Komando Community | BetaGary | Activity https://community.komando.com/members/betagary/activity/ Activity feed for BetaGary. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:28:30 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v=3.0.3 en-US 30 hourly 2 4d25c7e0c375f1d349b37453e2ff0f99 BetaGary posted an update: Happy Birthday Kim Komando! https://community.komando.com/activity/p/35318/ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 07:50:29 -0700 Happy Birthday Kim Komando!

]]> 0 ca093e63324f89b25dc76240fb638f47 BetaGary: @Komando Community Happy Birthday Kim Komando! https://community.komando.com/activity/p/35317/ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 07:46:56 -0700 @Komando Community

Happy Birthday Kim Komando!

]]> 0 c1ebb04bb3c580474e5534593297dee2 BetaGary posted a new activity comment https://community.komando.com/activity/p/29037/#acomment-29057 Fri, 05 Jul 2024 20:50:54 -0700 Now this page is covered also.

In reply to - BetaGary posted an update @264458 How do I turn on word wrap on this site? The friends and group list is covering my messages, and I can’t move it. How do I turn on word wrap ]]> 1cd1d56e915481c2ea85c733518832cc BetaGary posted a new activity comment https://community.komando.com/activity/p/29037/#acomment-29056 Fri, 05 Jul 2024 20:49:58 -0700 Only fixed on this page. My conversation with Maddie is still covered.
https://community.komando.com/members/betagary/messages/view/3853/

In reply to - BetaGary posted an update @264458 How do I turn on word wrap on this site? The friends and group list is covering my messages, and I can’t move it. How do I turn on word wrap ]]> 37c6d7ffa659f2669e326696a48e7c8d BetaGary posted a new activity comment https://community.komando.com/activity/p/29037/#acomment-29055 Fri, 05 Jul 2024 20:45:52 -0700 Now it’s fixed. Did you fix it?

In reply to - BetaGary posted an update @264458 How do I turn on word wrap on this site? The friends and group list is covering my messages, and I can’t move it. How do I turn on word wrap ]]> d990361291361109f8d1058eb6cbe1a1 BetaGary posted a new activity comment https://community.komando.com/activity/p/29037/#acomment-29053 Fri, 05 Jul 2024 17:48:28 -0700 Now it’s happening on this message thread!

In reply to - BetaGary posted an update @264458 How do I turn on word wrap on this site? The friends and group list is covering my messages, and I can’t move it. How do I turn on word wrap ]]> 8d6fa0bde2ac588741b10f103c188d77 BetaGary posted a new activity comment https://community.komando.com/activity/p/29037/#acomment-29052 Fri, 05 Jul 2024 17:47:42 -0700 Same thing happens with Firefox, and it’s only the messages with Maddie that it happens on.
https://community.komando.com/members/betagary/messages/

In reply to - BetaGary posted an update @264458 How do I turn on word wrap on this site? The friends and group list is covering my messages, and I can’t move it. How do I turn on word wrap ]]> 3c81cf621d094a04cb0d89e63aa0e78b BetaGary posted a new activity comment https://community.komando.com/activity/p/29037/#acomment-29051 Fri, 05 Jul 2024 17:42:00 -0700 I’m using Chrome, and I tried zooming in & out. The only way to get the full text to appear is to zoom out so far I need a strong magnifying glass to read it. Maddie was having the same problem.
I’ll try another browser…

In reply to - BetaGary posted an update @264458 How do I turn on word wrap on this site? The friends and group list is covering my messages, and I can’t move it. How do I turn on word wrap ]]> f964bbf48b289172d524f57c0f56ff0d BetaGary posted an update: @264458 How do I move the friends & group list? […] https://community.komando.com/activity/p/29038/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 08:34:41 -0700 @264458
How do I move the friends & group list? It’s covering my messages, and I can’t read them without resizing the page so I need a magnifying glass to read them. How do I turn on word wrap

]]> 0 e1e1d4144d74138e121ff0505cc736ab BetaGary posted an update: @264458 How do I turn on word wrap on this site? The […] https://community.komando.com/activity/p/29037/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 08:29:33 -0700 @264458
How do I turn on word wrap on this site? The friends and group list is covering my messages, and I can’t move it. How do I turn on word wrap

]]> 8 dfb14d936f0693689b4b530f45cf9e88 BetaGary posted a new activity comment https://community.komando.com/activity/p/27590/#acomment-27601 Tue, 02 Jan 2024 17:39:23 -0700 Thanks, will do.

