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QR Codes For Headstones Keep Dearly Departed Close
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| September 29, 2012
| Elizabeth Fiedler
Posted on 10/01/2012 5:14:48 AM PDT by Daffynition
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To: Daffynition
A brass sheet with painted symbols ,, that’ll last about a year here in Florida ,, unless the symbol is etched where it is EASY for someone to renew it by wiping black paint into the receses it’s worthless.
To: Daffynition
Hopefully QR codes will stay in fashion like the 8 inch floppy disk. ;-) I suspect in a few years people will wonder what the funny looking symbol represents.
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posted on
10/01/2012 5:24:17 AM PDT
by
109ACS
(If this be Treason, then make the most of it. Patrick Henry, May 1765)
To: Neidermeyer
A brass sheet with painted symbols ,, thatll last about a year here in Florida ,, unless the symbol is etched where it is EASY for someone to renew it by wiping black paint into the receses its worthless. Not only that, but an adhesive backed piece of brass will stay put maybe a few months. Notice the textured background she's putting it on. Maybe a QR code laser etched into the monument itself would be more appropriate.
As the family genealogist, I like the premise, but wonder how long QR codes will stay in vogue.
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posted on
10/01/2012 5:30:37 AM PDT
by
109ACS
(If this be Treason, then make the most of it. Patrick Henry, May 1765)
To: Neidermeyer
Also, if anyone’s contemplating doing something like this, make sure the url embedded in the QR code points to a domain name and location you own and control.
Don’t: www.some_service_for_grave_qr_codes.com/johnrsmith-1963
Do: www.some_domain_name_you_own.com/johnrsmith-1963
This will potentially cost more, but for something like this, you’d be ill-advised to trust and pay for another web saas to stay in business and not raise prices (no matter what the initial pitch is).
Note: I haven’t researched any sites that provide this service. Sounds like a decent and desired service possibility though. Just beware of having QR codes made to point to urls that you don’t absolutely control.
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posted on
10/01/2012 5:32:42 AM PDT
by
rpierce
(We have taglines now? :)
To: Daffynition
Voter registration in the age of Obamacare.
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posted on
10/01/2012 5:37:11 AM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
10/01/2012 5:43:11 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: Daffynition
The bronze marker and engraved marble tombstone will last hundreds or thousands of years... The QR code will likely be obsolete in this decade.
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posted on
10/01/2012 5:43:57 AM PDT
by
Never on my watch
(I can see November from the Chick-Fil-A drive through lane.)
To: Daffynition
I hope they attach one of these to the grave of Miss Rosetta Stone, because otherwise it’s all going to get mighty confusing.
To: Daffynition
Somehow this plan of hers' reminds me of the Underwear Gnomes...
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posted on
10/01/2012 6:22:27 AM PDT
by
Tainan
(Cogito, ergo conservatus sum)
To: Daffynition
Nice ad for DigitalLegacys.com
I didn’t think our publicly-funded NPR did advertising.
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10/01/2012 6:30:58 AM PDT
by
Theo
(May Christ be exalted above all.)
To: Daffynition
Kind of sad that people need to go to a website to learn about their grandparents or other family members.
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posted on
10/01/2012 7:44:09 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: Theo
I thought so too; seems this is the way-o-the-world with *journalism* these days. A news article turns out to be a giant PSA for the service agency....seems to be a trend.
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posted on
10/01/2012 11:41:03 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
To: driftdiver
OTOH, some are *addicted* to genealogy. :)
"Found a Yankee in my Tree - Will Trade for Horse Thief or Black Sheep"
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posted on
10/01/2012 11:42:33 AM PDT
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Daffynition
(Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
10/01/2012 11:44:53 AM PDT
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Daffynition
(Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
To: Never on my watch
And inaccessible to people like me....who do not own a [GASP!] smart phone. :)
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posted on
10/01/2012 11:46:44 AM PDT
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Daffynition
(Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
To: 109ACS
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posted on
10/01/2012 11:56:31 AM PDT
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Daffynition
(Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
To: ClearCase_guy
....or Roseanne Roseannadanna...
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posted on
10/01/2012 12:32:27 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
10/01/2012 12:42:18 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
10/01/2012 12:48:13 PM PDT
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ctdonath2
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