Video tombstones
p2pnet.net News:- Joe Joachime wants to “create the ultimate funeral experience” so he can become the “Walt Disney of the funeral business”.
And it’s no joke. He’s running a business offering solar-powered video tombstones (minimum, four hours of sunshine).
"Funeral directors are realizing it’s an important service we can offer, and and [sic] we’re happy to offer it," Local6.com has him saying.
The tombeos will, “play a video of the person’s life at the touch of a button,” says the story. “It will not have speakers but a jack to plug in headphones at cemeteries. Some cemeteries are open to the Vidstone but others said it could offend people.”
Neither the story nor the site say how much it’ll cost you to help Joachime become Walt Disney.
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Local6.com – Company Plans Video-Playing Tombstones, August 17, 2005
August 20th, 2005 at 9:21 pm
sorry i couldn’t resist.. but yeah that was in a simpsons episode.. called it the cadavar cam. i wouldnt want my money wasted on that.. some kids would just come by and hijack your tombstone for the electronics. i can see the new ebay auctions now
August 21st, 2005 at 12:44 am
And how long do you think it would take for some devious soul to hack the video feed and play porno on it or something!
August 21st, 2005 at 1:15 pm
hey I thought I would put a porno on mine… =)
so never mind hackers hehe
August 23rd, 2005 at 9:37 am
if it’s never possible to unfreeze disney and bring him back to life (WHY would they ever want to do that anyway?) at least they can show his cartoon on his grave – for a fee!
August 30th, 2005 at 5:09 pm
They also did it in the recent movie “The Final Cut”, with Robin Williams. I think that might actually be where they got the idea for it.