LonelyMachines

Dante was my best friend for fifteen years. This was the last picture I took of him, a day before I had to have him put to sleep. I gave him the best life I could, and he repaid me with unconditional love. He meant to stick with me, even though he was hurting. I was reluctant to let him go, because I was too afraid to lose him. He was brave while I was selfish. He'd never have thought that, though. He simply loved me with all his heart, and that's a gift we all too often take for granted. I watched him grow from an ebullient and bright puppy to a wise old man, and he was a reassuring constant in my life, no matter what happened. Now it aches to walk through a room that's all too empty without him. Dogs love unconditionally, and I do believe they have souls.  Martin Luther once wrote, In Paradise there was complete harmony between man and animals; one day again that harmony will be restored and all creation will be made anew. I'll see him again some day. In the meantime,...

I recently noticed that clicking on links in Thunderbird fails to open a browser window. It worked a few days ago, so I'm guessing a recent update must have had something to do with it. There are bug reports, and there are quite a few workarounds, some of which are complex and none of which are elegant. Nor are they necessary. The problem is caused by Thunderbird's network protocol handlers.  In 13.0.1, the warn-external entries are all set to false for some reason. Go into Preferences, then click on the Advanced tab. Click on the "Config Editor" button and confirm the dire warning. Search for the phrase "handler.warn," and change the values referencing http, https, and ftp to "true" by double-clicking. Close the windows. Next time you click on a link, Thunderbird will ask you to choose a browser, and you'll be set. I've no idea why it's going out the door that way, but at least it's an easy fix.