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Category: Hardware & Software

Manage Your Home Inventory, for free…

1 Feb 201620 Dec 2017 The Carolina Nerd
Example of inventory

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 Read More …

Hardware & SoftwareInventory

Photo Books – preserve memories in print…

24 Nov 20152 Aug 2017 The Carolina Nerd
Photobooks

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 Read More …

Hardware & Software, HistoricalPhoto Software, Photographs

Software Installation Options – Review them, always…

4 Sep 2015 The Carolina Nerd
Install options to avoid

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 Read More …

Hardware & SoftwarePhoto Software

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

25 Aug 201520 Dec 2017 The Carolina Nerd
Multiple web browsers

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 Read More …

Hardware & SoftwareGoogle, Google Chrome, Microsoft, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox

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

27 Jul 2015 The Carolina Nerd
Photoscape

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 Read More …

Hardware & SoftwarePhoto Software, Photoscape

A really easy option for viewing maps offline..

7 Jul 201520 Dec 2017 The Carolina Nerd
Williams Brice Stadium

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 Read More …

Apple, Google, Hardware & SoftwareMaps, Travel

VideoLan – Media Player

2 Jul 2015 The Carolina Nerd
Video Lan

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 Read More …

Hardware & SoftwareAndroid, iOS, video

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