Dang Pat! Good luck with your new gig (I'll be looking out for it) and I hope that you and your wife will soon welcome a healthy child. All the best man!

Leo was right ... GOOD LUCK -P

kindest,
-b

OMG no! NO! The end of Patrick!!

Good luck, buddy. Thanks for the memories!

T_T Patrick Nooooo!!!! T_T
We lost You once before on SS, that was tragic... We'll miss You!

great episode
bye pat , we will miss you.:(

Patrick....gonna miss ya. Best of luck in all you do professionally and personally.

Rob

bye Patrick :(
Good Luck in your new Job and cogratulations for the child!

WHAT!!!!!!WTF!!!!!!! no Partick you cannot do this, I just got here, and it was all because of you that I started to watch the show!!!! now it feels like the Screensavers all over again!!!!!!

Well in any case have fun Pat!!! and what is the next gig?!?!?!

Patrick Norton leaving is sad to hear. He's the glue of dl.tv.

It was nice for Patrick to let us know that he is moving on. I was kind of waiting for it when I first heard't of Jim.

Gongratulations about the baby!

I am sure Robert and Roger will take good care of the show.

Patrick,

Congratulations on the upcoming addition to your family! I'm sure I'm not alone in saying you'll be missed but don't be a stranger...make sure you come back and do dl.tv occasionally. Best wishes for your new job.

Bill

Patrick, we miss you already. Please come back soon as a guest host.

Anyway, be successful in your new job and have a healthy new family member.

Greetings from Germany,
Thomas

Take it easy Patrick sorry to see you leave.

congrats with the little on patrick,

i wish you the best of luck with your next project, and look forward to it.

Good Luck and Thank You Patrick!!!. I anticipated and enjoyed your work on DL.TV. Oh, Congratulations on you and your wife's pending new baby. (Hint: get as much sleep you can get now!!!!!! It will pay off big time...) Will look forward to your new gig, so let the world know........ Oh, I'll continue to watch DL.TV with Robert and Roger......

So sad to hear that Patrick is leaving, I always liked his style of comedy and all his great voices.

Good Luck on your future endeavors, and congratulations on the baby!

Thanks for making my Tuesdays and Thursdays special, it kept me sane through High School.

xbox 360 on 44 foot wide screen?.....is that even possible!

Patrick thank you for the years of information and the entertaining way that you brought it to us. Good luck with the new addition to your family!

Well there goes the dl.tv ratings strait down just kidding Robert H. lol :) But now that Roberts all thats left is the show going to only talk about tv's? Patrick you will be missed and I hope you have a health child your going to make a great dad. Best of luck to you and I'll be on the look out for what you do next.

All the best Patrick. The show won't be the same without you.

Patrick is the main reason I watched the show. This = sad.

Most Awesome News on the coming baby, Patrick!

You're going to love being a Dad! You're going to make a great one, too. Be sure to have a few and add to the fun.

Best of luck in your new work - we're going to miss you on this show. A lot changed when SS and ZDTV went away. I really feel the fun and magic went out of personal computing when that network was no more. A lot changed since then and things became a lot less friendly.

Best to you and yours!

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Patrick no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I guess you will be moving to revision3

very sad news for DLTV...but heres for the future
Thanks pat for always replying to my emails! You need to be a host on some type of TV show dude, you were made for it..maybe at REV3 with jim??

anyways gd luk with the baby and future!!

jag--ukj

Don't worry Robert, Pat is just getting the love cause he's out the door. We still enjoy you!

Sad to see him go... I only discovered DL.TV recently, and checked it out because of Patrick, now I'm hooked on the show!

Everyone is leaving today; both Patrick and Paula Zahn on cnn.

I am so sad.... where can i watch Pat now?!?!

this wasn't that shocking. first, we saw Pat appear in Systm episodes. combine that with Louderback leaving Ziff Davis. combine that with old techtv personalities joining rev3 (Sarah Lane).

ah.........! (sigh) this feels very familiar, what with the last leaving and all. However, I know that you will rise again, to bestow your wisdom on all who wish listen.
Congrats on the little one Pat. Wishing you and your better half all the best. Do you think they have baby Utilikilts?

