My pleasure. Pleased to realise I'd already turned off my ad blocker some time in the past. I feel confident that you'll have a great response to the funding request.
I should probably clarify, there is no classical music at the site as far as I can tell. JamBase has a different audience. Mostly live concerts from more contemporary artists and along the lines of blues, country, pop, etc.
If you know any good videos of live performances of artists you like that fit the site, by all means suggest them using the Add a Video button. They add to the collection regularly. Both of those you mention would be a good match for the site from what I've seen.
I'm not sure what to make of this. It's been working fine, though today I got a pop up that said click to trigger Facebook's mechanism to revert to the old layout, and that the option would be offered again in 48 hours. I've checked with people on FB who use the add-on and haven't had any trouble as yet.
Yes, there will be times when the add-on won't work. FB is very active about forcing people to see what they want and work to prevent things like this from working. You may not want to use it and avoid any interruptions.
I just checked and the add-on was updated two hours ago. The add-on has only been in existence since the end of August, it's not a mature product. Another reason you may want avoid it.
I hope my tiny donation helps some. I see many people I know, like mouser helping one of the best freeware information sites on the net. Us mice and all the rest of the grateful users on Gizmo's must untie to help this great place like it has helped us.
I understand not wanting to give out your number I'm very protective of mine.
If you have a Google account you can sign up for Google Voice,. It gives you a phone number to give out to anyone you like, and calls can be forwarded to your real phone. It has other features but that's what I use it for.
There's a PayPal option as well, click the donate button if that's something that works for you.
I wish I could have donated ten times as much - and made it an automatic monthly donation, also. I value this site As Much as I value archive.org !
{I confess: I have been spending more time at archive.org lately than I have been spending here (where's that embarrassed emoji ☺️ ?) - but while that place feels like a vast library of [millions of] wonders ... it is THIS site that feels like a Cozy HOME to me. And though prodigal I may be ... it is to here that my heart (and eventually, my sorry azz) always returns - and I always feel as welcomed again, as the proverbial prodigal one, when I do return.}
Please keep up the good work, everyone!!!!
PS I recommend Ad Nauseum extension - it clicks on every ad on every page (in the background) so that the click counts - causing an "Impression" that means the Ad gets paid to the Site. This also 'Munges the HECK' out of your 'ad trail' ... and adds EVERY Subject - to your "liked Ads" profile ... ruining by 'flooding' ... their carefully built profile of 'your liked ads' - what advertising you have clicked upon.
Open Source - and if your site has ads on any page: AdNauseam WILL Click on them for you. The "Anti" Ad Blocker ... it eats EVERY One for breakfast (I swear one site had rotating ads ... and it eventually clicked on several hundred for THEM).
I use Jitsi weekly, and I love it. I recommend it.
One correction: it's most decidedly NOT secure. When you create a room, all you do is create a URL. The same URL works over and over, as the room isn't created until someone visits that URL. Anyone with that URL will automatically join your room. The only way to be "secure" is in the sense that you have a unique URL that someone else will never visit. It's not a problem, but it's not "secure" as one would use the word when talking about software.
There are more and more such applications, but it is not known which is the safest to use. It seems to me that I could use a list of the best smartphone applications of this type - Beste-Cheats
First donation ($25,) rejected by credit card. There apparently was a problem with the expiration date. Changed format of exp date and that worked. I donated an additional $1.00 to check to see if the card would be accepted. It was. So total is $26.00
I just tried to donate $10 by clicking on your donate button, but "PayPal" wouldn't let me do so with my Visa Debitcard unless I agreed to sign up for a PayPal account.
I don't do PayPal anymore as they have robbed me of some money and wouldn't give it back!
Sorry as I would rather die than use a PayPal account again for any reason!
I have used this site for many years and found it very valuable. I use ad-blockers extensively because I have a strong distaste for paying for the ads on services I pay for and the tracking that goes along with them. I am sorry to hear of the financial strain on the site. I was happy to donate to help keep it going. Good luck with the fund the raising.
