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 It is common for nomads to have only ocassional access to the internet.  One way to deal with this challenge is to remember how things were done on dial-up internet in the 1990s. It is common for nomads to have only ocassional access to the internet.  One way to deal with this challenge is to remember how things were done on dial-up internet in the 1990s.
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 ===== be ready ===== ===== be ready =====
  
-The main thing is to **be ready** when the internet access is available. Have your mail ready to go.  +The main thing is to **be ready** when the internet access is available.  
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 +  * Have your offline email ready to go. 
 +  * Update your devices/computers/apps. 
 +  * Pull down offline content.  
 +  * upload pics and videos 
 +  * check in on forums, subreddits, youtube channels, blogs 
 +  * etc 
  
  
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 Gmail also has an extension called [[https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gmail-offline/ejidjjhkpiempkbhmpbfngldlkglhimk|Gmail Offline]] which sends/receives when the connection is available.  This method does not save as much bandwidth as the POP3 methods can but may be easier to set up.   Note:  you must be connected to the net the first time you run Gmail Offline so it can set itself up. Gmail also has an extension called [[https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gmail-offline/ejidjjhkpiempkbhmpbfngldlkglhimk|Gmail Offline]] which sends/receives when the connection is available.  This method does not save as much bandwidth as the POP3 methods can but may be easier to set up.   Note:  you must be connected to the net the first time you run Gmail Offline so it can set itself up.
  
 +Phone email apps also tend to respond well to intermittent connections.  
 ===== web browsing ===== ===== web browsing =====
  
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   * send pages to your kindle – there are plugins for your browser that will send a cleanly formatted copy of the webpage to your kindle.  Of course your kindle will have to connected at the same time so it can receive the file.  So bring your reader into that starbucks!  :-)   * send pages to your kindle – there are plugins for your browser that will send a cleanly formatted copy of the webpage to your kindle.  Of course your kindle will have to connected at the same time so it can receive the file.  So bring your reader into that starbucks!  :-)
   * if you don't have a kindle you can [[https://getpocket.com/add/|save pages to Pocket]] or similar offline readers.   * if you don't have a kindle you can [[https://getpocket.com/add/|save pages to Pocket]] or similar offline readers.
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 +===== multimedia =====
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 +==== movies ====
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 +Streaming services like Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Netflix, etc, often allow some amount of downloading for future watching.  If your device has [[https://amzn.to/3xnA8Vs|a microSD card]] for storage you may want to point the app to it before downloading.  
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 +Caveats:
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 +  * the number of shows to d/l may be restricted
 +  * the devices to which one can download may be restricted. In particular, rooted/jailbroken devices are often not allowed.
  
  
 ==== download YouTube videos ==== ==== download YouTube videos ====
-Download YouTube videos with a tool called youtube-dl.  You can specify the quality (and therefore filesize).  Be nice to your wifi host and don’t download 1080p versions if you don’t need that resolution.  YouTube also has a service called Red that will allow you to d/l videos if you have a subscription.+Download YouTube videos with a freeware [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youtube-dl|youtube-dl]].  You can specify the quality (and therefore filesize).  Be nice to your wifi host and don’t download 1080p versions if you don’t need that resolution.  YouTube also has a service called Red that will allow you to d/l videos if you have a subscription. 
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 +===== terminal ===== 
 + 
 +Mosh works well over high-latency and internet connections.  Since it is UDP-based it cannot provide tunneling.
  
 +If you require tunnelling, autossh can reconnect when connection is broken.  
  
 +screen and tmux keep shell sessions alive and re-connectable for when the connection is restored. 
communication/intermittent.txt · Last modified: 2022/09/13 13:43 by frater_secessus

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