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Happy holidays to all the macosxhints readers throughout the world. As we head into the week of Christmas, I thought I'd share a (bandwidth wasting but fun) movie I created using iStopMotion, this week's Pick of the Week (click the image or the link to play the movie; embedding in Geeklog didn't work very well!):

I know, I know ... stick to my day job ... or was that my early morning job? Whatever; iStopMotion is lots of fun to play with, even for those of us with limited artistic talent!

I have posted quite a few new hints today (Sunday), as I do not intend to update the site often (if at all) this coming week. Instead of posting hints, there are a few large projects that I'd like to finish up (editing the book, working on the site migration, finishing my Macworld presentation), in addition to spending time with my family and friends at this most important time of the year.

The hints can wait a week or so, and, to be completely honest, after about 1,200 hours of work on the site (and book and email and forums) this year, I'm just a bit burned out on the 4:30am wake up calls for site updates. No, this doesn't mean I'm shutting the site down, nor am I passing the task on to someone else. I still love the site and the community, and intend to keep doing this for as long as that's a true statement! I just need a bit of a break, and I need to strike a bit better balance for next year -- not writing a book will certainly help, as will the newest Geeklog upgrade, if/when I manage to finish it. And if you're cursing me for not updating this week, please keep in mind that I try my best here with limited time available (given the full-time day job), and that you'll get these types of things with a single operator site such as macosxhints. Sorry, but it comes with the territory.

There may be an occasional update or two this week (I'll keep an eye on the queue each day for particularly relevant stories), but for the most part, consider the site to be on hiatus this week. Regular updates will return on Monday, December 30th.

Thanks for understanding, and I hope each of you has a safe, fun, and fulfilling holiday season ... it's been a great year for OS X and the Mac, and I can't wait to see what 2003 brings.

Your humble editor;
-rob.
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Never humble!!!
Authored by: Chris Haynes on Dec 22, '02 06:53:03PM

Rob, you do such a great job for this site and for the Mac OS X community as a whole. We are truly grateful for every effort you have made, and for every personal and financial sacrifice since this site began. You have brought help and answers to (probably) millions of people!

I just can't believe you've got a book out as well!!! Good luck with it.

PS: Is that a new Palm in the background? Nice ;)



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Thanks ...
Authored by: robg on Dec 22, '02 07:12:56PM

Chris - Your thoughts are much appreciated -- and just so everyone's clear; the site did OK this year financially. I did not lose money, which was my main objective for the year, and I was able to pay (not much, but something) to the four guys who run the forum site for me. So thanks to all of you for your support!

Regarding the Palm, yes, I retired my venerable IIIx a month or so ago for a new Tungsten (thanks to a Fry's gift certificate in exchange for some help I provided a friend on a big iMovie project). It's much faster than the old one, and it's Bluetooth enabled :-). I hope it lasts as long as my last one!

-rob.



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Best Wishes
Authored by: mclbruce on Dec 22, '02 07:12:17PM

Thanks for all of the work you have put in on this site in 2002. It really is a great source of information.

In the late '80's, I went to a few BMUG meetings. In the early '90's each week I waited for the MacInTouch column to come out in MacWeek. Right now your site has a similar feel: it's the place to go if you really want to keep up to date on things Macintosh.

I hope you are able to continue the good work in 2003. If this site does become too much work for you just let us know. I'm sure you will be able to get help from your readers.



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May Santa Be Kind To You Rob
Authored by: karmaworld on Dec 22, '02 09:39:54PM

Thanks Rob for all your hard work, it is most appreciated and helpful...I hope Santa is kind to you and your loved ones!



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The BEST!
Authored by: Glanz on Dec 22, '02 09:53:03PM

You have made this into the very best OS X sites on the web, and I feel free to add without reservation, one of the best Unix sites for learning, not only about OS X and Fink, but Unix related stuff in general. I would really like to thank you and all the great posters on these boards who have devoted their time to the patient education of all who have the hunger to learn. I admire that patience, and have even learned a bit of that, without of course, going overboard on the virtue side:)
...and a HOHOHO to all and to all a great New Year. :)



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Thanks!
Authored by: dbach on Dec 23, '02 04:27:41AM

Rob,
Enjoy a well deserved holiday! Thanks for all your hard work.
-dave



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Greetings from Finland
Authored by: Heikki on Dec 23, '02 05:01:02AM

Thanks Rob of the site. I have got plenty of new ideas for my activity with OS X. Happy holidays.

Heikki



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Thanks for everything
Authored by: hofo on Dec 23, '02 10:26:30AM

Rest well, you've earned it. This site is head and shoulders above every other tip site out there. Thanks for your hard work.



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Thanks for being there!
Authored by: franzola on Dec 23, '02 06:54:33PM

Our heartfelt thanks for everything you do for us, and for being always there to help and..to hint! ;)
May your Xmas time be restful and joyous, and the coming year as well.
Your site is the place to go for the Mac Os X community, and this only because of your hard work.
Never forget we are here and we are most grateful for your efforts.
May the Fat Guy in Red be generous with you and yours!
Happy Holidays

Francesca



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Happy Holidays
Authored by: sbwilli on Dec 23, '02 08:45:21PM

Thanks for providing us with the greatest OSX insights!



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Thanks
Authored by: j0nathan on Dec 24, '02 08:47:18AM

Rob

Quite simply the most valuable website that I use.

Thanks for your effort and I hope you keep it up next year!



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Thank you to you and your immediate family.
Authored by: macmath on Dec 25, '02 01:31:41AM

Please use whatever time it takes to rejuvenate. From a selfish perspective if from no other, what would I do for a startup page if you were to burn out completely.

Thank you for all your efforts. They've made my transition from OS 8.1 to OS X much smoother than it would have been otherwise (I'd only had a passing acquaintance with unix 20 years ago).

Thank you as well to your immediate family, as the average of over 3 hours per day over the last year was probably not easy on them either.



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Happy Holidays!
Authored by: gayle28607 on Dec 25, '02 01:47:46PM

Rob:

I want to add my voice to the chorus of praise and thanks for your hard work. This is the one site that always seems to help me out in a bind. I think if people in the community here haven't contributed financially yet, this may be the time to do it. I'm going to take my own advice. Thanks again, Rob.



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me2
Authored by: ali baba on Dec 25, '02 03:31:28PM

OMG i want to hug you rob! :-D

thanks for the most resourceful OSX-site i know

sincerely, ali baba



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Thanks
Authored by: numpins on Dec 27, '02 07:59:15AM
Thanks for the site and the video. (I have the same speakers.)
Happy Holidays and happy new year.

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...and thanks from Paris too
Authored by: taliesin on Dec 28, '02 10:37:13AM

This really is a terrific site, Rob, and I hope I can come up with a useful contribution one of these days as well as being a frequent "lurker".
All the best to you -- and also to your contributors -- for the coming year. :)

I look forward to the book.



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thanks a lot
Authored by: mael on Dec 29, '02 08:37:46AM
after having read what everybody else so eloquently said, there is not much to add without repeating things. and english is not exactly my mother tongue. but i'd like to point out how many times the information on this site has been the most exact and precise and up-to-date info that I have seen. Thank you for having reread and expanded most of the articles, so that they are not just quotes, but really little articles. I just hope you can keep this site up for much, much longer... THANK YOU ALL THE OTHER READERS TOO for making this site what it is. Without your expertise and rob's editorial help, I'd know next to nothing of OS X. And have a very good new year, all of you.

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thanks a lot
Authored by: macmath on Dec 29, '02 10:53:21AM

On the contrary, I thought this comment was among the most eloquent. Moreover, I whole-heartedly agree with it.



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