I tried to donate again using the Donate button above. That takes me to a Paypal-administered form. I selected the Debit/Credit card option. Once again, it won't process my donation without the input of my phone number, which I am not going to provide. I have made other purchases today on other sites with the same cc that did not require my phone number. I don't understand why you won't take my donation without the input of one of my phone numbers.
This and other issues related to PayPal crop up regularly in their support section. From what I can gather from scanning the posts they relate to country specific issues for either the sender or where the receiving account is registered. Since the financial regulations for each country will likely be different this explains why you can send/receive to/from one source but maybe not to another. Mobile phone numbers are requested to combat fraud since they are used to send an SMS verification code. MC – Site Manager.
It asked for (actually: required) either a mobile, home or work number. My home number can't receive SMS, so that appears not to be the reason it was asking for that info. Plus, usually one has the option to do verification via email, which I did supply. But, it said nothing about a verification process in the form in any case. Just letting you know.
Hi, All - I'm fairly sure that at least once in the past Gizmo allowed me to contribute by good old-fashioned check or money order. I have PayPal now, but for others who are concerned about the privacy/security issues, maybe you could post a mailing address/information for contributing via mail? We need everyone to be able to chip in and help! :)
Thanks again for all the work you do, much appreciated. While of course not a social media user, Social Disconnect sounds possibly useful in removing tags &c. Couple of questions.
1. What is known about Social Disconnect: who owns, why freeware, &c. ?
2. Are there any indications that Social Disconnect logs internet or its own usage - it would be a nifty way to collect data without bothering to lure people in - or for that matter does anything to one's computer ?
-and any other "security" questions I have forgotten to ask !
It's a browser add-on that supports the browsers mentioned in the article. It works with other Chrome and Firefox based browsers. It uses the standard permissions for most browser extensions.
It's been in the Firefox add-on page since 2017, if there were issues they would surface at the Chrome Web Store and the Firefox Add-on site. It's an open source project.
Java Fabled Lands is a Java Based computer adaption of the first 6 Fabled Lands books. Belongs in Best Free Interactive Fiction Game - Text Based / Narrative category.
These 7 "Print" books - the first 6 of which make up this java adaptation / interactive game - are like the "Fighting Fantasy" or "Choose Your Own Adventure" BOOKS - Your real time choices actually change the game itself: and influence the Outcome! I've been stuck in there for 7 years now: and it doesn't look like I'll escape any year soon.
Great idea, but something wrong with their site. I got their confirm email, but when I click on the link, it tells me "something went wrong". OVer and over again.
There may some traffic going to the site, and I would guess the site itself takes a lot of bandwidth. I checked it in several browsers. Sometimes the image processing was a bit slow.
You're very welcome. :)
I've also been watching videos from the Nautilus project, they have underwater footage of all kinds of deep water ocean things. There's a live stream as well. EVNautilus - YouTube
The article says you can upload images up to 12MB, and process up to 5 per day, so yep, there's a limit. There's various limits on most of these kinds of sites, usually size or amount of uploads.
Try logging in using another browser? If you're using Firefox that may be part of the problem. I've had a lot of issues with sites not working with the recent releases.
I am looking for a text editor that can fold text (not fold code). May be called collapse text ?
I tried Notepad++ and Akelpad, and I cannot work out how to do it with them (I installed the Code fold plug in, to no avail)
Thanks,
Rob
winapps - run Windows apps such as Microsoft Office in Linux (Ubuntu) and GNOME as if they were a part of the native OS:
https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps
"... Code Browser is a folding text editor for Linux and Windows, designed to hierarchically structure any kind of text file and especially source code. It makes navigation through source code faster and easier ...":
https://tibleiz.net/code-browser/
Thank you rhiannon, for this find. It looks awesome on the surface. Lots of decent simple and straight forward looking features is always a treat. I personally use FastStone Image Viewer. After doing a rough comparison, I can say Quick Picture Viewer opens in about 3/4 of a second on my desktop. Meanwhile FastStone Image Viewer opens in about 1.5 seconds. To myself, I find that impressive. I will be keeping this on my computer along with FastStone Image Viewer and will see in time which turns out to be the overall best for me with simple everyday use. My only immediate suggestion for Quick Picture Viewer would be the ability to also have text on the menu bar along with the small icons.
