{"id":278288,"date":"2026-06-22T05:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T09:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/christine-flowers-a-nod-to-technology-at-this-fathers-day\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T06:05:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T10:05:13","slug":"christine-flowers-a-nod-to-technology-at-this-fathers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/christine-flowers-a-nod-to-technology-at-this-fathers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Christine Flowers: A nod to technology at this Father\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/broadandliberty.com\/2026\/06\/22\/christine-flowers-a-nod-to-technology-at-this-fathers-day\/\">Christine Flowers: A nod to technology at this Father\u2019s Day<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/broadandliberty.com\/2026\/06\/22\/christine-flowers-a-nod-to-technology-at-this-fathers-day\/\">https:\/\/broadandliberty.com\/2026\/06\/22\/christine-flowers-a-nod-to-technology-at-this-fathers-day\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-22 05:55:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"broadandliberty.com\">broadandliberty.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I found this interesting new app that \u201canimates\u201d old photos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you plug a picture of grandma into the system, it spits out a version of her in the kitchen with a big wooden spoon stirring that pot of gravy while rocking that house dress instead of just staring at the camera in annoyance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I spent the better part of an afternoon finding old Kodachromes of my family and watching as the magic of AI breathed life into them, for just a few seconds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members of the generations that came after me, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z might not think this is a big deal. They grew up having every moment of their lives captured on video, and it\u2019s the rare 40-year-old who doesn\u2019t at least have one cassette or DVD of twirling around at a dance recital or walking proudly across a stage to accept her diploma.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having grown up in the late 1960s and the \u201970s, I have none. My father did do a great job documenting his five kids with a Pentax, a Minolta, a Canon and his trusty Kodak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But no film, unless you count the fuzzy 8 millimeter he took of me walking down Old York Road in Logan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which brings me to my father, on Father\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have not celebrated this holiday for 44 years, since Daddy passed away in 1982 exactly four weeks before I would have bought him his favorite British Sterling and some candy from Shane\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was 43, 21 years younger than I am now. In the early years after his death, I blocked the holiday out of my mind, because it was too painful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I remember one Father\u2019s Day in 1984 when I made the mistake of watching \u201cA Tree Grows In Brooklyn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Twelve year old Francie reminded me of me, the bossy older sister of a beloved but annoying baby brother, and a daughter who adored her Irish pa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Set at the turn of the last century, it\u2019s a deeply moving film. But at one point, after you come to realize just how much Francie loves her father, he dies unexpectedly. I wept then. 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