about your County reps? http://mauicounty.us/councilmembers/

Its our monthly visit from Dr. Armstrong from the UH Institute of Astronomy.

April Talk with Dr. Armstrong! – Part 1

And its raining. Booo. But will it clear up tonight? No telling!

So, while we’re warm and dry, Dr. Armstrong talks to us about astronomy!

Fun reading for you:

* https://www.universetoday.com/155453/brrr-webbs-miri-has-reached-6-4-kelvin-just-a-few-degrees-above-absolute-zero/

* https://www.cnet.com/science/a-dead-rocket-crashed-into-the-moon-and-scientists-are-excited/

* https://www.iflscience.com/space/look-up-lyrids-meteor-shower-will-start-lighting-up-the-skies-from-tonight/

* https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/13/world/interstellar-meteor-discovery-scn/index.html

As the dreary afternoon continues to look wet and overcast we talk astronomy with Dr. Armstrong!

April Talk with Dr. Armstrong – Part 2

It’s his monthly visit and we’re happy to have him!

Sam went shopping. He knew what he wanted. He knew what he needed. Aaaand when he got to our friends at Officemax he saw a deal he wasn’t expecting. Which is exactly when his brain froze up. What to do? Which was the better value?

Sam’s Brain Breeze

Also, he got a GREAT scam thrown his way. The type that got him to pause and think and wonder. What did he do?

We talk about that so you can learn from his brain freeze!

Did you know March 31st is World Backup Day? And they do it at the end of March so you’re not an April’s Fool?

World Backup Day 2022

We did. And we forgot. D’oh!

So, we talked about it! Things to do, to look into, and to think about! And don’t forget our show archives have TONS on backups too!

Astroturf is fake grass. Folks might argue whether it feels the real thing or not, looks the same, things like that. But when you get down to it, its fake grass. Who does it and why?

Astroturfing

Well, we’ll take a look at two major companies doing it and why they do it!

* https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/30/how-google-and-amazon-bankrolled-a-grassroots-activist-group-of-small-business-owners-to-lobby-against-big-tech-oversight.html

* https://www.axios.com/app-store-crackdown-senate-apple-google-3b1a7028-0037-42e1-a116-f9e653ded82c.html

* https://www.natlawreview.com/article/senate-zeros-big-tech-latest-antitrust-reform-bill

* https://www.themarginalian.org/2014/01/03/baloney-detection-kit-carl-sagan/

Is it time to move computers?

Setting Up a Mac

Jonathan got to help his dad set up a brand new 2022 iMac. Guess what? It wasn’t as easy as long timers might remember.

* https://support.apple.com/guide/imac/set-up-your-mac-apd831707cb3/mac

* https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/01/12/how-to-switch-from-pc-to-mac-and-what-you-need-to-know

* https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-set-up-your-new-mac-4687333