Facial recognition

Our reporter Steve Szucs and his recognition program results

What a job. Everyday I go to work with the likes of Harrison Ford, Val Kilmer, and Bette Midler. Kind of.

On myheritage.com, you can scan in your face or the face of your friends – or co-workers – and its facial recognition program will tell you which stars you resemble.

It’s pretty cool but I have to differ with a few of the outcomes.

Our managing editor, Patti Ewald, has always looked a bit like Candice Bergen during her Murphy Brown era. But Candice didn’t show up as even one of her dozen or so matches. According to myheritage.com, her facial features have more in common with Mandy Moore. I think the problem is the software doesn’t know that Patti IS Murphy Brown -- and she also just happens to look like Candice Bergen.

Yep, I’m dating myself in a huge way … I know that. I promise I won’t go into the sociological significance of Alf and how the sitcom relates to the post-modern societal norm. I have no idea what the last part means but it sounds like a great title for a doctoral thesis.

So for all of you that know who don’t know Murphy Brown. I ran a facial recognition for our court reporter Brad Dicken. We always saw a faint, a very faint resemblance to Harrison Ford. Did the program? Nope, it saw him more as a Robert Patrick. He is the guy who played the liquid metal terminator character in Terminator 2.

Saving the best for last, our newsroom buddy and all-around good guy Steve Szucs has a cherubic mug that always kind of reminded us of Opie from the Andy Griffith Show. Well, the site seems to think he looks like some guy named Christiano Renaldo. His number three match was Bette Midler. I’m not sure where that comes from but hey, it’s a great chance to rib him about his feminine qualities.

Wondering who you look like? Try it out. It’s really simple and really fast. I ran photos of several co-workers in less than 30 minutes.