Five Acres with a View

Happy Mother’s Day

Elaine — Sun, 11 May 2008 16:48:08 +0000

Morning Clouds

Elaine — Sat, 10 May 2008 21:24:16 +0000

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

Make Link :: Firefox Add-ons

Elaine — Sun, 04 May 2008 23:55:38 +0000

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

Spam is 30 Years Old - Yippee! (not)

Elaine — Sat, 03 May 2008 14:12:33 +0000

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

Morning Pastels

Elaine — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:04:19 +0000

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

Unhide Menubar Add-on

Elaine — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:26:21 +0000

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.

View From My Office

Elaine — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:46:30 +0000

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

Cheyenne Mountain Vista

Elaine — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:29:47 +0000

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

Clam Chowder’s Web Page

Elaine — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:50:59 +0000

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.”

Hardy Heron

Elaine — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:57:10 +0000

April 19, 2008 - Click on image for higher resolution version.

I updated to the Hardy Heron Ubuntu Linux release candidate today with remarkably little fuss.