I tried a few media servers, running on Windows 10. I didn't test in great detail; I stopped testing each app when I found a problem that disqualified it. This is a summary of my findings.
I have two TVs
- A 2012 LG LM6700 smart TV. This uses the NetCast O/S, which is not used in post-2013 models.
- A basic Insignia TV. A connected Sony UBP-X700 Blu-Ray player (this is a current model) provides smart TV functions.
- Neither TV supports 4K.
- They use DLNA to communicate with the PC.
These are the products that I tried:
1) Kodi
I agree with the reviewer's comment "sub-optimal mouse support". This was very frustrating. I couldn't even find a way to minimize or close it! I used alt-tab to get out of it.
This problem was sufficient to eliminate it.
2) Plex
- With DLNA enabled in the media server settings, this worked with the Sony but not with the LG. This is because Plex disabled support for the obsolete NetCast O/S in 2020-09 https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-support-is-ending-2020-09-30-on-older-smart-tv-devices/629707. I downloaded version 1.20.1 from https://www.videohelp.com/software/Plex/old-versions; this is the final version that is compatible with NetCast. It worked well.
- Alternatively, Plex uses a proprietary non-DLNA streaming service. This requires a Plex client app, which is not available for my TVs.
3) Universal Media Server
A user suggested this in an earlier comment. It has poor playback; it stutters about every 3 seconds. Avoid it.
4) Windows Media Player
- In "Network and Sharing Centre", open "Media streaming options". Allow the TV to connect.
- Problem: In the WMP options, I disabled "Add video files found in the Pictures library". This excluded the unneeded video clips in my vacation picture albums from the Video library. In WMP on the PC, these videos were no longer shown, but they were shown on the TV.
- WMP cannot run in the background, so it appears in the Windows task bar. Make sure you don't close it while it is streaming.
- Otherwise, WMP works well.
5) LG SmartShare
https://www.lg.com/ca_en/support/product-help/CT20098005-20150117958868
- This is intended for LG TVs, but it also worked on my Sony. Its licence does not restrict its use with non-LG products.
- This is simple and accomplishes what I need.
- When installing it, if your PC has a lot of media content, there will be a looooong pause with a black screen while thumbnails are generated. Be patient.
Conclusion:
- The two winners are Plex and SmartShare. Plex has more features, but SmartShare has a simpler interface.
- My preference is SmartShare.
Menu Searx - a simple program to search the searx search engine through dmenu or rofi, sort through the results and open the selected URL in you prefered web browser:
https://github.com/MossyMossMoss/menu-searx
You're so welcome, I've been using it for a few weeks, I love it and I'll keep using it. I've tended to ping pong among services looking for an online optimizer that I liked and didn't find one that worked well for me until this one.
I tried it out on a couple of JPG photos I had taken. It's the easiest to use of any program I've ever seen, and it's fast. It reduced the file size of both by a little over 40% with no noticeable loss of quality. As a bonus it even improved the color on a couple of spots that were too red! I plan to use it on all the photos I want to reduce for email and storage. Thanks Rhiannon, good find!
For now, Windows S only runs apps from the Windows Store.
Depending on the specs of a laptop, you can install Windows 10. I recently did this for a friend who bought a new laptop but didn't want Windows S. It installed over Windows S with no issues.
I've used several jpg utilities to reduce the size of these images to make them easier to include in emails but none can compare to "PhotoResize400". http://www.rw-designer.com/picture-resize. No installation required - simple save the exe file where you can drag your jpg images on top of it and let go. It saves a hugely reduced jpg image in the same folder at the original with the size that was set by renaming PhotoResize. It takes 3Mb files from my camera and turns them into 50k files that always look perfect. I've never found anything that works better.
I use a Canon InkJet Printer MX922. today the Red (MAGNETA) ink tank cannot be read by the printer. I have heard about changing the print head. Have anyone else heard of this, and how do you do this. Appreciate any help and
THANK YOU.
If it is only available from the windows Store, then I am not interested.
I suppose I am a 'control freak' in so far as I don't like being told what I can, and cannot do, on my computer.
EG I believe 'Windows S' only allows 'apps' from the Windows Store ?
If that is true, and MS offered me a free new laptop, that can only use programs (aka 'apps' AGH!) from the Windows Store, I would tell them to keep the laptop.
I consider 'Windows S' to be a crippled OS
I didn't realise when i clicked to download the Windows version that it was coming from the Windows Store {or whatever MS calls it} and that it would be automatically installed on my computer with no options.
