BLISS.JPG turns thirty

I missed this news back in January, but the Bliss photo turned thirty this year! Of course I’m talking about the default wallpaper in Windows XP, the only redeeming feature of that OS, taken by Charles O’Rear in January 1996 in Sonoma County in California. I have so many fond memories tied up in this image. In one sense, seeing it meant I was using my own desktop, not one of the ones at school. That meant—barring impositions like homework—personal project time! Its introduction also coincide...