A Screen Worth Saving

Screensavers were originally developed to avoid “burning” an image into a CRT monitor. CRTs create an image by hitting phospors with electrons; the phosphors emit light. Over time, the phosphors lose their brightness, and if you keep a single image on screen for an extended period, some phosphors will lose more brightness than others, because [...]

The Cool Kids Are Doing IT, Should You?

The dog days of summer, San Francisco. If you happened to be wrapping up a busy week with friends at a local hot spot, you may have been witness to the following scene. A beautiful woman dressed in black, approaches a patron and whispers in his ear, “Save me. She slips a business card into [...]