Jersey boys will miss you. Hope to see you soon.

chris

Oh my dear god patrick! Don't say it's so! how can we keep track of you, are you going to be doing anything on the web, what are you doing! You've been my favorite tech guy since I learned from you near the end of tech tv, I can't believe this, Please be in the public eye in some way, thank you for all you've done

I think this entire situation sums it up

http://darthno.ytmnd.com/

Patrick can't leave... NEVER it's your dam show

NO! Patrick, you're killing me man... I started watching this show a couple months ago because of you, and now you're leaving! Let us know what this new gig is so we can keep up with you. Fair well Mr. Norton, you will be missed.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is most likely going to be the worst episode ever. I just heard the Patrick is going to leave and this really really x 10 sucks. I'm watching the episode tonight, hope its a good farewell.

FAREWELL, YOU'VE TAUGHT ME SO MUCH!!!!
-dave

You don't know what you got till it's gone...

Good luck Patrick!

Damn. Gonna miss you Patrick. Stick somewhere for more than a few years! I'm sick of following you around the TV/Internet. Congrats on the baby. I'll be looking for you :)

Sorry to see ya go Patrick--awesome job on DL TV.
Ive been a fan of yours since the early TSS show.
You have taught me alot.
Look forward to seeing you on your next projects.

Flogging Molly has lost it's number one fan on Ziff Davis... I hope it was worth it Patrick...

Congratulations on the baby and the new gig!

You'll be greatly missed by your many fans and I'm lucky to count myself among them.

Thanks for all the great shows. I hope to catch you on others.

Once again, thanks and all the best!

In a 2 week period finding Patrick again a real high
and now he is gone. The gods are against rational computing. I hope his good luck is another re-invention of "the wheel"

Patrick Congratulations on the little Norton, but one Question who will be the official Kilt model with you gone. I think that every other week the hosts should take a turn.

Patrick please post a vidcast of you destroying something every once in a while.

Russ

Well, I am sad about it, angry and just mostly sad. I really wish Tech TV never died. Now its like, all the tech greats have seperated, aside from audio shows and a few great video ones... its not the same. I started watching DL.TV back in 06 and well, sad to see you go. Sure robert will be there, but its not going to be the same.... atleast tell us what your doing instead of "another gig"...thats really not that much info. best wishes. and congrats on your future baby.

First, congrats Pat! You are going to make an awesome dad. You will be greatly missed. I have to say that I did get that same horrible feeling when TechTV died when I heard the news. I will continue to watch the show but it will not be the same. I hope you keep doing Systm for Rev3 and maybe now you can join Leo and John on TWIT more. Take care buddy. Robert and Roger, you have some big shoes to fill (and a mighty hammer to swing as well).

Until we meet again Mr. Norton. Until we meet again... godspeed to wherever the wind takes you. And now... Robert... TURN THIS MOTHER OUT! That's right; get Chang in some HAMMER PANTS!

Sorry to hear you're leaving Patrick, but good luck with the new gig and congratulations on the baby.

patrick noooo... im happy for you though man. Good luck and i wish you the best.

wait a minute??? Bob just cashed out on his vacation time too... The plot thickens...

Dudes, I will be sad about Patrick leaving if I get around to listening to the show (I usually listen during my morning walk). However, somehow the MP3 link is labeled as show 188, but is pointing to show 186. I copied and edited the HTML and was able to grab 188 to listen to it tomorrow. However, this has confused my iTunes podcast subscription.

Best wishes Patrick (baby and job). Good luck carrying the ball Robert.

Thanks Patrick for your hard work keeping us geeks informed and entertained. Good Luck on your upcoming addition and your new projects.

Good luck Patrick. So much for DL.TV, Now I have to find something else to watch on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

But the biggest question of all remains, will we still get to see the finished Mac laptop?

Patrick is leaving? Ack! :O

We'll miss you man! You rock! Please come back and visit!

Try to stay sane with the little dude. Lack of sleep can be a killer, good luck! Hope you turn him into a geek! :D

Good luck, dude! ^___^

Patrick,

Good luck with the future gigs, just when I was looking into sponsoring and ad too... Might still be a good idea...

Let us all know when you're "visable" again.

Sincerely,

All of us at http://nopayplay.com

All the best Patrick.

You're leaving Patrick!!! :'(

Well have fun in your new job and good luck. :)

Hi,

Good luck Patrick, you did a very good job at DL.TV and I hope you have a successful career beyond it! Please let us know where you will be next. You will be missed.

When I read that I actually gasped out loud.