You're very welcome. I've been trying it out for a few weeks now and I like it. I set the old Windows Photo Viewer to open image files because the Windows 10 Photos is slow and clunky and has things I don't need or use to view images.
The only hiccup I've found is trying to use the Blur feature. The program freezes and I restart it. It's not something I use often so not a deal breaker.
The developers are responsive and put out new versions regularly, you could contact them and ask if putting an option to show text with icons is something they could do.
dog is an open-source DNS client for the command-line. It has colourful output, supports the DoT and DoH protocols, and can emit JSON:
https://dns.lookup.dog/
Mailmask looks very similar to the good old spamgourmet.com service which is completely free and has no bandwidth limitations at all.
I use spamgourmet for 17 years now. The best there is around in my opinion. Give it a try.
TAGAP3 Continues the Story Arc of TAGAP / TAGAP2 ...
2006 –IAU ridicules Pluto by revoking its planetary status
2015 –NASA's New Horizons probe tries to spy on Pluto
20XX –Planet Pluto responds
And that response is a declaration of war. The only thing standing in between the approaching space penguin army and the unsuspecting Earth is one cyber-penguin, Pablo. Of course, thanks to their Prophet, the Pluto Conclave knows this – and Pablo is thrown into a prison cell before he has any idea of what's going on.
Now, stranded in a prison cell on an alien world, Pablo has to escape, save the world and somehow get back home.
It arranges the icons on the taskbar so they are centered, much like a Mac computer. You can control the spacing, or have the icons open closer to one side or another. You can change the appearance of some items. To make those changes, open TaskbarX Configurator in your Start Menu. You'll find the options there.
It does unclutter the taskbar nicely, though if you're like me and have a taskbar full of icons, centering them doesn't make a large change.
SecureAge APEX is an anti-malware scanning engine powered by artificial intelligence and as such is about as useful as a paper bag in a thunderstorm. Sangfor Engine Zero uses the same technology. The CrowdStrike Falcon ‘detection’ is based on a confidence of 60%. You will need to read their TOS to determine exactly what this means but usually it indicates that cloud based engines have not before scanned the file or website in the case of a URL. Webroot is the only known name among this bunch and like the others is also riddled with false positives, this being one. A ‘.Gen’ detection is generated when the scanning engine detects nothing but assumes it might be malicious because it behaves like some other malicious software. In all the years I’ve been doing this I’ve yet to understand why folks will actually pay to install stuff like this. MC – Site Manager.
It doesn't compare to Irfanview, it's an image viewer, not an image editor. It's similar to the Windows Photo Viewer that's been around forever in Windows. View images with very basic editing such as rotating images.
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Donation Done. Keep up the good work.
My pleasure. Pleased to realise I'd already turned off my ad blocker some time in the past. I feel confident that you'll have a great response to the funding request.
Yup, been with you for almost all of those 18 years...take some of my money gratefully given. Keep up the solid work guys.
No Barry White, no older Moody Blues!
Tells a lot more than the :classical:...
Appreciate your kind words :)
Glad 2 see all the support donations. Ditto for me, glad to help, you folks are the best. God Bless and be safe,be healthy.
I should probably clarify, there is no classical music at the site as far as I can tell. JamBase has a different audience. Mostly live concerts from more contemporary artists and along the lines of blues, country, pop, etc.
If you know any good videos of live performances of artists you like that fit the site, by all means suggest them using the Add a Video button. They add to the collection regularly. Both of those you mention would be a good match for the site from what I've seen.
I'm not sure what to make of this. It's been working fine, though today I got a pop up that said click to trigger Facebook's mechanism to revert to the old layout, and that the option would be offered again in 48 hours. I've checked with people on FB who use the add-on and haven't had any trouble as yet.
Yes, there will be times when the add-on won't work. FB is very active about forcing people to see what they want and work to prevent things like this from working. You may not want to use it and avoid any interruptions.
As regards the developers commitment, he's been developing this since 2009.
https://socialfixer.com/about.html
I just checked and the add-on was updated two hours ago. The add-on has only been in existence since the end of August, it's not a mature product. Another reason you may want avoid it.
