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A message for all visitors to my website:


URGENT APPEAL FOR SUPPORT

Please consider donating - so these projects, including Revert8Plus, can continue to be developed

I’ve been developing tools to simplify your PC since 2022, and during this time every tool has been free to download, and I intend for this to continue. Developing these projects, however, takes a lot of time and commitment., and I assumed that, after a year or so, monetary returns would start to trickle in, to help cover basic living expenses. Yet sadly this never happened.

I’m happy to say that my website has grown significantly over the past couple of years, and now attracts over 150K monthly page views. Yet, I discovered that most good ad networks are unwilling to approve sites with fewer than 1M page views per month. So, whilst my site has been displaying Carbon Ads for the past few months, the CPM is so low that it brings barely $10 each month, which is quite sad. My YouTube channel brings equally small returns, at around $14 monthly, and sponsors are not particularly interested in channels with fewer than 10K subscribers.

So sadly I'm now struggling to stay afloat, and struggling to even cover housing costs, which is a big concern both personally and for the future of my projects. I have over the past few weeks continued developing several projects, including a tool to easily install Windows 7 on modern hardware, and the long awaited Revert8Plus v5. I’m concerned however that, without funding or a place to live, these might never get finished.

I love developing these projects, and am delighted that so many people are now interested in my work, and using and enjoying the tools. As my site continues to grow, it will become easier to attract funding support via good ad networks and sponsors. Meanwhile, I’m working on alternative ways to bring long term financial support for my site and projects, yet these will take some time to implement, hopefully before the end of this year.

So at the moment, there are few options left. I don’t want to resort to using bad ad networks with their annoying pop ups, or other user-hostile ways of monetization, as I have always tried to produce user-friendly content. So I’ve decided to ask directly here, hoping some of you might offer your support to help me through these next couple of months. If you feel you could donate, your contributions would give me time to finish and release my next couple of projects, and start alternative ways of funding my site – and so ensure a positive long term outcome.

So, to everyone who visits my site, if you have enjoyed my work, tools, tutorials or advice, I hope you might consider offering a donation at this very difficult time. It would make all the difference in the world. Please use the donate button on the right. Also, please share this page with anyone you know who might also be interested in supporting me at this time.

Thank you so much – and thanks a million to those of you who have already donated, it really helps.

Tech Stuff

About this site
A journey of discovery and development

The Tech Stuff journey began with an avid interest in older style games and operating systems, which offered so much more than their newer variants. From this enthusiasm for older style tech, came the realisation that, just because something was shiny and new, extensively marketed and theoretically popular, didn’t necessarily mean it was better.

Flash games, which achieved peak popularity during the 2000s, were simple yet exciting, very accessible, quick to pick up and put down, and brought an explosion of creativity and innovation from budding independent developers. In contrast, HTML5 games came with large download sizes, and were typically slow, buggy, and complicated.

A similar pattern was emerging with operating systems, with newer versions clearly not focusing on the interests of typical users. Whilst older OSs like Windows 7 were simple and clean, visually appealing and came without tracking, Microsoft’s more recent offerings had become unnecessarily complex, and included unwelcome tracking and preinstalled bloatware, insisting on the setting up of a Microsoft account to hold personal data.

Aware of the downsides to these modern technology trends, a new pathway emerged, which involved looking at how the superior yet older computer games, functions and interfaces could be restored. This laid the foundation for a programmer and software developer now inspired to create tools to improve and simplify things.

So began the next stage of the journey, developing tools which restored these older, more functional designs. One of the earlier projects was to restore internet explorer and flash player on Windows 11, with subsequent projects including ‘upgrading’ from Windows 11 to 10, getting security updates for Windows 7 after the official end of support, and the automated, customisable transformation pack, Revert8Plus.

At the moment, there are several new projects being developed, alongside continued work on Revert8Plus, with many more innovative tools planned for the near future. The project news section on the home page details the latest updates and improvements to these, so check back regularly to keep up to date! The YouTube videos, which demonstrate these projects as they are released, are typically premiered, so if you want interesting and helpful ways to simplify and enhance your PC, then do subscribe to the channel. Finally, if you cannot find what you are looking for on the website or YouTube channel, then just get in touch.