Regards

Dang, Patick was the only reason I started watching the show...I guess I'll keep watching dl.tv but I can promise you it wont be as enjoyable. (Sits in corner in fetal position and cries hysterically for hours)
Come back soon Pat PLEASE!

Well Patrick, obviously you've got a lot of fans that are going to miss your unique personality on dl.tv (not that Robert and Roger don't also have quite unique personalities). Please be kind enough to let us all know where you land. May you always be successful at whatever you undertake, always land on your feet, always have the wind at your back, bla, bla, bla. Best regards always,
Bob

I haven't fell this sad since Johny Carson retired...you made computers a lot of fun. You'll enjoy being a Dad.
I hope someone will give a detailed report as to what you'll be doing.
Roger and Robert (and the gang at DLTV)will continue to do an excellent job on the show. (G-4 take note).
Again...Thanks Pat!!!!

Sad to see you leave, Patrick

Sad to see you leave Patrick, but good luck where ever you decide to go. Don't worry Robert, as Chris said above, we enjoy you just as much, please don't leave as well! I'm thinking a good substitute for taking over Patrick's role would be, Roger Chang! Keep up the good work everyone!

Cong. on the new baby Patrick.. And good luck with your new gig (Will be looking for it). We hope to see you on the show again plz

On topic: Firefox plugin Gmail S/MIME hope you know about it.

:'( best of luck Mr Norton

Patrick you will be missed and Congratulations.

Say it ain't so, Pat! I agree with everyone, this is just like when we lost you on The Screen Savers...we will miss your insight and humor...sad times...*but* I'm glad you're moving on to bigger and better things, and hopefully you'll still be doing eps of Systm. Congrats on your new youngling, and let us know what your "new gig" is all about. When you come back to guest host, you better be rockin' the Utilikilt, and wielding the sledgehammer... :D

Best of luck, Pat, and the same to Robert and Roger...keep up the good work, gents.

been watching since techtv and will miss you pat. at least we still have the old shows we can download/watch here.

It's sad to see you go, Patrick. I wish you the best of luck in whatever it is you'll be doing now.

Sad to see you go Patrick, But it's been a pleasure having your insight on the tech world, Both you and Robert have brought to life the only tech show that I've ever thought was worth watching.
But wait... we never did get to see what your macbook has turned into!!
Don't forget to let us all know what your new show will be (if there will be one)

Hats off to you Patrick!

It really surprised me to hear that Pat is leaving, good luck to you, we will miss you!

Sad to see you go, only starting watching ~about a month ago and even ill miss you.
Good luck bud.

Good Luck Patrick and thanks for the all the good shows.

Any chance for a female co-host? (or at least Roger in a dress??)

Congrats on the offspring. I am still part of you mindless sheep and listen when you tell me what TVs are showing you the best quality TVs.

Please come back and give us a HDtv round up in Fall/Super bowl season.

Good luck at the next gig, And not ever stop folding

so I guess it's full-time on Systm Podcast you do for Revision3...be nice if you would let people know what is going on and where you are going, remember fans...later dude

Well, at a TOTAL guess...
say hello to Louderback when you start Rev3.
We'll miss ya here, and both you and Jim still owe a LAST Whats New Now video

It was enjoyable. Kinda feels like the "closing" of TechTV and TSS (the GOOD ones) before everybody left...

Greetz from the ZDNet Ciniplex ;)

One word.....Revision3

Paul

Noooooooo! Patrick, you just broke my heart! :(

You and Robert made a fantastic team, I'm going to miss you!

But good luck to you at your next gig and let us know what it is :D

Hey Patric!

Thanks for all the fun, and good luck on your new assignement ;-) life goes one (and this time made me sad :-()!

Shocking and not funny, it's more like a ....dejavu.

Hey Pat I just wanted to wish you and your family all the best. It was a pleasure seeing your show every week. What ever you do, don't give up on technology, no matter how many kids you have or how old you get.

goodluck pat. won't be the same without ya.

So I finally got Tech on digital TV in Canada a few years back and Patrick was gone within a month and the rest of the gang quickly followed and the show went Kaput!

I see Patrick about a week ago on "Lab with Leo" here in Canada -- find out about DL.TV -- start watching episodes like crazy -- and Patrick leaves... again!

I'll only forgive you if Rogers Canada has hired you to do a proper computer tech\hardware show because without Leo all G4Tech in Canada has is a gaming channel with some anime.

YES - THANKS a LOT and GOOD LUCK!

