Five Acres with a View

January 17, 2007 - Click on image for higher resolution version.

I saw this magnificent Texas Longhorn steer at the National Western Stock Show in Denver yesterday. Few of my photos turned out, due to my reluctance to use flash photography without warning, so go see Connections and look at her photographs in her blog posts Reminiscing!, Cattle Judging, and Hats, Hardware and Humor. She used to exhibit livestock herself, and writes about her memories.

I had been avoiding Stock Show and similar events for several years, since I didn’t know how strenuous I would find it considering my heel problems. However, although I was exhausted when I got home last night, I rated my pain as a two this morning. Since most mornings these days I rate the pain as two to four (on a scale of one to ten) I was quite pleased.

sugarfused.net has a new look for the New Year. Fortunately, she announced her redesign in a web log post, since I normally read her web log using a feed reader.

Literally, A Web Log, tracks abuse of the word “literally.”

The OpenOffice.org Training, Tips, and Ideas web log provides detailed instructions including screenshots about OpenOffice.org.

Make your own motivational poster at Motivator: Inspire! Motivate! Mock!. (via John Scalzi’s Whatever.)

I have been reading Techdirt,a technology news weblog, for years. It has a spiffy new look, and unlike a lot of tech web sites, I don’t have to install Adblock before I can stand to read it.

I just upgraded to Wordpress 2.0.1 using the instructions at Upgrading WordPress in less than ten minutes and everything seems to be working. The real question: “Can I get used to WYSIWYG editing in a browser text area?”

Move from Jack about his trip to the United Kingdom at exempli gratia » BLOC for RUT #2.

Jack arrived home from Scotland on Friday. I was unclear on the details of his itinerary, and was very happy when I found out from the airline that his flight was direct from Glasgow to Chicago, avoiding the mess at Heathrow. He has been spending some time writing up his adventures, so check out his account at exempli gratia. The first thing I asked him when he got back was whether he got to play the Old Course.

The Autumn Cottage Diarist: has posted her Latest Antics of the Precious Pussy Pets.