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Curating your life

Curating your life

The story about archivists at a university is, ostensibly, about handling the big collections that famous people leave, but it could just as easily be the stories of every family in coming years. The hard drive full of photographs may serve as the digital pile of old pictures, it says. But who's to say that 60 years from now, the hard drive will work? Or even exist? If they don't, now what part of you is still around?
by Bob Collins

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‘Princess Lacey’ and the basketball star

‘Princess Lacey’ and the basketball star

'Princess Lacey,'" Lacey Holsworth, suffered from neuroblastoma, a fetal-nerve cell cancer. She wore a blond wig because chemotherapy took her hair. Adreian Payne, a basketball player at Michigan State, met her during a players visit to the cancer ward at a hospital. Those visits are usually brief and then everyone moves along. But Payne didn't.
by Bob Collins

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‘We win! Let’s burn something’

‘We win! Let’s burn something’

Your parents must be so proud, Iowa State students.
by Bob Collins

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About that secure website. It’s probably not

A major security flaw has been found in websites that is exposing usernames, passwords and maybe credit card numbers. The Heartbleed bug went undetected for more than two years and there's no indication that hackers actually stole your personal information, but they know now.
by Bob Collins

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When is a prom ‘date’ not a prom ‘date’?

A few years ago, a local knucklehead in high school invited porn stars to be his date at the senior prom. When one accepted, that forced school officials to crack down on whom students can invite to the prom. And that's why Jack Jablonski, the Benilde-St. Margaret hockey player who was paralyzed during a game, had to depend on common sense prevailing when he asked ESPN's Michelle Beadle to be his date.
by Bob Collins

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Ryan Larson sues news media

There never was any substantial evidence against Larson in the shooting of Cold Spring police officer Thomas Decker, but that didn't stop police from naming him in a quick news conference after the shooting, nor stop news organizations from tossing aside the policy of not naming suspects until they're actually charged with a crime.
by Bob Collins

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Bat Kid hasn’t lost his grip on San Francisco

Bat Kid hasn’t lost his grip on San Francisco

Miles Scott, 5, the kid who was thrown an all-day celebration last year as part of a Make A Wish dream, threw out the first pitch today for the San Francisco Giants, arriving in the Batmobile and then getting an escort to the mound while the crowd chanted, 'Let's Go, Batkid!'
by Bob Collins

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Austin kills Spam-inspired logo

Austin kills Spam-inspired logo

Ironically the logo, meant to show employers how much talent is available in the city, hired a Minneapolis firm to design the logo.
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