I didn't realise when i clicked to download the Windows version that it was coming from the Windows Store {or whatever MS calls it} and that it would be automatically installed on my computer with no options.
Excellent site. I tested it out searching for MILITARY STYLE SOS and found the EXACT military (Army) style recipe. Their USMC SOS was not 100% correct but the average home cook would not be able to tell the difference.
Something I like a lot about POPFile is that I am not restricted to two buckets (Spam and NotSpam). I can set up as many buckets as I want and, given sufficient training, POPFile will assign messages to them. I haven't seen this mentioned in connection with any other Bayesian programs.
I've been using POPFile for many years;, first with POP, and in the last few years with IMAP. My email client is Thunderbird.
I just ran into a problem with POPFile not classifying any messages and, instead, putting hundreds of messages like this into its log:
IO::Socket::INET or IO::Socket::SSL gets an error: IO::Socket::SSL: SSL connect attempt failed because of handshake problems SSL wants a read first
I talked to my email provider and they told me that they had just dropped support for older SSL and TLS releases that are considered to have security flaws. My guess is that POPFile uses one of these obsolete SSL/TLS protocols.
Removing the use of SSL/TLS makes everything work again, but in that configuration, the email password and the email message itself are transmitted over the network in the clear.
Development of POPFile seems to have stopped years ago. I couldn't figure out how to leave a message in the support forum.
Once you have the image uploaded, copy and paste the URL where the image is into your comment. No tags are needed, most browsers and apps make URLs clickable automatically. Does that answer your question? If not, let me know and I'll try to explain better.
This feature is actually disabled except for site contributors to prevent the inevitable abuse. You need therefore to upload your image to an external hosting service and then include a link to it in your post. MC - Site Manager.
My question was: once you have a link to an image how do you technically/semantically insert it here in a post lik you did.
By using which tag? Write it between brackets, between curly braces, between.... I don't know.
I switched to Shotcut recently, after my "free" version of VideoPad became trialware and refused to export the video. This really should be removed from the list of recommended video editors.
The review of Shotcut and the previous comment both refer to difficulties with the interface. I experienced no such problems, and I am not an expert. Before trying Shotcut, watch its 15 minute beginner's tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtsB2iZRb9c . Keep this open while you edit your first video, so that you can refer to it to see exactly how things are done. I was productive after 1 hour! I consider this to be a short learning curve.
Shotcut is updated regularly. The review is based on version 18.0.3. The current version is 20.11.28. The list of changes is at https://shotcut.org/blog/ . Look at the first 6 pages of changes since 18.0.3; there have been MANY improvements.
I did have one temporary problem. An underwater video was accidentally recorded vertically. I did find some tutorials about how to convert to horizontal, but these all referred to an old “rotate” filter, before it was combined with the resize filter. To accomplish this: change Video Mode from Default to “HD 1080p 29.97fps”, select the “Size, Position & Rotate” filter, set the vertical size to 1920 (i.e. the size before rotating), set rotation to -90, Export Video. Simple!
Apparently, you can click wherever in the row of the title, just not on the title text itself.
cf.[https://i.postimg.cc/nVT42v8c/Screenshot-548.png]
!https://i.postimg.cc/nVT42v8c/Screenshot-548.png!
As I mentioned in the article, you have to click directly below the course title to get the menu to show up. Weird navigation but that seems to be a thing lately. I've attached a screenshot, the red and yellow arrows show where to click.
As you can see, I had this account for 10 years, 10 months. I probably have been visiting this site longer than that. This is my go-to site for my computer software needs. If I ever need software, I type gizmo in the search bar. It never fails. Thank you and best of luck! Hope this site continues far into the future! Happy retirement!
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This is nice, but what I really want is to be able to change a file's date to "now" by picking it in a context menu. Like having unix "touch" as a menu option.
I have sets of files I want in a certain order for various reasons, and using touch then sorting them by modify date seems way better than having to rename them all with a prefix.
The current version is simply demo-ware. It adds a large red watermark on every page it converts. It faithfully converted the single Word document I tested it with. But, if you are looking for a free program to convert even a small number of files or files of limited size, look elsewhere.
Podiobooks link still works, but it redirects directly to https://scribl.com/info/podiobooks-now-scribl explaining how the name has changed. The source link should be updated so it will go to the correct section directly. They have some free books, but their selection filter doesn't seem to allow selecting only free.
Thanks Gizmo. You represent everything that is great about the Internet.
Very few people have helped so many - you should be really proud of your achievements.
