Monthly Archives: May 2008

One Nasty Week

Posted on May 31, 2008 by Kirk M

Man, I feel bloody awful! Isn’t that a great way to start a post? Unfortunately it’s true enough. I had a massive flare up of that service related problem in my gut last week (GERD and the effects thereof) and … Continue reading →

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Open Studio Weekend. Last Event at the Old Shop.

Posted on May 24, 2008 by Kirk M

It’s Memorial Day Weekend here in Vermont and that means it’s also the weekend of the annual Vermont Open Studio Weekend where artisans and crafters have the opportunity to show off their various genuine “Made in Vermont” arts and crafts … Continue reading →

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Firefox 3 RC1 High CPU and Memory Use? Try This Fix.

Posted on May 22, 2008 by Kirk M

In testing out Firefox 3 RC1 I realized that when loading up a page in a foreground tab when two or more tabs were present, my single core CPU maxed out and loading slowed to a crawl making the browser … Continue reading →

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Moving Long Meadow Farms Quilt Shop

Posted on May 21, 2008 by Kirk M

You all will have to excuse me from publishing any in-depth type posts here for the next week or so as my honey and I are in the midst of moving her quilt shop to a better location and from … Continue reading →

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Watch Me Try and Shoot My Foot

Posted on May 20, 2008 by Kirk M

And to think I used to live there. Oh wait…that’s typical of that area—I forgot. NEW BEDFORD – A firearms instructor for the Bristol County Sheriff’s department has been given other duties after his gun accidentally discharged while he was … Continue reading →

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Pat Who for President?

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Kirk M

Okay Folks I’ve finally made my decision. My Presidential candidate of choice is Pat Paulson. Yessir, I had a flashback to my younger years when good ol’ Pat ran for President and cried when he didn’t win and Mister, that’s … Continue reading →

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Just a Bit of Down Time

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Kirk M

My host decided they needed to upgrade the server kernel on my box today so there was about an hour of downtime earlier this evening. I don’t necessarily mind these upgrades that they do once in awhile, glad they’re on … Continue reading →

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Not Smart Enough to Vote for Obama?

Posted on May 14, 2008 by Kirk M

Hillary Clinton won W. Virginia in what Adam Nagourney of the New York Times calls an electoral shellacking. Well, good for her, it’s about time. However, Barack Obama’s advisors are waving her win aside blatantly hinting at the fact the … Continue reading →

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