Monthly Archives: March 2005

Mar 27

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Trans­par­ent screen back­grounds are desk­top pic­tures that mimic the envi­ron­ment that they’re in. It strikes me as a lot of work, but to each his own. If you’re curi­ous here’s a Mac-oriented gallery.

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Mar 26

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I’ve men­tioned this before, but there’s a down­side to hav­ing the address infor­ma­tion appear when you call 911. In this case, the caller gave the cor­rect address while the 911 sys­tem gave a dif­fer­ent, incor­rect address. Luck­ily, the first respon­der … Read More

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Mar 26

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I’ve been fas­ci­nated by the Depression-era pho­tographs and just for the heck of it, I put Rochester, NY in as a search term. All of the pic­tures were of one fam­ily, the Bab­cocks, and taken by pho­tog­ra­pher Ralph Andursky. Unfor­tu­nately, … Read More

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