New Site: Small Victory Farm

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Posted on 9th January 2010 by sgrimm in General

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Here’s a nice site just put together by my little neice (OK, she’s not so little anymore). But she decided to help out a friend by putting together a site for their horse riding club, Small Victory Farm. She added links to information about horse breeding, horse training, horse boarding and horse lessons. They are located between Ottawa and Toronto, in a town called Norwood, Ontario.

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Small Victory Farm Website

Small Victory Farm – Horse Riding Club in Ontario

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Rock Climbing Newfoundland

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Posted on 13th July 2008 by sgrimm in General | Videos

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Interested in some different routes, check out the following video on some interesting climbing in Newfoundland Canada. A good introduction to Newfoundland and video of one route called the fifth element.

If you’re looking for a place to stay, check out the Rosedalemanor Bed and Breakfast in Newfoundland.

Firefox Download Day

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Posted on 26th June 2008 by sgrimm in General

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Further to my previous posting Firefox The Best Browser In The World, FireFox 3 is now available for download. The attempt to obtain a Guiness World Record for the most downloads is now being reviewed by Guiness Book of World Records. There were over 8 million downloads within 24 hours. And today the number of downloads is at 22,433,957!

If you haven’t downloaded it yet, you can get it by clicking the graphic below:

Firefox 3

Firefox – The best browser in the world

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Posted on 3rd June 2008 by sgrimm in General

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I’m a techno geek and I always getting non-technical people asking me for advice. So you probably received this link because you asked me what is Firefox?

I’ll just say this, it is the best browser in the world.

You can download and install this software for free, it is easier to use and more secure than Internet Explorer. If you want to get fancy, there are all sorts of extra things you can add to Firefox (also for free) to make it do more for you. Firefox isn’t something completely new, there has been over 566 million downloads of this software already.

Now there is a new version just around the corner, Firefox 3. I’ve been playing around with a pre-release copy of it for a while now and think it is fantastic. One feature that I think new users will appreciate is the ability to just type the name of the website you want to go to in the address bar. If you are trying to go to http://www.google.com all you need to type is google and Firefox will send you to the right web page.

Now that Firefox 3 is going to be officially released, you can take part of setting a world record. They are trying to have the most downloads within 24 hours of release. You can download the software anytime, but it would be very cool if you participated in this event by clicking on the following link:

Download Day - English

If you missed the download day, you can still download Firefox anytime you want. Go to the following link:

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Corrupt SD Memory Card

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Posted on 9th January 2008 by sgrimm in General

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I’ve had a couple of SD cards fail on me and have gotten tired of creating little plastic coasters for my shot glasses. After sifting through all the crap on the net about “SD Card Failure”, “SD Card Not Found”, “Recover SD Card”, I finally found some good info on re-formatting a dead SD card. (more…)

Aircraft Repair Log Funny

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Posted on 14th June 2007 by sgrimm in General

(P = The problem logged by the pilot.)
(S = The solution and action taken by the engineers.)

P: Left inside main tyre almost needs replacement.
S: Almost replaced left inside main tyre.

P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.
S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.

P: Something loose in cockpit.
S: Something tightened in cockpit.

P: Dead bugs on windshield.
S: Live bugs on backorder.

P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute descent.
S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.

P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
S: Evidence removed.

P: DME volume unbelievably loud
S: DME volume set to more believable level.

P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
S: That’s what they’re there for.

P: IFF inoperative.
S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.

P: Suspected crack in windshield.
S: Suspect you’re right.

P: Number 3 engine missing.
S: Engine found on right wing after brief search.

P: Aircraft handles funny.
S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious.

P: Target radar hums.
S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics.

P: Mouse in cockpit.
S: Cat installed.

P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.
S: Took hammer away from midget.

Google Maps Street View

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Posted on 3rd June 2007 by sgrimm in General

Google has added a new feature to their online map application. I love google maps, and think this is a pretty wild way to tour a city I’ve never been to. Google has paid for a van to travel around the city and take photos of every street. They call this new view, Street View. If you are planning to drive to a building in an area where this is available you can actually see what the building looks like before you start driving.

It didn’t take long for the internet community to find the following street view photo. It is a girl getting into a truck and her thong underwear is hanging out.

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Paper Airplane Instructions

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Posted on 1st June 2007 by sgrimm in General | Videos

Here is a video of a complex paper airplane. I tried it, it flew very well even though my version wasn’t as crisp looking.

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Upload Photos to the Web

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Posted on 3rd May 2007 by sgrimm in General

Here’s a message specifically for the people using my family photo album, but it can also be useful for anyone wanting to upload photos to the web.

Most digital cameras today take photos at 5-10 Megapixels. This high resolution can result in large files ranging from 800KB – 5,000KB this is a large file to upload. The typical method I’ve seen people try to upload photos is:

  1. Take the photo
  2. Transfer to the computer
  3. Upload to a website
  4. wait… wait… wait…

Now imagine if you wanted to upload 10 photos, or 100 photos. You could be waiting for an hour for everything to upload. Or what usually happens is the file is too big and you get an error message.

So… what can you do?
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Yet another beginning for MosieGrimm

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Posted on 24th April 2007 by admin in General

Yes, the website has changed again. Yes I know, where did all the old stuff go. And yes, why am I using a stock/generic theme.

It all boils down to a lack of time right now. I just need a place where I can continue to keep track of important things about things I like to write about and start a list of my own favourite videos I think my friends and family should watch.

Keep coming back, who knows… one day I will get a chance to update the theme and make this more customized for my own style and needs.

Until then…