9.17.25: QR Coded Graves

They started putting QR codes on tombstones. Scan it, get a whole digital memorial. Photos, videos, favorite songs. I thought it was tacky until I scanned one. Suddenly, Margaret from 1963 wasn't just dates on granite. She was laughing at her own jokes, teaching her grandson to bake, singing off-key in church. Death got an upgrade. Now cemeteries feel like libraries of lives instead of just sad stone gardens. I spent two hours there yesterday, meeting people who died before I was born. Modern problems, unexpectedly beautiful solutions. Margaret would've loved this.