I hope you have a long, healthy, happy and rewarding retirement.
Thank you, Gizmo, for all that you did and (hopefully) will continue to do for Gizmo's Freeware.
There has NEVER been (and continues not to be) anything like this masterpiece you created.
Recognizing your need for help, and then convincing others to actually help you to not only keep the site going but improve it, was again a genius decision.
Best of luck to you and your family in the future!!
When I saw that you are retiring - then I registered as a user on this site just so that I could post this big 'Thank you' to you.
Thank you so much for all your hard work and for making a site which is useful and trustworthy
I don't know you - but can I make a suggestion........Don't completely retire. Still keep your hand on the wheel. It'll be good for you - and, I'm sure, good for the site.
Wishing you happiness, success and fulfillment for the coming years
You have enlightened me over the years about the options I had to download secure software. I also learned things I would not have learned on my own. I wish you good health and a happy life. You shall have the satisfaction that your effort has done a lot of good and is, and will continue to be, appreciated.
May the team of senior and volunteer editors can continue your legacy and expand it, as all good legacies should.
Hi Gizmo, Your site has been a tremendous help to me over the years. Many thanks to you and your staff. You will be missed but never forgotten. Have fun in your retirement. Regards Dell Robinson
Jojo, Midnight Cowboy, Rhiannon and George Lewe are taking over?
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are the new bosses, huh?
Oh, we are so doomed ...
:)
Enjoy your retirementwith your wife, may it be long in health and happiness. I found this site by chance about 15years ago and what a goldmine of info it's been. From freeware to forums and you and the editors. Some businesses could take a leaf out of your book. Amazing and take care
Been coming to your site for quite a few years now, been more than happy to recommend to all n sundry as the place to get info and software for any purpose, started following/using your site mainly from the blog/newsletter you had back in the day. So I feel like “an old friend” is leaving. Sorry to see you go but happy to have “known you” so to speak, enjoy the retirement and take care of yourself and yours. Good luck.
Many, many thanks for such a reliable, trustworthy site. With great appreciation, I've passed this site on to friends and family.
All the best, and enjoy retirement!!!
I agree. My perspective has always been to give more options and more information that's as accurate as possible so that people can decide what works for them.
What a great enterprise you started here. I've adopted many of the recommendations made on this site over the years, all of which have proved successful. I'm just a little older than yourself and chose to take early retirement at the age of 57. So, you are most certainly deserving of your long awaited retirement.
I wish you every happiness in what you choose to do in the future and may that be both long and fulfilling. Best wishes.
I followed you from the very beginning. I have enjoyed every comment of yours throughout the years. Your accomplishments on the internet are legendary. While I will miss you, I wish you well in your retirement. Best wishes to one of the true legends of the internet. Farewell gizmo.
This is a list of the most recently posted comments on the site sorted so that the most recent comments appear first.
You can however sort the list on Article title by clicking on the column heading. To see actual comments click the + sign.
I'm glad you like it. I had the forest one on my monitor a while back. I didn't remember where I found it, so I had to go looking. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I tried a few media servers, running on Windows 10. I didn't test in great detail; I stopped testing each app when I found a problem that disqualified it. This is a summary of my findings.
I have two TVs
- A 2012 LG LM6700 smart TV. This uses the NetCast O/S, which is not used in post-2013 models.
- A basic Insignia TV. A connected Sony UBP-X700 Blu-Ray player (this is a current model) provides smart TV functions.
- Neither TV supports 4K.
- They use DLNA to communicate with the PC.
These are the products that I tried:
1) Kodi
I agree with the reviewer's comment "sub-optimal mouse support". This was very frustrating. I couldn't even find a way to minimize or close it! I used alt-tab to get out of it.
This problem was sufficient to eliminate it.
2) Plex
- With DLNA enabled in the media server settings, this worked with the Sony but not with the LG. This is because Plex disabled support for the obsolete NetCast O/S in 2020-09 https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-support-is-ending-2020-09-30-on-older-smart-tv-devices/629707. I downloaded version 1.20.1 from https://www.videohelp.com/software/Plex/old-versions; this is the final version that is compatible with NetCast. It worked well.
- Alternatively, Plex uses a proprietary non-DLNA streaming service. This requires a Plex client app, which is not available for my TVs.
3) Universal Media Server
A user suggested this in an earlier comment. It has poor playback; it stutters about every 3 seconds. Avoid it.
4) Windows Media Player
- In "Network and Sharing Centre", open "Media streaming options". Allow the TV to connect.