A resourceful archive... searched and got one of the best I like—Ellie Goulding's most successful single: Love Me Like You Do in the Live Lounge.
https://www.jambase.com/videos/ellie-goulding-love-me-like-you-do-in-the...
That's a great one.
Oh, what a game it is. It's a pain, but I'd love to see these guys win.
He's been developing Social Fixer for ten years, so far it's gone well. :)
I hope my tiny donation helps some. I see many people I know, like mouser helping one of the best freeware information sites on the net. Us mice and all the rest of the grateful users on Gizmo's must untie to help this great place like it has helped us.
I understand not wanting to give out your number I'm very protective of mine.
If you have a Google account you can sign up for Google Voice,. It gives you a phone number to give out to anyone you like, and calls can be forwarded to your real phone. It has other features but that's what I use it for.
There's a PayPal option as well, click the donate button if that's something that works for you.
I wish I could have donated ten times as much - and made it an automatic monthly donation, also. I value this site As Much as I value archive.org !
{I confess: I have been spending more time at archive.org lately than I have been spending here (where's that embarrassed emoji ☺️ ?) - but while that place feels like a vast library of [millions of] wonders ... it is THIS site that feels like a Cozy HOME to me. And though prodigal I may be ... it is to here that my heart (and eventually, my sorry azz) always returns - and I always feel as welcomed again, as the proverbial prodigal one, when I do return.}
Please keep up the good work, everyone!!!!
PS I recommend Ad Nauseum extension - it clicks on every ad on every page (in the background) so that the click counts - causing an "Impression" that means the Ad gets paid to the Site. This also 'Munges the HECK' out of your 'ad trail' ... and adds EVERY Subject - to your "liked Ads" profile ... ruining by 'flooding' ... their carefully built profile of 'your liked ads' - what advertising you have clicked upon.
https://adnauseam.io/
Open Source - and if your site has ads on any page: AdNauseam WILL Click on them for you. The "Anti" Ad Blocker ... it eats EVERY One for breakfast (I swear one site had rotating ads ... and it eventually clicked on several hundred for THEM).
Thank you Jojo! Stupid beginners mistake (Or Typo) from someone who has been here 12 years.
LOL! Someday I might get the hang of these newfangled electrical devices.
I use Jitsi weekly, and I love it. I recommend it.
One correction: it's most decidedly NOT secure. When you create a room, all you do is create a URL. The same URL works over and over, as the room isn't created until someone visits that URL. Anyone with that URL will automatically join your room. The only way to be "secure" is in the sense that you have a unique URL that someone else will never visit. It's not a problem, but it's not "secure" as one would use the word when talking about software.
Rock on, folk...it would be a more difficult world without Tech Support Alert!!
There are more and more such applications, but it is not known which is the safest to use. It seems to me that I could use a list of the best smartphone applications of this type - Beste-Cheats
I have been visiting this site for many years. Always rely on Gizmo's recommendations. Keep going!
First donation ($25,) rejected by credit card. There apparently was a problem with the expiration date. Changed format of exp date and that worked. I donated an additional $1.00 to check to see if the card would be accepted. It was. So total is $26.00
Hi Gizmo's
I just tried to donate $10 by clicking on your donate button, but "PayPal" wouldn't let me do so with my Visa Debitcard unless I agreed to sign up for a PayPal account.
I don't do PayPal anymore as they have robbed me of some money and wouldn't give it back!
Sorry as I would rather die than use a PayPal account again for any reason!
I have used this site for many years and found it very valuable. I use ad-blockers extensively because I have a strong distaste for paying for the ads on services I pay for and the tracking that goes along with them. I am sorry to hear of the financial strain on the site. I was happy to donate to help keep it going. Good luck with the fund the raising.
It's not in the Play Store for UK users
It's not a mobile app. It's a browser extension.
Please keep up the good work, everyone there!!!! Big thanks!!!
Peter
Just happily made a donation. Sending along best wishes for the continued success of techsupportalert! Thanks for being such a great resource.
