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Organize Anything with Pegboard: 11 Ideas and Tips | The Family Handyman

Posted on 2 September 2015 by matthannan

That moment where your brain catches on fire…

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Pegboard is everywhere—panels, hooks, doodads, you name it. Every hand tool in the hardware store ishanging on pegboard. Every bag of bolts, roll of duct tape and tinof Tic Tacs at the checkout counter—pegboarded.

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The Dead and The Restless, Part 2

Posted on 14 August 2015 by matthannan

I can’t believe I never got back to this! Sorry about that.

So, when we left off, we were in a cemetery in Dublin. The Find-A-Grave volunteer that answered my call for photos proved to be one of the best. He made several trips to the cemetery and sent a load of pictures.… Read the rest

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Genealogy Updates

Posted on 13 August 2015 by matthannan

Calin’s Irish Citizenship paperwork was kicked back. We need to provide a copy of “a gov’t issued photo ID”. Umm? You mean a passport? Yup.
So that is currently in the works as of last Monday.

DNA: Jenny’s brother’s results are back.… Read the rest

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The Dead and The Restless

Posted on 24 May 2015 by matthannan

This is a follow-on to the post about all of the new Flynn info. It is hard for me to come to terms with the fact that while all of that was going and all of the following was getting started, that I was studying for and taking final exams!… Read the rest

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The Ancestors Are Restless

Posted on 18 May 2015 by matthannan

Wow, what a week that was!

As I studied for my math and Java finals, my ancestors woke up and decided to mess with me. All of them. All at once.

It started with a message here to this post.… Read the rest

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My Find-A-Grave Link

Posted on 17 May 2015 by matthannan
















Search Matt Hannan’s cemetery records at by entering a surname and clicking search:






Restrict search to
Surname








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A good start to the summer plans

Posted on 15 May 2015 by matthannan

Have a look at my autosomal DNA matches graph.

The goal this summer is to meld my geekiness with my genealogical pursuits.
Java, which was pretty much selected from a hat as a course of study for me, is going to play a big role in this.… Read the rest

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Summer 2015

Posted on 13 May 2015 by matthannan

It seems that this place is not as hidden as I thought.
For those of you asking questions about Excel functions and the like, please understand that I use this place as kind of a notebook. Just because it winds up as a post here, especially if it is just a link, it does not mean that I am great source of info on the subject.… Read the rest

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Static route for ICS

Posted on 17 March 2015 by matthannan

route -p add 10.25.68.0 mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.137.250… Read the rest

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Blizzard 2015

Posted on 27 January 2015 by matthannan

Snowmageddon 2015 in Attleboro.
This doesn’t seem all that bad, but keep an eye on the chainlink fence across the street.

And, sorry, folks, but I bungled the start of the storm by using inferior and untested software on the camera.… Read the rest

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