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The Patrick Connolly Mysteries

A couple of years ago I found out that one of my great great grandfathers was from Ireland. That was essentially all I knew about him. His name was Patrick Connolly and the earlier mention I find of him is a marriage record in Salem, Massachusetts in the 1840′s. I connected to him through the [...]

Regressives Block Confirmation Of Openly Gay Judge in Virginia

Regressives in Virginia’s House of Delegates lead by Delegate Bob Marshall blocked an openly gay man from becoming a judge yesterday. Given Marshall’s history of open homophobia and blatant discrimination this shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. So far as I can tell, Marshall thinks Virginia’s slogan is “Virginia Is For Haters”. He certainly [...]

C25K: Week 2 Run 2

Starting to get back on track with the runs. The shoulder is holding up without complaint.

A Quick Look At Reunion 10

Just as I had lost hope that Reunion 9 would ever be updated, version 10 was released. Given that I just recently did a comparison of Reunion 9 to RootsMagic 5, I figured I ought to do a short note on how Reunion 10 compares. It’s certainly prettier than Reunion 9. Instead of a main [...]

QRP To The Field 2012

QRP To The Field 2012

Photos from the Vienna Wireless Society QRP To the Field event held at Glyndon Park.

C25K: Week 1 Run 3

The last run of week 1. So far, things are back on track.

C25K: Week 1 Run 2

The second run of week 1 in the restarted Couch to 5K series. Lauri walked with me so I ended up doing runs out and walks back to her so my path is full of retraced steps. My shoulder held up well and didn’t cause any problems.

Reboot C25K: Week 1 Run 1

After five months off dealing with a frozen shoulder I was finally able to start running again. I was advised to ease into it so I decided to start back at the beginning. The results were a bit faster than my original week 1 runs though not dramatically so. More importantly, my shoulder was a [...]

Comparing RootsMagic to Reunion

It seems kind of odd to compare Windows and Mac genealogy apps. But, these two apps seem to be the best or at least among the most used for their respective platforms. I’ve been using Reunion 9 since 2009. There is much to like about it. It’s powerful and capable. I don’t think there would [...]

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