I tried to donate again using the Donate button above. That takes me to a Paypal-administered form. I selected the Debit/Credit card option. Once again, it won't process my donation without the input of my phone number, which I am not going to provide. I have made other purchases today on other sites with the same cc that did not require my phone number. I don't understand why you won't take my donation without the input of one of my phone numbers.
It asked for (actually: required) either a mobile, home or work number. My home number can't receive SMS, so that appears not to be the reason it was asking for that info. Plus, usually one has the option to do verification via email, which I did supply. But, it said nothing about a verification process in the form in any case. Just letting you know.
After installing the extension the Facebook completely is not working!..
Chrome version 86.0.4240.111
Win SP1 32-bit
Hi, All - I'm fairly sure that at least once in the past Gizmo allowed me to contribute by good old-fashioned check or money order. I have PayPal now, but for others who are concerned about the privacy/security issues, maybe you could post a mailing address/information for contributing via mail? We need everyone to be able to chip in and help! :)
I'm not sure why that happened. I would uninstall the extension.
Donation made ... please go on ;-).
As usual, very beautiful photos, rhiannon... thank you so much! :-)
Thanks again for all the work you do, much appreciated. While of course not a social media user, Social Disconnect sounds possibly useful in removing tags &c. Couple of questions.
1. What is known about Social Disconnect: who owns, why freeware, &c. ?
2. Are there any indications that Social Disconnect logs internet or its own usage - it would be a nifty way to collect data without bothering to lure people in - or for that matter does anything to one's computer ?
-and any other "security" questions I have forgotten to ask !
Thanks again.
Java Fabled Lands is a Java Based computer adaption of the first 6 Fabled Lands books. Belongs in Best Free Interactive Fiction Game - Text Based / Narrative category.
http://flapp.sourceforge.net/
These 7 "Print" books - the first 6 of which make up this java adaptation / interactive game - are like the "Fighting Fantasy" or "Choose Your Own Adventure" BOOKS - Your real time choices actually change the game itself: and influence the Outcome! I've been stuck in there for 7 years now: and it doesn't look like I'll escape any year soon.
The game "Blue Lacuna" is GONE ... redirects someplace else
Thanks! I have updated the link. Will look into other suggestion as well.
Good one rhiannon,
something nice to get into in these Corona times.and forget about life for a while
cheers,
Wally
Great idea, but something wrong with their site. I got their confirm email, but when I click on the link, it tells me "something went wrong". OVer and over again.
Ooo, this is a good one! Thanks for sharing.
Works now, works fine. must have been a temporary glitch.
THANKS
I think so too. It's good to read about raccoons getting into a bank for cookies or illustrations of sea creatures, something besides current events.
You're very welcome, I'm glad you like it. It's one of the nicer space images I've found.
There may some traffic going to the site, and I would guess the site itself takes a lot of bandwidth. I checked it in several browsers. Sometimes the image processing was a bit slow.
I have over 3000 images in my wallpaper rotation - and over 800 are from NASA's "Astronomy Photo of the Day".
This one will be joining them.
Excellent. :)
"If you’re looking for something different than the current news cycle...."
VERY timely, Rhiannon!! Just what I was looking for!! THANKS.
You're very welcome. :)
I've also been watching videos from the Nautilus project, they have underwater footage of all kinds of deep water ocean things. There's a live stream as well.
EVNautilus - YouTube
I like the Monterey Bay Aquarium cams too.
Live cams | Monterey Bay Aquarium
Download limit of only about 6 images per day.
"The main con in Krita is its big download size which is greater than 115 MB."
Nowadays i routinely download files of 1 gig or larger... 115 meg is a mere bagatelle.
The article says you can upload images up to 12MB, and process up to 5 per day, so yep, there's a limit. There's various limits on most of these kinds of sites, usually size or amount of uploads.
Same problem as Steinitz -- can't confirm the email I used.
Try logging in using another browser? If you're using Firefox that may be part of the problem. I've had a lot of issues with sites not working with the recent releases.
Had the same confirmation email error, but the upload just started working after a bit regardless.
Haven't got other emails from them yet, so hopefully unticking those here worked:
https://www.stickermule.com/ca/account/notifications
*That's actually the Canadian link, not sure how it redirects or what's the proper link, so let me know I guess.
