Category Archives: Info

Events I thought folks might want to read about.

Goodbye Green Mountain Geek

Once upon a time, back in 2008 sometime, I had an inspiration to split off all my technical/geekish type posts from this site and give them a home on site of their own. Thus was born “Green Mountain Geek” (Okay, … Continue reading

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Russian Subs Off East Coast a Surprise?

In case anyone missed the big headline today, the US (Navy, most likely) has “discovered” that two Russian Akula class fast attack subs have been patrolling approximately 200 miles off the east coast of the United States. Oh, really? What … Continue reading

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People living longer | Thursday ponderings

I read an article in the New York Times today that stated that researchers have discovered an antibiotic that appears to prolong life in mice: Rapamycin treatment had the remarkable effect of extending life even though it was not started … Continue reading

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I have this book you see

I have this book. It’s a rather lovely book you see and it came in the mail just the other day after traveling all the way from the UK to my doorstep. It must have been awful tiring. It has … Continue reading

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Cold Enough and a New Baby is Born

It’s almost cold enough to freeze tourists out there. Not the worst we’ve ever seen for sure but definitely not the kind of weather for wearing shorts…except possibly for Canadians. It was -12 degrees this morning when the sun peeked … Continue reading

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Blogger Blows it Big time

If there’s one main thing that the Blogoshpere revolves around, what would it be? Back links! That’s what. Anybody who has ever commented on a blog and happens to also have their own blog as well, knows exactly what this … Continue reading

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Host changed PHP engines with no notification.

For anyone that has a WordPress blog hosted by Bluehost, they’re currently busy switching over to PHP 5 and doing away with PHP 4 altogether and as of this post, they have not notified anyone of this in any way … Continue reading

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Windows Live Writer Beta 2 is Here!

Praise the lord and pass the admonition, the new Live Writer is finally here! And of course I had to make a test post just to make sure it worked. The install went without a hitch although I uninstalled beta … Continue reading

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