diff --git a/_ext/arquillian.rb b/_ext/arquillian.rb
index 72805e4a6ba..eac568946d5 100644
--- a/_ext/arquillian.rb
+++ b/_ext/arquillian.rb
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def visit(repository, site)
       clone_dir = File.join(repos_dir, repository.path)
       rc = nil
       if !File.directory? clone_dir
-        puts "Cloning repository #{repository.clone_url} -> #{clone_dir}"
+        # puts "Cloning repository #{repository.clone_url} -> #{clone_dir}"
         rc = Git.clone(repository.clone_url, clone_dir)
         if repository.master_branch.nil?
           rc.checkout(repository.master_branch)
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def visit(repository, site)
           repository.master_branch = rc.current_branch
         end
       else
-        puts "Using cloned repository #{clone_dir}"
+        # puts "Using cloned repository #{clone_dir}"
         rc = Git.open(clone_dir)
         master_branch = repository.master_branch
         if master_branch.nil?
diff --git a/_ext/common.rb b/_ext/common.rb
index f3947007c7b..0ed5b9be60a 100644
--- a/_ext/common.rb
+++ b/_ext/common.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
+
 def getOrCache(tmp_file, url)
   response_body = ""
   if !File.exist?tmp_file
-    puts url
+    # puts url
     response_body = RestClient.get(url, :cache => false) { |response, request, result, &block|
       case response.code
       when 404
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ def getOrCache(tmp_file, url)
 def getOrCacheJSON(tmp_file, json_url)
   json = {}
   if !File.exist?tmp_file
-    puts 'Grabbing ' + json_url
+    # puts 'Grabbing ' + json_url
     response_body = RestClient.get(json_url, :cache => false, :accept => 'application/json') { |response, request, result, &block|
       case response.code
       when 404
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ def getOrCacheJSON(tmp_file, json_url)
     begin
       json = JSON.parse File.read(tmp_file)
     rescue => e
-      puts 'Could not parse JSON file ' + tmp_file + '; ' + e
+      # puts 'Could not parse JSON file ' + tmp_file + '; ' + e
       json = {}
     end
   end
diff --git a/_ext/guide.rb b/_ext/guide.rb
index 92b5ebbfc3b..abe34dd68ea 100644
--- a/_ext/guide.rb
+++ b/_ext/guide.rb
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def transform(site, page, rendered)
 
             # Wrap <div class="header"> around the h2 section
             # If you can do this more efficiently, feel free to improve it
-            puts page_content
+            # puts page_content
             guide_content = guide_root.search('.titlebar').first.parent
             indent = get_indent(get_depth(guide_content) + 2)
             in_header = true
diff --git a/_ext/identities.rb b/_ext/identities.rb
index af4bbccb082..365a46f7528 100644
--- a/_ext/identities.rb
+++ b/_ext/identities.rb
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def lookup_by_contributor(contributor)
         # identity = lookup_by_name(contributor.name) if identity.nil?
         if identity.nil?
           # Indication that we have a mismatched account          
-          puts "Could not find contributor with e-mail " + contributor.email
+          # puts "Could not find contributor with e-mail " + contributor.email
         end
         identity
       end
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def lookup_by_contributor_email(email)
         identity = self.find {|e| e.contributor and e.contributor.emails and e.contributor.emails.include? email }
         if identity.nil?
           # Indication that we have a mismatched account
-          puts "Could not find contributor with e-mail " + email
+          # puts "Could not find contributor with e-mail " + email
         end
         identity
       end
diff --git a/_ext/lanyrd.rb b/_ext/lanyrd.rb
index 2709c2a14c3..9a78494ec13 100644
--- a/_ext/lanyrd.rb
+++ b/_ext/lanyrd.rb
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ def execute(site)
       begin 
         page1 = Nokogiri::HTML(getOrCache(File.join(@lanyrd_tmp, "search-#{@term}-1.html"), search_url))
       rescue => e
+        # In case lanyrd is down... which is not that rare
         puts e
         site.sessions = []
         return
diff --git a/_ext/restclient_extensions.rb b/_ext/restclient_extensions.rb
index a9125ffde5c..1c7ca23e326 100644
--- a/_ext/restclient_extensions.rb
+++ b/_ext/restclient_extensions.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def execute(&block)
       end
 
       if response.nil?
-        puts 'Fetching ' + self.url
+        # puts 'Fetching ' + self.url
         response = _execute &block
         instances.each do |instance|
           instance.cache_miss(response) if instance.respond_to? 'cache_miss'
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class << cachedResponse
   def cache_miss(response)
     if response.code == 200 and @cache and @request.method.eql? 'get' and
         @redirects.eql? @request.headers[:redirects] and !response.body.empty?
-      puts "Cache miss because #{@cache_file} is missing or expired"
+      # puts "Cache miss because #{@cache_file} is missing or expired"
       FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname @cache_file)
       begin
         File.open(@cache_file, 'w:UTF-8') do |out|