Thanks. :)
It resolves to the Canadian link, and it seems there's a hiccup somewhere in their process.
It works fine, and thanks for mentioning that.
I am looking for a text editor that can fold text (not fold code). May be called collapse text ?
I tried Notepad++ and Akelpad, and I cannot work out how to do it with them (I installed the Code fold plug in, to no avail)
Thanks,
Rob
I visit a local museum. http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/
Thank you rhiannon, for this find. It looks awesome on the surface. Lots of decent simple and straight forward looking features is always a treat. I personally use FastStone Image Viewer. After doing a rough comparison, I can say Quick Picture Viewer opens in about 3/4 of a second on my desktop. Meanwhile FastStone Image Viewer opens in about 1.5 seconds. To myself, I find that impressive. I will be keeping this on my computer along with FastStone Image Viewer and will see in time which turns out to be the overall best for me with simple everyday use. My only immediate suggestion for Quick Picture Viewer would be the ability to also have text on the menu bar along with the small icons.
Neat site, thanks!
You're very welcome. I've been trying it out for a few weeks now and I like it. I set the old Windows Photo Viewer to open image files because the Windows 10 Photos is slow and clunky and has things I don't need or use to view images.
The only hiccup I've found is trying to use the Blur feature. The program freezes and I restart it. It's not something I use often so not a deal breaker.
The developers are responsive and put out new versions regularly, you could contact them and ask if putting an option to show text with icons is something they could do.
Mailmask looks very similar to the good old spamgourmet.com service which is completely free and has no bandwidth limitations at all.
I use spamgourmet for 17 years now. The best there is around in my opinion. Give it a try.
TAGAP3 (The Apocalyptic Game About Penguins #3) is a Windows 2-D platformer shoot-em-up sequel to TAGAP/TAGAP2
https://www.tagap.net/tagap3.htm
TAGAP3 Continues the Story Arc of TAGAP / TAGAP2 ...
2006 –IAU ridicules Pluto by revoking its planetary status
2015 –NASA's New Horizons probe tries to spy on Pluto
20XX –Planet Pluto responds
And that response is a declaration of war. The only thing standing in between the approaching space penguin army and the unsuspecting Earth is one cyber-penguin, Pablo. Of course, thanks to their Prophet, the Pluto Conclave knows this – and Pablo is thrown into a prison cell before he has any idea of what's going on.
Now, stranded in a prison cell on an alien world, Pablo has to escape, save the world and somehow get back home.
Oh, and in TAGAP 3 You are Pablo. Good luck!
Thanks Jojo,
that's just what I've been wanting for a long time...perfect !
Thanks, I'll give it a try.
Easy install, but not sure what it is doing.
It arranges the icons on the taskbar so they are centered, much like a Mac computer. You can control the spacing, or have the icons open closer to one side or another. You can change the appearance of some items. To make those changes, open TaskbarX Configurator in your Start Menu. You'll find the options there.
It does unclutter the taskbar nicely, though if you're like me and have a taskbar full of icons, centering them doesn't make a large change.
Sounds good but how does it compare to Irfan View, which I've been using for many years without any problems and it does everything.
Current version from company site has 4 detections per Virustotal (11-12-2020)
SecureAge APEX is an anti-malware scanning engine powered by artificial intelligence and as such is about as useful as a paper bag in a thunderstorm. Sangfor Engine Zero uses the same technology. The CrowdStrike Falcon ‘detection’ is based on a confidence of 60%. You will need to read their TOS to determine exactly what this means but usually it indicates that cloud based engines have not before scanned the file or website in the case of a URL. Webroot is the only known name among this bunch and like the others is also riddled with false positives, this being one. A ‘.Gen’ detection is generated when the scanning engine detects nothing but assumes it might be malicious because it behaves like some other malicious software. In all the years I’ve been doing this I’ve yet to understand why folks will actually pay to install stuff like this. MC – Site Manager.
It doesn't compare to Irfanview, it's an image viewer, not an image editor. It's similar to the Windows Photo Viewer that's been around forever in Windows. View images with very basic editing such as rotating images.
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