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The first couple to ever find love through a computer
Earlier this week, we posted a video and mused that the lady singing about finding love through a computer was way ahead of her time in 1968. But was computer matchmaking really a thing of the future in 1968? Well, not quite. In fact, the first time a couple was ever matched by a computer was on a TV show in 1956!
“Remington Rand’s Univac No. 21 turned Cupid, brought together a flesh-and-blood couple as scientifically selected “ideal marriage mates.”"
The computer, which was worth a cool Million at the time, was fed with questionnaires completed by 4000 singles looking to find love. The questionnaire was made up of 32 relationship-relevant questions on topics like sex, race, religion, politics, lifestyle and, hilariously, “preferences for double or twin beds”. The computer found a perfect couple among the entries and the two later got engaged!
Read the original TIME magazine article about this first computer matchmaking experiment here.
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Funny Halloween Quote
The only sad thing about this Halloween quote is that Lindsay Lohan, who says this line in a film, seems to think it’s Halloween all year round in real life – and dresses accordingly. Now that’s scary!
“Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it.”
- Lindsay Lohan, Mean Girls
Blog Action Day: Fight Climate Change “twogether”
This year’s Blog Action Day is focused on climate change and blogs around the world are contributing their own view on climate change and what could be done to prevent it.
As a blog on love, relationships and matchmaking, we would like to look at the effects of people living as singles vs. living in a relationship on climate change. Living “twogether” in a relationship is far more eco-friendly than living alone, so any couple living together – even without much of a green attitude – is doing more to fight climate change than a single person with the greenest intentions.
Here’s how couples contribute to the fight against climate change:
- A shared home is more environmentally friendly than individual households. A couple requires less space than two singles, which means less building, less land claimed for residential development, less CO2 emissions from construction work.
- Couples can save on heating, as they share a living space that only needs to be heated once. Also, don’t overrate the effect of body heat when you cuddle up in bed
Who needs an electric blanket, when they have the one they love to keep them warm at night? Read more
Chinese Valentine’s Day
This week is Valentine’s Day! Now, before you all have a fit of panic because you haven’t bough a Valentine’s Day gift yet: RELAX! It’s Chinese Valentine’s Day (If you are Chinese and have forgotten Chinese Valentine’s Day, go right ahead and panic, then go buy a gift quickly).
Chinese Valentine’s Day is on day 7 of the 7th month in the Chinese lunar calendar. The number 7 is considered lucky in love and it’s one of the few numbers that are considered lucky in both Chinese and Western numerology.
Hence, the number 7 features prominently in the popular mythology surrounding Chinese Valentine’s Day: Read more
Lonely? Sad? Get some Free Hugs!
Maybe you’ve heard of them, maybe you’ve even seen them before – people giving free hugs to total strangers in public places. You usually find them in busy places, in shopping centres, pedestrian zones and near train stations, carrying signs that read Free Hugs. Usually, they are also surrounded by a confused, amused or intrigued – and a few people who want to collect their free hugs.
But what’s the point of all these free hugs? Read more
