Tag Archives: death

Ashes in Ammo

by Noemi Twigg
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Bullets

No doubt, the subject of life and death is the most talked about topic today. We may not think about death every single day, but we are bound to meet it. As macabre as it may seem, I have thought about what I want to happen to my remains when I do pass away. I don’t want to be confined in a casket. I don’t want to be buried. Fire, I think is the best way to go. And I am pretty sure there are a lot of people who think the same way. There is, of course, the traditional way of keeping the ashes of a loved one: in Read more »

Realizations while creating this desktop wallpaper tribute

by Jayvee Fernandez
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Realizations while creating this desktop wallpaper tribute

EDIT: The original image is traced back to the young Jonathan Mak. I found an Apple logo with Steve’s silhouette serving as the bite mark. I don’t recall exactly where I found it, but I really wanted to turn it into a little tribute wallpaper. Problem was, the image was around 300 x 300 and really wouldn’t fit anything, even a mobile device. I opened Keynote and created a new presentation with a black background. Pasted the image and it auto-aligned with the rulers. Added the text. It was that easy. Many years ago, creating something like this would have taken about 5 minutes if you were any good. It Read more »

Embrace Death with the Mushroom Death Suit

by Noemi Twigg
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Mushroom Death Suit

No, I am not feeling morbid on this overcast Friday, but who can resist reading up on something called mushroom death suit? Inventor slash artist Jae Rhim Lee has taken on an immense project that crosses boundaries. On the one hand, she tackles the scientific aspect of training fungi to eat dead bodies. On the other hand, she tackles the prevailing attitudes of people towards death. Lee was interviewed at the New Scientist, where she talked about her mushroom death suit, which is part of the Infinity Burial Project. The premise: we live in a culture of death denial, where the norm is to preserve – albeit temporarily – the Read more »

Death and the web: inevitable tech decisions

by andy
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Death and the web: inevitable tech decisions

Sadly, this week I am coming to terms with the death of a friend. They’re the first person I know to die that had a social media presence — namely a Facebook account — and at present that page seems eerily ‘in limbo’. Social networking seems to be at such a place presently that, although it is widely accepted as the norm by those who use it, for others it is still a complete mystery. Yet, particularly if someone dies quite young, it is those who are confused by Web 2.0 that may be left to decide what to do with the accounts. The Facebook account in question hasn’t been Read more »