Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook

Irfanview is a free and very basic photo-editing program. I use it regularly to resize photos. This comes in handy if you want to email photos or upload them to a photo sharing website. Irfanview can work with just about any photo file you have (.jpeg, .gif, .bmap, .ico, .tiff, etc). I’ve written a quick [...]

I’ve been in search of some video editing software that could manage my .MOV files that my Kodak camera creates. It’s been a very loooong search, almost a year now! I’ve tried all sorts of free (and purchased) video software and video converters– about a dozen, total. I was just about ready to buy a [...]

I think, for some inexplicable reason, that the Library of Congress online archives are much underutilized and underrated. Even I rarely use the site. But I think I will use it from now on. The Library of Congress online archives is a huge database of texts, articles, photos, lithographs– think of anything that can be [...]

I found this software program today: FlickrDown. This is amazing stuff! I have about 2,000 photos and videos on Flickr, and wanted to make a backup of my stuff there. Unfortunately, Flickr offers no means to download your files from their site. So a guy named Gregg created a little software program that does it [...]

This is just too adorable! The guys who did this did a terrific job– this video is so witty and well done! That’s ME, virtually-sitting on Santa’s lap! lol! This is a special little interactive video brought to us by the amazing dudes at CEIVA Logic. They produce the amazing CEIVA Digital Photo Frame. This [...]

I have been trying to incorporate more photos into my blogs, but taking them myself and going through the uploading is such a hassle sometimes. PicApp is something I found. It’s a site with loads of free photos for the taking. Be sure to read the terms of service and FAQs before using the site, [...]