- Problem: In the WMP options, I disabled "Add video files found in the Pictures library". This excluded the unneeded video clips in my vacation picture albums from the Video library. In WMP on the PC, these videos were no longer shown, but they were shown on the TV.
- WMP cannot run in the background, so it appears in the Windows task bar. Make sure you don't close it while it is streaming.
- Otherwise, WMP works well.
5) LG SmartShare
https://www.lg.com/ca_en/support/product-help/CT20098005-20150117958868
- This is intended for LG TVs, but it also worked on my Sony. Its licence does not restrict its use with non-LG products.
- This is simple and accomplishes what I need.
- When installing it, if your PC has a lot of media content, there will be a looooong pause with a black screen while thumbnails are generated. Be patient.
Conclusion:
- The two winners are Plex and SmartShare. Plex has more features, but SmartShare has a simpler interface.
- My preference is SmartShare.
One of your finest catches yet Rhiannon!
Deserves to be in a museum!
great site love the info i can always learn from this site
You're very welcome. :)
As always, thanks rhiannon!
Seems a very useful find.
Peter.
You're very welcome. I use it all the time. :)
Incredible find. Thanks so much! I'll be using this a lot.
You're so welcome, I've been using it for a few weeks, I love it and I'll keep using it. I've tended to ping pong among services looking for an online optimizer that I liked and didn't find one that worked well for me until this one.
I tried it out on a couple of JPG photos I had taken. It's the easiest to use of any program I've ever seen, and it's fast. It reduced the file size of both by a little over 40% with no noticeable loss of quality. As a bonus it even improved the color on a couple of spots that were too red! I plan to use it on all the photos I want to reduce for email and storage. Thanks Rhiannon, good find!
You're very welcome. :)
Thanks rhiannon!
Great find!
Peter
For now, Windows S only runs apps from the Windows Store.
Depending on the specs of a laptop, you can install Windows 10. I recently did this for a friend who bought a new laptop but didn't want Windows S. It installed over Windows S with no issues.
Directions for replacing the print head on the Canon InkJet Printer MX922 can be found here:
Canon Knowledge Base - Reseat or Replace the Print Head on a PIXMA MX722, MX922
I haven't seen that one, looks interesting.
I've used several jpg utilities to reduce the size of these images to make them easier to include in emails but none can compare to "PhotoResize400". http://www.rw-designer.com/picture-resize. No installation required - simple save the exe file where you can drag your jpg images on top of it and let go. It saves a hugely reduced jpg image in the same folder at the original with the size that was set by renaming PhotoResize. It takes 3Mb files from my camera and turns them into 50k files that always look perfect. I've never found anything that works better.
I use a Canon InkJet Printer MX922. today the Red (MAGNETA) ink tank cannot be read by the printer. I have heard about changing the print head. Have anyone else heard of this, and how do you do this. Appreciate any help and
THANK YOU.
If it is only available from the windows Store, then I am not interested.
I suppose I am a 'control freak' in so far as I don't like being told what I can, and cannot do, on my computer.
EG I believe 'Windows S' only allows 'apps' from the Windows Store ?
If that is true, and MS offered me a free new laptop, that can only use programs (aka 'apps' AGH!) from the Windows Store, I would tell them to keep the laptop.
I consider 'Windows S' to be a crippled OS
I also did not realise that it was THAT sort of "app" - i do NOT allow Windows to install those on my computer; it has been removed.
I'll stick with Foxit.
I didn't realise when i clicked to download the Windows version that it was coming from the Windows Store {or whatever MS calls it} and that it would be automatically installed on my computer with no options.
Note that Google Analytics packages are included. Possible privacy issue?
I didn't realise when i clicked to download the Windows version that it was coming from the Windows Store {or whatever MS calls it} and that it would be automatically installed on my computer with no options.
Other the web app @bemuzeduk, it runs on other platforms including Windows, Android and iOS. You can get it here https://www.techsupportalert.com/content/xodo.htm
Read also about their privacy policy here https://www.xodo.com/legal/XODO_PrivacyPolicy.pdf.
That's great! :)
Time to rid of my Adobe bloatware PDF reader.
Hi, when I try to download, nothing happens. Is this only an online service?
If so, do their T&Cs allow access to content?
Excellent site. I tested it out searching for MILITARY STYLE SOS and found the EXACT military (Army) style recipe. Their USMC SOS was not 100% correct but the average home cook would not be able to tell the difference.
