Windows Live Writer: A Super Offline, Free Blog Editor

October 23 2010 by TCDavis in Uncategorized |1 Comment

I just returned from a digital communications conference of the Presbyterian Communicators Network called "Plugging in Without Shorting Out."  I discovered that a number of my colleagues there did not yet know about Windows Live Writer, an offline blog editing application which is part of the free downloadable suite called Windows Live Essentials, which runs […]

A Free and Excellent RAW Photo Processing Suite: IrfanView, UFRAW, and GIMP

October 8 2010 by TCDavis in Uncategorized |No Comments

Here are the steps to set up a free and excellent raw photo-processing suite, using IrfanView to sort and write IPTC information, UFRAW, a plugin to read and edit RAW photos, and GIMP, a poor man’s Photoshop. I used this suite to edit the photo of my grandson, at left. Here are the steps to […]