A recipe for Toxic Photo Soup: Layer 1,000 photos in a large, watertight plastic storage tub. Place high on basement shelving unit. Fail to notice small, leaky basement window nearby. Marinate, unattended, three to four years. Open and serve.
Yield: 1,000 blank sheets of sopping photo paper and four gallons of black, stinky, toxic rainwater-chemical soup.
Yes, it's time to digitize your photos. David Pogue has advice on various services to scan your photos in Your Photos, Off the Shelf at Last.
yUCK! And all of my photos smell like mildew. I guess you're right. Digitize.
Posted by: Rhea at August 18, 2008 10:23 AM