{"id":2247,"date":"2008-07-27T11:28:43","date_gmt":"2008-07-27T15:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nearfuturelaboratory.com\/?p=2247"},"modified":"2017-08-18T18:06:22","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T18:06:22","slug":"signs-of-local-pride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nearfuturelaboratory.com\/2008\/07\/27\/signs-of-local-pride\/","title":{"rendered":"Signs of Local Pride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/julianbleecker\/2703745474\/\" title=\"20080725_01-17-22 by JulianBleecker, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3072\/2703745474_d87124f549.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"20080725_01-17-22\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3126\/2702924239_ca1311c0f8_b.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3126\/2702924239_ca1311c0f8.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>A few interesting contrasts here. This is the sort of expression of familial\/local pride that seems particularly New England-y, not to mention the fascinating and huge Safe and Vault store. The contrast of material, rather than digital, protected storage is curious, and the fact that there is a store to sell vaults and such reminds us that the ephemeral world of bits and atoms still has some material anchorages, whether protecting data centers, or other material \u2014\u00a0disks or flash storage USB sticks, they are all still material objects.<\/p>\n<p>The other thing of course is the sign that a grandmother \u2014 perhaps owner of the store \u2014 has placed in the window, telling passersby that her granddaughter will be competing at the Beijing Olympics this summer. I was struck at the contrast between the pride of the grandmother and its expression in a rather rag-tag sign.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few interesting contrasts here. 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