Pictures of Green Up Day activities in Guilford, Vermont on May 1, 2010:
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Pictures of Green Up Day activities in Guilford, Vermont on May 1, 2010:
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.
It's that time of year once again, when steam billows out of sugar shacks across the region and vehicles get mired in muck. May as well throw some sugar suppers together. So what is a sugar supper? Ham, baked beans, cole slaw, potato salad, deviled eggs, freshly baked rolls, pickles, donuts, and hot maple syrup on snow. Yum!
March 6, 2010
Broad Brook Grange, Guilford, VT
March 20, 2010
Guilford Community Church, Guilford, VT