Thanks, Al. I know a few cards and letters will be headed to Lin. Garg, I'll get back to you on that.

Quite often others of us would offer answers in tech queries, but when John posted that usually became the settled precedent of the topic, and the remaining conversation would be to tease out details. Now we really need to be on our toes - his are huge shoes to fill.

John didn't only post on tech topics, he shared a lot of music, and he was interested in environmental topics. The last thread he started was Climate Change Again - New Report.

Also, this is part of his book-scanning project: When Does it Get to Be Folk?.

SRS