Archive for the ‘Monuments + Memorials’ Category
A Funeral Is Being Held for IE6 on March 4. Browser to Be Buried Without the Body
MG Siegler, Tech Crunch (February 23, 2010)
In response to Google’s announcement that come March 1, it will no longer support Internet Explorer 6, the Aten Design Group is holding a funeral for the much be-loathed, cantankerous old man that [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Death + Humor| Death + the Web| Monuments + Memorials
- Tags: mock funerals
The Cliffs of Tojimbo
20, Dec 2009“I will continue until the government finally gets its act together and takes over,” he said. “I can’t let their inaction cost another precious life.”
Japan has a long history of suicide. And nowhere is this cultural phenomenon felt more keenly than at the cliffs of Tojimbo, a popular tourist destination, on Japan’s western coast. This [...]
- By: Kim
- In: Death + Popular Culture| Death + the Law| Monuments + Memorials
- Tags: Japan, suicide
No More Status Updates from Dead FB Friends
29, Oct 2009Facebook ‘memorialises’ profiles
BBC News (October 27, 2009)
It was bound to happen sooner or later. You know, someone dies and then Facebook goes ahead and suggests that you add him or her as a friend. Yikes. It’s one of the many technology dilemmas when it comes to death and dying in the interweb age.
The BBC explains:
Facebook [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + Technology| Death + the Web| Monuments + Memorials
- Tags: Facebook, memorializing
American Cemeteries
MSN City Guide
My mom sent me this MSN piece on some really cool American cemeteries. In case you’re curious, my mom sends me lots of articles about death, dying, and dead bodies. She also sends me articles on tattooing but that’s another story.
I will be in Washington, D.C. next week and I plan on [...]
Poe’s Funeral Draws Hundreds
12, Oct 2009Edgar Allan Poe Finally Getting Proper Funeral
Ben Nuckols, Associated Press (October 6, 2009)
The late Edgar Allan Poe had a memorial service Sunday, October 11, in Baltimore, Maryland. Yes, that late Edgar Allan Poe—the beloved American writer of the macabre who has been dead for 160 years.
Hundreds of mourners in period dress, including Alfred Hitchcock and [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Burial| Monuments + Memorials
- Tags: celebrity death, funerals, memorializing