Pat best of luck in your new venture and grats on the impending offspring !!!! Will miss seeing you on dl.tv but I am sure Robert and Roger can muddle thru somehow LOL.

Warmest regards,

B

First Veronica from BuzzOutLoud and now Patrick....

Is the world coming to an end? Just kidding....

Best of luck to you Patrick and congratulations on the new member of the family.

Good luck to Robert and Crew!!. Dl.TV has become MUST SEE TV for me and I'll continue to watch it!!.

At least I was able to get my question answered by you before you up and left. :(

You know you are loved when no one wants you to leave but wishes you well.

Congrats on the baby (finally!).

Hope the new job works out for you and look forward to seeing you whenever up pop up on DL.tv and CrankyGeeks. Hope you will still be apart of TWiT.

Patrick sorry to see you go... good luck. But I have two questions... Who'll keep Robert in check? and will we ever see that mangled macbook work again?

Sad to see you go, my first reaction was shock, guess its the best thing for you. Good luck with new job and family!!

Irreplaceable is Mr Norton!

Nooo! It can't be Patrick. You have great chemistry on DL.TV with Robert Heron. Please come back to host DL.TV frequently. Patrick, congratulations on your baby and unknown job. Can you stay visible on the Internet for us, Patrick? I love Tech TV of the days past. Come on Roger and Robert, you can now be more of a dark tipper on computers now that Jim Louderback and Patrick aren't around. :) I want DL.TV to continue forever.

Ahh crap!

Happy to hear you re going to spend some baby time ... my 2nd is now 2 months, so all I can say is:
hehehe. Seriously, congrats.

Not happy that you will be leaving the show.

Im not one of those people stuck in the past and who believe that all will be well in the universe if the TechTV gang is back in one place.
For tech shows to succeed you need to have more than one solid producer of podcasts.
A strong Cnet, twit.tv, and Ziff-Davis gives us competition which is a good thing.
So Im not all moist at the idea that Patrick will be joining Rev3.

As for this show, love Robert's wit, so Ill still watch for a while but the past few weeks have shown that these two were a perfect online match. Roger is not the answer to anything demanding charisma. Keep him behind the camera and maybe send him over to get CrankyGeeks off the lifesystem.
Garnett Lee was an excellent co-host last time.

I think in the long run it will be a question of whether my like of Robert is going to be higher than my dislike of the new cohost.
How about Wil Harris who appears on Twit? Sure, he has that darn accent but we can live with it.
Or Wil Wheaton?
Maybe some young thing with a healthy amount of cleavage?

Good luck Pat!
See ya Robert at Rev3.
(you know its gonna happen, its like gravity, you cant stop it. Youll be a Rever soon and then you'll be bought out by Google. That's one prediction that is always safe to make.)

Patrick,
First off as everyone else has said good luck in your new Gig. I am too very sad to see you leave the show, I have enjoyed watching and getting to see Mr. Heron but you are the reason I started watching the show. Love you in Screen Savers and was thrilled to find you still doing the same sorta thing here.

Again good luck and congrats on the little one, kids are so much fun!

Take care.

-S

Patrick, now that you are leaving DL.TV I will surely miss you. I wish you all the best to you and your family.
I always look forward to downloading your shows and watch them over my lunch hour. It will not be the same. I guess that's life...

Sorry to hear that you are leaving Patrick. Good luck to you in your new venture, and congrats to you and your wife on the announcement of a soon to be new Norton. Roger and Robert will do a F I N E job, I'm sure.

It so so sad to know that Pat is leaving. Anyways, I wanted to wish Pat the best of lucks with the new baby and I hope to see you soon on the show. You will be missed, that is for sure. Greetings from a viewer and fan from Venezuela.

Thanks for all the great times on here, Patrick! Congrats on the new baby! I'm a new dad myself, and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.

Let us know where ya land! I'll be right here with Robert and Roger!

Good luck Pat we will miss you

Wow! Sorry to hear you are leaving but happy to hear about the new baby and future job adventure. Best of luck to you! DLTV will probably go on but you will be missed greatly. You have a great voice and could do voice over jobs if you got really bored. At least we can go back and watch some of the previous episodes.

Robert - Don't worry too much. I hear Rosie O'Donnel is still looking for a co-host job!

this is so sad, but ill follow you wherever you go after this. Sigh, yet another podcast ill have to watch to get all my screensaver people. Bye Pat! We'll miss you! Goodluck with your baby.

