Comments on: Comic Update: When I Die, Burn Me Viking Style http://www.cssquirrel.com/2010/01/25/comic-update-when-i-die-burn-me-viking-style/ One nut's look at the world of web design Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:29:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Janae http://www.cssquirrel.com/2010/01/25/comic-update-when-i-die-burn-me-viking-style/comment-page-1/#comment-31382 Janae Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:47:39 +0000 http://www.cssquirrel.com/?p=583#comment-31382 I can't say what happens necessarily to websites when we die (although I have pondered this issue, myself - after all, will my family continue to pay to host my website when I'm gone? I doubt it), I can say that the web is still a great medium for preserving the memories of people who have passed on. Two years ago, when my grandfather passed away and his obituary was posted in the newspaper, that newspaper (<a href="http://www.tdn.com" rel="nofollow">The Daily News</a>) sets up a full obituary section on their website and hosts it for a year, allowing people to find those who have passed on and comment with memories, stories, or just condolences to the family. They allow you also to extend the time the guestbook is kept online or print it out so that you can preserve the comments. Wouldn't it be nice to have those same features on a person's website, to allow them to live on through it? I can’t say what happens necessarily to websites when we die (although I have pondered this issue, myself – after all, will my family continue to pay to host my website when I’m gone? I doubt it), I can say that the web is still a great medium for preserving the memories of people who have passed on.

Two years ago, when my grandfather passed away and his obituary was posted in the newspaper, that newspaper (The Daily News) sets up a full obituary section on their website and hosts it for a year, allowing people to find those who have passed on and comment with memories, stories, or just condolences to the family. They allow you also to extend the time the guestbook is kept online or print it out so that you can preserve the comments.

Wouldn’t it be nice to have those same features on a person’s website, to allow them to live on through it?

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