In reply to - BetaGary posted an update @fakejeremy Happy New Year Jeremy! I know I sent a couple to Kim already, but here’s my latest drone video with a hike and flight over Nevada City, California. Hope you can get them […] ]]> ed9438440980bf27c595e7cf7a7e68a3 BetaGary posted an update: @fakejeremy Happy New Year Jeremy! I know I sent a […] https://community.komando.com/activity/p/27590/ Mon, 01 Jan 2024 18:21:10 -0700 @fakejeremy
Happy New Year Jeremy!
I know I sent a couple to Kim already, but here’s my latest drone video with a hike and flight over Nevada City, California. Hope you can get them on the show.

Gary Sumner aka Beta Gary

]]> 1 72f61a1a515577f52e4c5ae6041f82c5 BetaGary replied to the discussion Can't remove Chrome's Ad Block in the forum Social Media https://community.komando.com/forum/topic-post/cant-remove-chromes-ad-block/#post-56967 Sat, 25 Nov 2023 06:19:45 -0700 Reply to Can't remove Chrome's Ad Block

Did you try going to YouTube.com, opening Ad Block, and setting it to off?

]]> f99c5147dfab58b1c5e807c0f6beef42 BetaGary changed their profile picture https://community.komando.com/activity/p/27209/ Wed, 15 Nov 2023 05:56:47 -0700 0 bafcfae74f7162d9282aa2659a74389f BetaGary posted an update: Profile pic Lake Spaulding https://community.komando.com/activity/p/27208/ Wed, 15 Nov 2023 05:51:49 -0700 Profile pic Lake Spaulding

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Thanks again J.C.

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Thank you J.C.

]]> 79245bd6bb8851e13ceffdd8da68b8ac BetaGary changed their profile picture https://community.komando.com/activity/p/20485/ Wed, 20 Oct 2021 23:35:00 -0700 0 cdbc601953cebca7f8641fdae09cc0f2 BetaGary joined the group Android Users only! https://community.komando.com/activity/p/18611/ Sun, 23 May 2021 22:23:47 -0700 0 c63ec3cff25af9740be7d70b0d15cdae BetaGary replied to the discussion What was your first computer? in the forum Komando News https://community.komando.com/forum/topic-post/what-was-your-first-computer/#post-48434 Tue, 16 Mar 2021 20:35:04 -0700 Reply to What was your first computer?

My first computer was home-built with a 286 motherboard and DOS 3.1, later upgraded to Windows 3.1. It had 64K of RAM and a 20MB hard drive. It was built by another ham radio guy in trade for a ham radio antenna in 1992. My son taught me how to use it as he was in the 5th grade and had a Commodore 64.

]]> 55f8c339aaf9d13eb90f136c7d6682b7 BetaGary posted an update in the group Helping Charles with his legacy: Tell him things about yourself like your favorite […] https://community.komando.com/activity/p/17371/ Thu, 04 Mar 2021 13:42:47 -0700 Tell him things about yourself like your favorite color, food, story, movie, etc., what you like to do for fun, what you think your son will be like at different ages.

]]> 1 cdcda9ec902d05885eaac47a5f3e84c2 BetaGary posted an update in the group Helping Charles with his legacy: Be sure and tell your son to always be kind and […] https://community.komando.com/activity/p/17366/ Thu, 04 Mar 2021 02:30:32 -0700 Be sure and tell your son to always be kind and respectful to girls and women. Of course, that goes wfor other men & boys also. Always show them the respect you would like to receive yourself. Also, be kind to animals and all of God’s creatures. Respect his elders and those in charge, including law enforcement officers.

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Tim, Barry’s call is WE7BY

]]> 0 ff477a10909e87a7c466a47438e21e0c BetaGary posted a new activity comment https://community.komando.com/activity/p/16955/#acomment-16975 Sun, 14 Feb 2021 18:49:15 -0700 Norwegian Cruise Line. Happy Anniversary!

