What âOldâ Technology Do You Think Is Cool?
Why do you think there is so much interest in obsolete technologies like Polaroid instant cameras, record players, Atari game systems or VHS tapes?
Credit.Ellen Weinstein
Feb. 22, 2021
Do you think âoldâ technology is cool? Do you appreciate vinyl records, for example, or Polaroid cameras? Eight-track tapes or printed newspapers? What do you find appealing about these items that our modern world has already made â or may still make â obsolete?
For a glimpse of what teenagers are into these days, all you have to do is visit Abbot Kinney Boulevard in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles. On weekend nights, the half-mile shopping drag is packed with style-conscious kids who traipse past coffee shops, ice cream parlors and boutiques, often while taking selfies.
The last VCR, according to Dave Rodriguez, 33, a digital-repository librarian at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, was produced in 2016 by Funai Electric in Osaka, Japan. But the VHS tape itself may be immortal. Today, a robust marketplace exists, both virtually and in real life, for this ephemera.
Joanne Rogers, Mister Rogersâs Mrs., Is Dead at 92
She worked to preserve the legacy of âMister Rogersâ Neighborhood,â spreading her husbandâs message of kindness. A friend said, âHer presence in my life made me never forget Fred.â
Joanne Rogers with her husband, Fred, on an episode of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” during the 1970s. She spread his message of kindness after his death in 2003.Credit.Photofest
Jan. 15, 2021
Joanne Rogers, who as the gregarious wife of Fred Rogers, the influential creator and host of âMister Rogers Neighborhood,â spread his message of kindness after his death in 2003, died on Thursday at her home in Pittsburgh. She was 92.
THE REV. DARRELL W. CUMMINGS
What a year 2020 was for the people of America, the Ohio Valley and even the world. We have lost too many good men, women, boys, girls, fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters and friends. Now we are looking at 2021, and by the sixth day there are challenges we never dreamed taking place in our country. Have you ever thought, could there ever be a time for you or me to disobey the government for some higher cause?
Questions about civil disobedience have been cropping up lately.
Certain evangelicals have suggested that the time has come for Christians to stand up against immoral government policies. I remember seeing and hearing the words and images of Gandhi. He is still fresh in many minds the skinny Hindu leading a nation in peaceful resistance. Others prefer for our country the image of Martin Luther King Jr. Meanwhile, we heard the news a few years ago from Russia of a Christian family that spent five years cooped up in the U.S. Embassy because the
Rosemary Collins, Singer and Choir Director, Dies at 51
Her tastes ran from Meat Loaf to Mozart and she brought that spirit of eclecticism to her jobs in schools and a church. She died of complications of the coronavirus.
Rosemary Collins taught music at Clearwater High School in Florida and was music director at her church.Credit.via Collins family
Published Jan. 6, 2021Updated Jan. 8, 2021
This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others
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Rosemary Collins’s classical voice training came through clearly when she sang arias. But she was just as comfortable belting out Meat Loaf, numbers from “Les Misérables”