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Christine Chubbuck
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Link of the day
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I refrain - as much as possible, from the news. It's not a happy place, generally, and the general climate of fear and insecurity it promotes are at odds with my worldview. That said, I'd like to introduce you to Christine Chubbuck, a News Anchor, who shared my views, and the extremes it took her to.
Link: Wikipedia on Christine Chubbuck
WARNING: Not a happy story. Par for the news...
Da Vinci Skull
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Found
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A rather intriguing find at an antique store, and curiously postulated provenance:
Link: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-06/13/leonardo-da-vinci-skull
How I met your mother...
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Conversations
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The daughter is asking me how I met her mother. She knows, of course, but mine is always the more interesting recollection...
“remember how I told you I went to Hogwarts…?”
- “With Harry Potter?”
“yes, yes… and remember Voldemort? How he was trying to kill the Potter boy? Well...Voldemort was your Mother’s Puppet...She came from Mordor, having finished with Sauron, and rode her broom through time and space, no, it's not really relevant, I just thought you'd wanna know ... it was in the Jedi Academy...no, after I helped Pharaoh to build the pyramids...don’t be funny, The Vampire Wars were much later, do they not teach history in school? ...Stop rolling your eyes, I know you’re a bit skeptical but I have proof, let me show you...This ring...can you see me? Still? ahh, that’s your wizard blood...if you were a muggle you couldn't … anyways, it seems that Lord Vader, or Anakin as we called him then, had benefited greatly from your Mother’s assistance…"
Social App Idea
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Technology
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Now I had this idea which I am far too busy to follow up upon, but I'll gladly share it with you for a very modest cut of the royalties should you choose to develop it.
It's a Social App for phones (and probably tablets and PC's and whatever else...) that goes through your list of contacts - friends, and if after a month (or other user determined amount of time) you haven't contacted them - or they you, it prompts you with a reminder to call them, and if you don't within x hours or days it archives, deletes or moves the contact to an "acquaintances" group, downgrading the friendship. A hierarchical system, that keeps only the contacts you're current with, and reminding you to interact with them or lose their friendship. Optional additional features might include ranking value for friendships by how often they call you (or you them).
When you get it up and running I'll give you an address you can send royalty cheques to. I'm not greedy.
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