In reply to - Deacon Boucek to BetaGary @betagary BetaGary, We did the same thing in 2019 for the same occasion, our 50th. Had an awesome time. What cruse line were you on? ]]> 4ae1a3146fa2a56a42bd9997dc2f2d0a BetaGary replied to the discussion Hiker Emergency Alert in the forum Show Questions https://community.komando.com/forum/topic-post/hiker-emergency-alert/#post-47275 Sat, 23 Jan 2021 16:51:57 -0700 Reply to Hiker Emergency Alert

I love my SPOT Gen3, which Kim recommended a few years ago, and I’ll bet the Gen4 is even better. I use Life360 when withing cell service range, but it’s comforting to know my wife can track me when I’m out of cell range.

]]> 098d968a91eb1488b62ca60cb98657af BetaGary replied to the discussion Hiking the Appalachian trail in the forum Show Questions https://community.komando.com/forum/topic-post/hiking-the-appalachian-trail/#post-47274 Sat, 23 Jan 2021 16:33:12 -0700 Reply to Hiking the Appalachian trail

I just use my iPhone XR to listen to music while hiking, along with all my hiking apps & maps. I was planning on a day hike to McAfee Knob on the AT last year, but COVID happened. I’m hoping to try it again this year.

]]> badd6f022247aa039a5a69a4f3f19dca BetaGary joined the group Jest For Fun – Nice Jokes Group https://community.komando.com/activity/p/16258/ Sun, 17 Jan 2021 03:29:25 -0700 0 e9724c4aaf7b115553efe30ad9da945c BetaGary posted an update in the group Cruises: My wife & I went on an Alaska cruise in 2016 to […] https://community.komando.com/activity/p/16256/ Sun, 17 Jan 2021 03:28:09 -0700 My wife & I went on an Alaska cruise in 2016 to celebrate our 50th anniversary. It was awesome! we can’t wait for this pandemic to clear up so we can go on another cruise.

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In reply to - KimKomando posted an update in the group Kim’s Biggest Fans! On her first date with my dad, he played Harbor Lights on the jukebox. She played it tonight on the jukebox for him in heaven. IMG_3860 ]]> a129231f7093c63ef2fcec1d7b1e597b BetaGary posted an update in the group iPhone Users Only!: My wife has been using a little dumb Samsung Tracfone […] https://community.komando.com/activity/p/16252/ Sun, 17 Jan 2021 03:17:12 -0700 My wife has been using a little dumb Samsung Tracfone for years. She kept saying she didn’t want a smartphone. But when her phone started wearing out, and she found out she had to get a smartphone, I got her an iPhone SE for Christmas. I was all ready for her to say she hates it, but after a few days of me teaching her how to use it, trying not… Read more

]]> 0 58d7098e13b27fc4016c06fc36d2d00c BetaGary posted an update in the group iPhone Users Only!: Hi, I was an Android user until my Samsung Galaxy S9 […] https://community.komando.com/activity/p/16251/ Sun, 17 Jan 2021 03:08:10 -0700 Hi, I was an Android user until my Samsung Galaxy S9 slipped out of my pocket on a roller coaster a couple of years ago. Of course, I didn’t get a protection plan for it (dumb move), so when it hit the pavement at about 45 mph, it shattered not only the screen but the glass case. I didn’t know the whole phone was made of glass! What amazed me… Read more

]]> 0 861e4e5d867ab47ac01377f63ead1a75 BetaGary joined the group iPhone Users Only! https://community.komando.com/activity/p/16250/ Sun, 17 Jan 2021 02:56:41 -0700 0 c89f20e83c3733d7b34f37afbf8d4e17 BetaGary posted an update in the group Computing For Older Adults: Hi, I'm 75, so I guess I qualify as an older adult. […] https://community.komando.com/activity/p/16249/ Sun, 17 Jan 2021 02:52:23 -0700 Hi, I’m 75, so I guess I qualify as an older adult. I’ve been a fan of Kim’s since about 2005 when I heard her on our local Grass Valley, California radio station on the way home from church one Sunday afternoon. I love computers, and this show was right up my alley. When she asked for beta testers for her new website in 2006, I jumped at… Read more

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Hi Sunikumar, you should join us in the chat on the Kim Komando Show sometime. BTW, I love your name. Where are you from? I’m in northern California.

