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Around The Horn
13 December 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Northwest rains, SantaCon, the Geminids Meteor Shower and Steve Sasson.
- Reuters presents 22 photos in Heavy Rains Trigger Floods, Mass Evacuations in Pacific Northwest.
- Today is SantaCon in San Francisco, starting at noon in Union Square where you donate unwrapped toys for the San Francisco Fire Department Toy Program. And see many Santas with smart phones.
- Katrina Mille details How to Watch the Geminids Meteor Shower. "The Geminids, which occur every December, radiate from the constellation Gemini," she writes. Amanda Bartlett adds The Geminids Are Expected to Peak on Saturday Night in the Bay area.
- In A 'Toaster With a Lens', Stephen Dowling tells the story behind the first handheld digital camera. Raised on Star Trek, Steve Sasson balked at Kodak's film-centric photography so, at age 23, he began thinking about capturing images electronically.
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