By Ed & Pam McGrathPublished: July, 2006 There are numerous 4th of July fireworks displays around The Bay. All you have to do is plant yourself or be floating in the right place. It’s pretty exciting to be out on the water watching the sky explode into a dazzling display of lights. Well, that is, […]
Published: July, 2006 Vallejo’s storied Baylink Ferry threw itself a bash June 15th to mark 20 years of service and pulled passenger Jess Manibusan out of line to honor him as the six millionth passenger. Vallejo service actually stretches back over a hundred years, but its modern incarnation is due to the fiery activism of […]
Electronics over mechanics, when the computer became ballistic By Mary E. ShacklettPublished: October, 2006 The future of technology is so predominant that we seldom reflect on the history of computing, and what sparked its development in the first place. The ENIAC computer was developed over 50 years ago at the University of Pennsylvania as part […]
