#19 - Project Flame
Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 05:57 PM
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(Ted Sutton)
In 1966, a bored college freshman created Project Flame, an
early computer dating system that promised to pair lonely hearts.
Project Flame was an overnight sensation. The only problem was that the
guy who founded didn't have a computer. Or any idea how to use one.
Thanks for listening. We found out about Project Flame from an obscure weblog called Slate.com. If you like our show, please subscribe to us on iTunes. Or you can follow PJ and Alex and TLDR on Twitter.
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