Tag: death
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Remembering the late Yaakov Kirschen
Israeli cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen died on April 14 at the age of 87. After his death, many outlets celebrated him for his great life’s work: the “Dry Bones” cartoon. But throughout the 1980s Kirschen also developed fun computer games and innovative software. Regular readers of this blog know that I have been researching Kirschen and…
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Thinking about Jadzia, C.G., and our ephemeral digital lives
Synchronet creator Rob Swindell recently shared some sad news: longtime BBSer C.G. Learn died earlier this month. I didn’t know C.G. very well, but we interacted occasionally over the years on Dovenet, a message network for Synchronet BBSes. But I’ll never forget one kind gesture that C.G. extended to me after my daughter died in…
