Five Acres with a View

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.”

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.

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

It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity. I bet this kind of thing does not happen to heroin addicts. I bet that when serious heroin addicts go to purchase their heroin, they do not tolerate waiting in line while some dilettante in front of them orders a hazelnut smack-a-cino with cinnamon sprinkles. ~Dave Barry

Coffee Quotes and Sayings about Caffeine