Favorite Software and Websites
My Favorite Software:For photos, I use the free photo organizer from Google: Picasa2. It’s the best I’ve tried. It will help you get your photos from your digital camera, lets you sort them neatly, will crop and adjust the contrast, etc., makes it easy to e-mail the photos or you can upload them to the photo service of your choice. (I use Kodak Gallery, formerly known as Ofoto.)
Are you baking up your files? Here’s an easy way to do it automatically and safely: Mozy Remote Backup Files are encrypted and stored on servers at Mozy.
How many miles are you walking, jogging or biking? This website lets you map out your route and then compute how many miles. Check it out here.
This is one of my favorite little programs that helps me work faster and easier: File Box Extender When you use Windows Explorer (a program that is part of Windows, but different from Internet Explorer) this handy program helps you browse faster through the files on your computer. I use RoboForm to keep track of my passwords. You can keep it on a USB thumb drive and take it with you to use on other computers. You have to have the master password to get into all the other passwords.
Basic Computer Skills — with pictures!
Startup Application Knowledge Base
Here’s another place to go to get answers about Windows: Annoyances.org
For Email help, try: http://www.everythingemail.net/
If you need drivers for your hardware: http://www.driverguide.com/
Don’t Pass on Email Hoaxes! Always check them out at one or more of the following websites:
Truth or Fiction?
Symantec Hoax Page (Norton)
Don’t Spread that Hoax!
Urban Legends Reference Pages
Savings Bonds
Do you have any Savings Bonds in your safe deposit box or other hidden (and almost) forgotten locations?
MW Dictionary
We all have times when we need to look up a word and now you can do it online! The best part is that it will give you suggestions if you don’t know how to spell the word.
I found this web site years and years ago. It’s still fun to check it out for all sorts of ways to use the Internet: What can you do on the World Wide Web?
Free Software that works:
Word 2003 Viewer
Excel 2003 Viewer
PowerPoint 2003 Viewer
Free Bible Software
Things to do Online:
Manage your money: Mvelopes
Listen to Christian music at: K-Love
Great list of books for kids and adults: Joan Carris
Another web site that I have created and manage: Elim Lutheran Church
Book Browser– great lists of books, like women detectives, etc.
Stop! You’re Killing Me! (website for mystery lovers)
