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Category: Hardware & Software

Manage Your Home Inventory, for free…

Posted on 1 Feb 201620 Dec 2017 By The Carolina Nerd No Comments on Manage Your Home Inventory, for free…
Manage Your Home Inventory, for free…

There are dozens of personal inventory software programs and apps for consumers to catalog their belongings in case of fire, theft, or some other disaster. However, you can create your own system that will, in most cases, meet your needs. Simply use your smartphone or digital camera to photograph valuables and upload those photos to a storage…

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Photo Books – preserve memories in print…

Posted on 24 Nov 20152 Aug 2017 By The Carolina Nerd No Comments on Photo Books – preserve memories in print…
Photo Books – preserve memories in print…

Photo books are an affordable option for telling a story in print, or simply preserving photographic memories. Photo books (or printed photo albums) have quickly become a popular old-school choice in our digital world. There is something satisfying about viewing photos in a printed album versus viewing them on a computer screen. I recently ordered some photo books…

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Hardware & Software, Historical

Software Installation Options – Review them, always…

Posted on 4 Sep 2015 By The Carolina Nerd No Comments on Software Installation Options – Review them, always…
Software Installation Options – Review them, always…

A geek rule everyone should follow:  Always review software installation options when offered. Lets look at the three screens recently presented while updating RealTimes (aka Real Player) software, a program I regularly use. Screen One – A standard introduction screen offering to update my software (you will see these more often as programs are updated for Windows 10)…

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Do you need multiple web browsers? Yes, you do…

Posted on 25 Aug 201520 Dec 2017 By The Carolina Nerd No Comments on Do you need multiple web browsers? Yes, you do…
Do you need multiple web browsers?  Yes, you do…

After installing Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge, I began my usual daily routine, one of which is checking for genealogy updates on Ancestry.  I was disappointed, but not entirely surprised, to see the following alert.  Since Microsoft Edge is a new product, built differently from Internet Explorer, this event was to be expected on some…

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Photoscape – a photo editor that works, and is free…

Posted on 27 Jul 2015 By The Carolina Nerd No Comments on Photoscape – a photo editor that works, and is free…
Photoscape – a photo editor that works, and is free…

I like free software, especially if it works well. With thousands of photo editing software packages available, choosing one for your needs can be exhausting. For basic editing, I use PhotoScape.  It has many features, such as batch editing, resizing, color and brightness adjustment, frames, adding text, cropping, screen capture, and more. For the basic, casual…

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A really easy option for viewing maps offline..

Posted on 7 Jul 201520 Dec 2017 By The Carolina Nerd No Comments on A really easy option for viewing maps offline..
A really easy option for viewing maps offline..

Google and some other providers allow smartphone users to download a portion of a map for viewing while offline or when outside a service area. However, occasionally there simply isn’t time to download a map, particularly when traveling and finding an unexpected dead zone or spotty signal from your carrier.  In my area, this mostly…

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Apple, Google, Hardware & Software

VideoLan – Media Player

Posted on 2 Jul 2015 By The Carolina Nerd No Comments on VideoLan – Media Player
VideoLan – Media Player

If you ever have trouble viewing videos with Windows Media or some other player, consider downloading VideoLan. It is a free open-source media player that will often work when others won’t.  (Open source means that it is created and updated by volunteer geeks.) It is available for Windows, MAC & Linux, with apps for IOS and…

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