Broad Brook Grange #151 on Facebook

The Grange now has a Facebook page!

My office chair is killing me

I knew it...

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_19/b4177071221162.htm?chan=rss_topStories_ssi_5

Guilford, Vermont Green Up 2010

Pictures of Green Up Day activities in Guilford, Vermont on May 1, 2010:

http://picasaweb.google.com/majonen/GuilfordGreenUp2010

IE or Firefox won't display pages?

Emma's HP DV2000 notebook (running Vista crapware) had an interesting problem. For some reason, none of her browsers - Internet Explorer (IE), Firefox, or Google's Chrome - would connect to the Internet. But she did have an actively working net connection because other TCP/IP tools worked OK, such as ping, iTunes, and even Windows update. After a few system restores, IE resets, startup service troubleshooting, futile safe mode boots, Vista and IE updates, Firefox uninstall/reinstalls, I ran across some discussions about Norton's security products causing similar sounding problems, especially on HP computers where, unfortunately, it seems to be a standard part of the software distribution. So I found the Norton removal tool here, put it on a USB stick, then stuck it into Emma's notebook. After removing Norton and rebooting the notebook, all browsers connected OK. Ugh. What a waste of eight hours. Of course, there was nothing at all in the Windows system event logs to indicate what the problem was. Issues like this, I think, are Apple's bread and butter.

West Dummerston Sugar on Snow Supper

Saturday, March 27, 2010

West Dummerston Fire Dept.

Sugar on Snow Supper

Dummerston Center Grange Hall

Seatings: 4:30, 5:45, and 7:00 PM

Adults: $10, 12 & under: $5

Reservations: 802-257-0546 or 802-254-2686