Author: Elaine

Snap Links Firefox Add-ons

Snap Links, a Firefox Add-on, does something I’ve been wanting for some time.  It allows me to draw a box around an area on the screen, and then will open each link within the box in a separate tab.  I assigned the middle button of my mouse to draw the box, since I found it awkward working with the right button, which was the default.

Better Gmail Firefox Extension

About three weeks ago, I decided to see if I could use Gmail as my full time mail client.  I had been using Google Reader as my feed reader for some time, and decided to give Gmail another try.  (I had been using Gmail to archive stuff, but only used it to read my mail when I was traveling.) So far, there are just a few things that I have found that I don’t like as well as the way kmail worked, and the experiment is a success so far.

One tool that I recently started using to improve my Gmail experience is the Better Gmail Firefox extension from Gina Trapani of Lifehacker.  She incorporated a number of <a href=”http://www.greasespot.net/”>Greasemonkey</a> scripts into one, easy to install Firefox extension.  I like the keyboard macros, which extends the set of keyboard controls that are built into Gmail.

Young Chicks

April 12, 2007 – Click on image for higher resolution version.

Since the forecast snow storm made me reluctant to go over and check out her chicks, my friend sent me their photo. They are approximately two days old. Their names are Nugget (hard to see), Sunny II, and Marsala. (Sunny II is a Buff Orpington to replace the hen that died this past winter.) Nugget is a Plymouth Barred Rock, and Marsala is a Araucana. When they are old enough to hold their own, they will join Martha and Cassie in the chicken coop. For now, they are under a heat lamp in the garage.