A Tourist’s Guide through Albany
Among the delights and pleasures of the worldwide web, Google Books, and public domain is the ability to discover, dissect,...
Albany’s only “garage-IN” hotel!
Much has been written about the demise (and hopefully redevelopment) of Albany’s Wellington Hotel. Saving the facade of the Wellington,...
Weird and felty
We tend to remember TV of the ’70s as safe and formulaic. Overall, that was true, but there was some...
The city gone by
It’s hard to imagine how different the Albany of the past was from the Albany of today, how different the...
Did you know? Snow Leopard edition
Having only recently moved into the wonderful world of having an up-to-date operating system, I’m still playing catch-up on capabilities....
Mark Wood is coming! Mark Wood is coming!
Can’t believe it’s this soon, but in just a few weeks, Mark Wood, the original lead violinist of the fabled...
Ghost sign to be
Ghost sign to be, originally uploaded by carljohnson. This not-very-faded but definitely peeling image of a cyclist has been around...
Hudson River Ice, February 2010
Hudson River Ice Jan 2010, originally uploaded by carljohnson. This is less about this fairly pedestrian picture than it is...
Well, I’ve almost done it. (Warning: tech talk!)
Almost in the sense that the site isn’t what I’d like it to be yet, but the blog itself is...
This looks horrible!
And I had it so stylin’, too. Don’t worry, I’ll find a way to get that funky fresh look back,...