The BIRD project aims to develop a fully functional dynamic IP routing daemon: https://bird.network.cz/
FRRouting is an IP routing protocol suite: https://frrouting.org/Something I like a lot about POPFile is that I am not restricted to two buckets (Spam and NotSpam). I can set up as many buckets as I want and, given sufficient training, POPFile will assign messages to them. I haven't seen this mentioned in connection with any other Bayesian programs.
I've been using POPFile for many years;, first with POP, and in the last few years with IMAP. My email client is Thunderbird.
I just ran into a problem with POPFile not classifying any messages and, instead, putting hundreds of messages like this into its log:
IO::Socket::INET or IO::Socket::SSL gets an error: IO::Socket::SSL: SSL connect attempt failed because of handshake problems SSL wants a read first
I talked to my email provider and they told me that they had just dropped support for older SSL and TLS releases that are considered to have security flaws. My guess is that POPFile uses one of these obsolete SSL/TLS protocols.
Removing the use of SSL/TLS makes everything work again, but in that configuration, the email password and the email message itself are transmitted over the network in the clear.
Development of POPFile seems to have stopped years ago. I couldn't figure out how to leave a message in the support forum.
I'm delighted you like it. :)
Hi Rhiannon,
Wow, you hit another home run!
This tip will be HUGELY useful. I've tried it already for "red pepper soup" I'm making tomorrow.
Thanks.
Once you have the image uploaded, copy and paste the URL where the image is into your comment. No tags are needed, most browsers and apps make URLs clickable automatically. Does that answer your question? If not, let me know and I'll try to explain better.
All right. Thanks for that answer.
Meaning: better than I did in my first post can't be done.
Test image insert: https://i.imgur.com/G5RtkfD.jpg
My question was: once you have a link to an image how do you technically/semantically insert it here in a post lik you did.
By using which tag? Write it between brackets, between curly braces, between.... I don't know.
I switched to Shotcut recently, after my "free" version of VideoPad became trialware and refused to export the video. This really should be removed from the list of recommended video editors.
The review of Shotcut and the previous comment both refer to difficulties with the interface. I experienced no such problems, and I am not an expert. Before trying Shotcut, watch its 15 minute beginner's tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtsB2iZRb9c . Keep this open while you edit your first video, so that you can refer to it to see exactly how things are done. I was productive after 1 hour! I consider this to be a short learning curve.
Shotcut is updated regularly. The review is based on version 18.0.3. The current version is 20.11.28. The list of changes is at https://shotcut.org/blog/ . Look at the first 6 pages of changes since 18.0.3; there have been MANY improvements.
I did have one temporary problem. An underwater video was accidentally recorded vertically. I did find some tutorials about how to convert to horizontal, but these all referred to an old “rotate” filter, before it was combined with the resize filter. To accomplish this: change Video Mode from Default to “HD 1080p 29.97fps”, select the “Size, Position & Rotate” filter, set the vertical size to 1920 (i.e. the size before rotating), set rotation to -90, Export Video. Simple!
I have decided to stick with Shotcut.
We use the same site editor that's used to create articles. Another way is using a site like https://imgur.com/ to provide a link to an image.
Btw, how do you insert an image in a comment?
That's a better explanation, thank you.
Are you saying that none of the blue links to the videos work for you?
Yeah, I got that part, but did you click on any of the classes? The don't work for me...
Apparently, you can click wherever in the row of the title, just not on the title text itself.
cf.[https://i.postimg.cc/nVT42v8c/Screenshot-548.png]
!https://i.postimg.cc/nVT42v8c/Screenshot-548.png!
As I mentioned in the article, you have to click directly below the course title to get the menu to show up. Weird navigation but that seems to be a thing lately. I've attached a screenshot, the red and yellow arrows show where to click.
Tried to click through the list of courses - none of the links do anything.
As you can see, I had this account for 10 years, 10 months. I probably have been visiting this site longer than that. This is my go-to site for my computer software needs. If I ever need software, I type gizmo in the search bar. It never fails. Thank you and best of luck! Hope this site continues far into the future! Happy retirement!
Have the editors tried Notion and how would they rate it relative to isoTimer? It is the preferred app of Sam Thomas Davies:
Notion Use Cases: Why I Left Evernote (And Why You Should, Too)
https://www.samuelthomasdavies.com/notion-use-cases
Yep, it's a digital image. Credit to the artist who created it is in the description.
I seriously doubt that the image, The Sanctuary Mountains Aurora Borealis, is anything but a composite. The colors are just SO unnatural.