]]> 0 85bdade101d54d17dc728b2341a38da4 BetaGary posted a new activity comment https://community.komando.com/activity/p/14640/#acomment-14642 Mon, 05 Oct 2020 22:54:23 -0700 I’ll bet the plastic in them has biodegraded to the point where the data is no longer recognizable. They are probably ready for the recycle bin.

In reply to - Jim Davies posted an update in the group Old Tech I have some DVD’s that are top quality. Some of them can’t be read by a player, or even a computer. They are NOT knock-offs. One is a Disney DVD. I used to […] ]]> 3c4146cfc7798049ffea3cb89099f57d BetaGary joined the group Old Tech https://community.komando.com/activity/p/14641/ Mon, 05 Oct 2020 22:48:16 -0700 0 c6d5bb2c55f9c6c5cd17336f164080b2 BetaGary replied to the discussion I'm getting email that is not addressed to me in the forum Email https://community.komando.com/forum/topic-post/im-getting-email-that-is-not-addressed-to-me/#post-44928 Wed, 26 Aug 2020 21:40:59 -0700 Reply to I'm getting email that is not addressed to me

I’m not sure I’m doing this right. Am I supposed to take a screenshot of the header or copy the text, or what? every time I submit it says “No data”. I’ll try sending you a private message.

Thanks,
Gary

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Hi John,

First off, thanks for your help. I sent the test email to the real gmail address of the other party, not the fictitious gwsmith one, and I did receive it. But I also BCC’d it to myself, which I haven’t received yet. Very strange. Sometimes it takes a while to receive a BCC back to myself.

This would be so much less confusing if I… Read more

]]> 9f418facffd70fd70b907754d7c72eff BetaGary posted a new activity comment https://community.komando.com/activity/p/12098/#acomment-12120 Thu, 28 May 2020 19:00:18 -0700 Thanks Roger, I’ll have to wait until June 5th to send my drone in for repair. I have to wait 30 days after I bought the protection plan.

In reply to - BetaGary posted an update I was able to recover the HD video of my drone flight over Scotts Flat Lake, but, unfortunately, my drone didn’t survive unscathed. The flat cable snapped that feeds the gimbal […] ]]> 31406b3d61fe8080420d25a2698ca888 BetaGary posted a new activity comment https://community.komando.com/activity/p/12100/#acomment-12106 Thu, 28 May 2020 04:47:24 -0700 If anyone wants to see the video, there’s a link to it in the now Chat Cafe, open 24/7! Just click on CHAT CAFE in the menu on the left.

In reply to - BetaGary posted an update This is a frame capture from my drone flight over Scotts Flat Lake, 1.6 miles from my house, but a 4-mile hike. That’s the deserted boat ramp down there, as it is closed for COVID-19. […] ]]> 49c4d1837d43f3cb8366c3a94880ece3 BetaGary posted a new activity comment https://community.komando.com/activity/p/12098/#acomment-12103 Thu, 28 May 2020 01:17:47 -0700 BTW, you’ll have to replace the “dot” with a real one, as this site won’t let us post links. Hopefully, they will fix that with the update.

In reply to - BetaGary posted an update I was able to recover the HD video of my drone flight over Scotts Flat Lake, but, unfortunately, my drone didn’t survive unscathed. The flat cable snapped that feeds the gimbal […] ]]> 8154137fb91f9e487f2670a696cd4574 BetaGary posted an update: This is a frame capture from my drone flight over […] https://community.komando.com/activity/p/12100/ Wed, 27 May 2020 22:56:33 -0700 This is a frame capture from my drone flight over Scotts Flat Lake, 1.6 miles from my house, but a 4-mile hike. That’s the deserted boat ramp down there, as it is closed for COVID-19. Screenshot – 5_27_2020 , 1_28_54 AM

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