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Category: South Carolina

Bad news…good news

5 Jan 20225 Mar 2022 The Carolina Nerd

Bad news…Good news I have several new projects in the works for 2022 and will not have time to update the Con calendars. However, there is a great online resource that provides the same information Check out Southern Fandom for Read More …

North Carolina, South Carolina, Stories & Tips

Digitize old home movies – before it’s too late…

8 Apr 201710 Feb 2018 The Carolina Nerd
Ervin Family Old Home Movies 16mm

In 1932, Eastman Kodak released an 8mm film specifically designed for home movies. It was a filmstrip eight millimeters wide and available on small reels. The film was fragile, subject to easy breakage and damage from the usual suspects – Read More …

Historical, South Carolina, Stories & Tips8mm, vhs, video

100th Anniversaries – Cheerwine (NC) and Duke’s Mayonnaise (SC)

10 Mar 201730 Jan 2020 The Carolina Nerd
Duke's Mayo 100th Anniversary

2017 is the 100th Anniversary for two popular Carolina-born products. Eugenia Thomas Duke began making sandwiches in 1917 for Greenville, South Carolina area textile mills and soldiers at nearby Camp Sevier during WWI.  Her sandwiches, featuring homemade spreads, became a Read More …

Historical, North Carolina, South Carolina, Stories & TipsCarolina, Food, mayonnaise, soft drinks

Radon Testing in the Carolinas…& my results

4 Mar 20174 Mar 2017 The Carolina Nerd
Radon Kit instruction

In January of this year I ordered a free radon test kit from the SC Dept. of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC). Radon is an odorless, naturally occurring radioactive gas that causes lung cancer.  It is created by the breakdown of Read More …

Government, North Carolina, Science, South Carolinahealth, radon, radon testing

The Venus Flytrap – A Carolina Native

11 Dec 201611 Dec 2016 The Carolina Nerd
Venus Fly Trap

I encountered my first Venus Flytrap many years ago as a teenager, while exploring a wooded area in Horry County with some friends who lived in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Since that time I have always been fascinated with this Read More …

Historical, North Carolina, South CarolinaBBC, Carolina, Discovery, plants, venus flytrap

South Carolina 228th Anniversary of Statehood

23 May 201624 May 2016 The Carolina Nerd
South Carolina State Flag

228 years ago today… On May 23, 1788, my home state of South Carolina became the 8th to ratify the U.S. Constitution and join the United States of America.    

Historical, South Carolinahistory, South Carolina

RIP Pete – I hardly knew you…

10 May 2016 The Carolina Nerd
2016 Pete Spider

Last week I received a calendar alert on my iPhone reminding me of the one year anniversary of Pete’s death. I did not know Pete personally.  In fact, we were complete strangers until May of 2015, when he suddenly appeared Read More …

Science, South CarolinaSouth Carolina, Spiders

“Monkey Island, SC” is real…and mysterious.

8 Apr 201627 Aug 2017 The Carolina Nerd
Monkey Island, South Carolina

See the green “X” overlaid on one of the Sea Islands off the coast of South Carolina? That’s Morgan Island, commonly referred to as Monkey Island.  I marked the spot because neither name appeared on Google Maps when I searched Read More …

Government, Historical, Sci-Fi, Science, South Carolinahistory, Sci-Fi, South Carolina

Digital Newspaper Collections – for research and genealogy

17 Mar 201627 Aug 2017 The Carolina Nerd
South Carolina Digital Newspapers

Digital resources for research and family genealogy are growing rapidly.  One of the most valuable research tools are old newspapers.  Perhaps one of the largest online collections is from Google News. Google Newspapers has been around for about ten years Read More …

Google, Historical, North Carolina, South Carolinahistory, Newspapers

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