Patrick you can't leave just yet, you forgot to tell us about your apple notebook, if you ever got it back together....

Good Luck Patrick!! We will definitely miss you!!

Good Luck Patrick..... it was fun watching you and Robert discuss things. Good luck and congrats!

Wow. Patrick, I'm yet another fan from the Screen Savers days, and I am so sad to see you leave DL.tv. I love the show as a whole but you were the main reason I watched. PLEASE let us know ASAP what your next gig is! You need to let your fans know where to find you! You'll be GREATLY missed.

Congrats on the baby!

Nooooooooo :(

Man I remember watching Pat and Leo on the early days of The Screen Savers. I have watched him ever since.

I'm so sad :(

I will miss you Patrick

I don't think I can say anything that already hasn't been said...I've enjoyed your work/humor, etc. since SS & have seen many DL episodes. Keep doing what you do so well & best wishes!

Dan

Wow.............

Anyway, best of luck, and I hope the new gig works out. Best of luck with the new kid.

PAT NOOOOOO dude you cant leave us again man you have to come back to the show once things get back to normal
you and leo should do a show together with video do the screen savers again that was the best show ever next to dl.tv ;_;

Pat...
I have been following you since the days of Screen Savers (I know Im not the only one!) and I hope that your new gig, (and the impending baby) are the greatest thing that has happened to you!!
As a podcaster, myself, I know the hours put into a show, and I know you will be back, but I will miss you presence on DL.TV!
You have been blessed.

You'll definitely be missed Patrick ... I was just saying to someone the other day I watch DL.tv just because you're in it.

I'll keep a look out for ya on The Lab, Cranky Geeks, DL.tv, etc -- best of luck with your family.

Bye Patrick, it was all good.

Thanks for the memories Patrick...DL.TV was one of my favorites and not having you on it every time will just feel weird. Congrat on the bundle of joy and wising you all the best in your new venture at Revision3 (another great company) I am sure alot of us will be staying tune to see where you will pop up again to inspire and entertain us again. AS for Robert and Roger and everyone at DL.TV. Keep on trucking...I am certain us fan will still be staying tuned to you guys... cheers!

I began watching DL.TV for both Patrick and Robert, but my main focus soon became Pat. I've been a fan of Patrick since the days of the kilt on The Screen Savers all the way to present day with DL.TV. I even started my own podcasts following Pats' example. Patrick, you shall be sorely missed. I wish you the best of luck in what you do both professionally and personally in the future.

Good luck to ya Patrick and the future of DLTV. ( from a very long time viewer!)

About the PDA part of this episode. Dude's...you are not PDA savvy. Suggest you start hanging at Brighthand.com and PPCthoughts.com. Most any Windows PPC made in the past couple years has Bluetooth (to connect/synch/print to PCs, Phones, Headphones, Printers, Keyboards, etc) and Wifi 802.11 B/G including WPA-PSK security. Batteries can last for a several hours, and many of the classic styled HP unit can use a slip on backing that includes a 2nd battery. Using a BT Keyboard, connected to the College network (it is a Window's device after all, with Word, Excel, Powerpoint, IE, WMP etc all loaded and compatible) you should have no problem. Most newer units with PPC5 or 6 support instant landscape support for improved document handling.

Patrick; I think it's great you are moving on. You seem the type to follow your passion and make your own success. You have also given Roger and others a chance for new opportunities as well. I'm sure Robert will step up to a more challenging role, and a new dynamic will form around the crew. I'm especially looking forward to a new 'Stump Chang' segment with unrehearsed questions answered live: arcane questions need only apply!
Good luck my friend(s)!
dave

We will miss you our Tech Hero!!!

Good Luck Pat!!

Good Luck Pat we knew yee too briefly
Speaking as an Uncle with many nieces and nephews under 2 years old and one the way. Its going to be a fun ride.

Regarding Cassandra's PDA question, I wanted to point out that I saw a guy in class using a PDA with a fold-out keyboard taking notes. The following term I had my own PDA with a fold-out keyboard. It was certainly lighter than a laptop and served its purpose expertly. I can type much faster than I can write. A PDA is a fine device for this purpose. But today, I think I'd just spring the extra couple of hundred bucks and buy a laptop instead. Ultimately, you can do more with a laptop and you'll find yourself in the library one day wishing you had a laptop because your PDA can't do it all.