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• RemindMe — The digital spouse

  Posted on December 19, 2022 at 02:42 CST by Deanna McElveen • Comment in the Forums

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  By Deanna McElveen

  My husband has always claimed that he doesn’t forget things.

  His excuse is that he purges them from his brain to make room for more computer knowledge. You know, purging things like previous vacations, former pets … his momma’s birthday.

  I went looking for a reminder program to assist with all of my husband’s new medical appointments and stuff. I found a great one by Dutch software engineer Stefan Gansevles. The program is called — simply enough — RemindMe, and it is an absolute breeze to use.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (19.51.0, 2022-12-19).

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• Auto Recycle Bin — Honestly, it’s the only way I’ll remember

  Posted on December 12, 2022 at 02:43 CST by Deanna McElveen • Comment in the Forums

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  By Deanna McElveen

  Every morning, while we are updating OlderGeeks.com, we delete lots of big files and screenshots and replace them with newer versions. I have this problem where I will go for months forgetting to empty my Recycle Bin. It gets big — real big.

  I went looking for something that could take over the part of my brain responsible for Recycle Bin dumping, and I found Auto Recycle Bin by John Harby over at CyRobo. It was exactly what I needed, so I thought I would share it with you nice people.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (19.50.0, 2022-12-12).

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