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This is nice, but what I really want is to be able to change a file's date to "now" by picking it in a context menu. Like having unix "touch" as a menu option.
I have sets of files I want in a certain order for various reasons, and using touch then sorting them by modify date seems way better than having to rename them all with a prefix.
The current version is simply demo-ware. It adds a large red watermark on every page it converts. It faithfully converted the single Word document I tested it with. But, if you are looking for a free program to convert even a small number of files or files of limited size, look elsewhere.
Podiobooks link still works, but it redirects directly to https://scribl.com/info/podiobooks-now-scribl explaining how the name has changed. The source link should be updated so it will go to the correct section directly. They have some free books, but their selection filter doesn't seem to allow selecting only free.
Indebted to you. Best wishes for your retirement.
Ditto... :-)
Thank you so much, Gizmo! :-)
God bless you, your family and all the people around you: Happy New Year, HEALTH and PEACE! *thumbsup*
Thanks Gizmo. You represent everything that is great about the Internet.
Very few people have helped so many - you should be really proud of your achievements.
I hope you have a long, healthy, happy and rewarding retirement.
Most definitely.
Best. Site. EVER!
Thank you, Gizmo, for all that you did and (hopefully) will continue to do for Gizmo's Freeware.
There has NEVER been (and continues not to be) anything like this masterpiece you created.
Recognizing your need for help, and then convincing others to actually help you to not only keep the site going but improve it, was again a genius decision.
Best of luck to you and your family in the future!!
Thank you!!
Thank You!!!!
THANK YOU!!!!!!
When I saw that you are retiring - then I registered as a user on this site just so that I could post this big 'Thank you' to you.
Thank you so much for all your hard work and for making a site which is useful and trustworthy
I don't know you - but can I make a suggestion........Don't completely retire. Still keep your hand on the wheel. It'll be good for you - and, I'm sure, good for the site.
Wishing you happiness, success and fulfillment for the coming years
Thanks and may the road rises up to make every step an easy one. You have been a great help to this old 71-year-old and I wanted to thank you.
Vivaldi should definitely be on the list.
https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-3-5-for-android/
https://github.com/stnkl/EverythingToolbar/issues/57
You have enlightened me over the years about the options I had to download secure software. I also learned things I would not have learned on my own. I wish you good health and a happy life. You shall have the satisfaction that your effort has done a lot of good and is, and will continue to be, appreciated.
May the team of senior and volunteer editors can continue your legacy and expand it, as all good legacies should.
Hi Gizmo, Your site has been a tremendous help to me over the years. Many thanks to you and your staff. You will be missed but never forgotten. Have fun in your retirement. Regards Dell Robinson
Thank you Gizmo! Enjoy your retirement!
Lol yep you're stuck with us. :)
Enjoy your retirementwith your wife, may it be long in health and happiness. I found this site by chance about 15years ago and what a goldmine of info it's been. From freeware to forums and you and the editors. Some businesses could take a leaf out of your book. Amazing and take care
Thank you for all the work you have done. Best wishes for a happy and enjoyable retirement.
Congratulations on your retirement!
Been coming to your site for quite a few years now, been more than happy to recommend to all n sundry as the place to get info and software for any purpose, started following/using your site mainly from the blog/newsletter you had back in the day. So I feel like “an old friend” is leaving. Sorry to see you go but happy to have “known you” so to speak, enjoy the retirement and take care of yourself and yours. Good luck.
Many, many thanks for such a reliable, trustworthy site. With great appreciation, I've passed this site on to friends and family.
All the best, and enjoy retirement!!!
I agree. My perspective has always been to give more options and more information that's as accurate as possible so that people can decide what works for them.
What a great enterprise you started here. I've adopted many of the recommendations made on this site over the years, all of which have proved successful. I'm just a little older than yourself and chose to take early retirement at the age of 57. So, you are most certainly deserving of your long awaited retirement.
I wish you every happiness in what you choose to do in the future and may that be both long and fulfilling. Best wishes.
Gizmo, thanks for your contributions to the technology area, enjoy your retirement !!!
Gotta echo all the other posts here, always been one of THE internet goto sites. Hope you enjoy many years of happy, healthy retirement.
A giant THANKS FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
Thanks a lot!! And best wishes for your future!
I followed you from the very beginning. I have enjoyed every comment of yours throughout the years. Your accomplishments on the internet are legendary. While I will miss you, I wish you well in your retirement. Best wishes to one of the true legends of the internet. Farewell gizmo.
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