Five Acres with a View

Yesterday saw the culmination of a month-long project: rebuilding one of our PCs to replace the ancient E-Machine that belonged to my mother. I had thought about doing this ever since I requisitioned the AMD64 that Jack that Jack bought to make a DVR (Digital Video Recorder) and never quite got working. I have been using the AMD64 as my desktop for months now, and adore it, so finally decided it was time to turn loose of my previous desktop.
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Google has a special Mother’s Day Logo.

May 10, 2008 - Click on image for higher resolution version.

Make Link is a Firefox add-on that allows you to copy links in a variety of formats, including those you specify yourself.

It was 30 years ago this Saturday that users of Arpanet, a U.S. government-designed precursor to the Internet, logged onto their accounts to find what is considered the first piece of unsolicited commercial e-mail ever sent.

On Spam’s Birthday, Three Cheers for ‘Delete’ - washingtonpost.com

April 28, 2008 - Click on image for higher resolution version.

Have you ever been in a pop-up window (like Haloscan comments use) and wished you could see the menubar and toolbar? If you use Firefox, and install the Unhide Menubar Add-on you can get the menu bar and toolbar to reappear for that window.

April 17, 2008 - Click on image for higher resolution version.

April 17, 2008 - Click on image for higher resolution version.

I thought I had looked for a website for Clam Chowder and failed to find one, but I just looked again and found Clam Chowder’s Web Page. They are one my favorite groups, and I am glad to see that they are still “semi-active.”