Author: ryan
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CRT Gaming and more – This Geek in Review for Dec. 27, 2019
We believe that technology is always getting better, but there are some times when technology may have been better in the past. Playing games on CRT (cathode ray tube) monitors is one such tech. Eurogamer took a look at playing games in 2019 on a CRT and their conclusion is that CRTs are awesome! I keep a couple around in the basement, unfortunately, they are getting harder and harder to find. Plus, once you find one, you then have to find a place to store it.
Some products have amazing back stories, and Play-Doh is one of them. Along with Play-Doh, the classic game of Operation started as a game to teach survival techniques. The original game’s name was Death Valley, which sounds awesome.
It’s not going to make you rich, but mining Bitcoin on an Apple II will make you nerd famous.
As a warning to all you male middle school students, it may be wise to lay off on the Axe Body Spray. The picture of the aftermath is impressive, I’m surprised the guy survived.
The Atari 2600, bringing together generations:
Me n my mum. Atari 2600. Early 80s : gaming It turns out shopping on the internet may be safer than shopping in real life. A clerk used his photographic memory to steal credit card info from 1,300 customers. One safety feature of the Apple Card is that there is no credit card number, expiration date, or CVV number on the card itself. This means that your CC details are not exposed when you hand over your card in a restaurant.
When you want to get a job, what better way to show off your skills than to
create your business card and make it run Linux. -
Don’t stop believing!
The boom box lives! I’m trying out my new Bluetooth cassette adapter, streaming 80s from my phone.
For some reason it doesn’t work plugged in, but does work on batteries.
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Email tracking! This Geek in Review for Dec. 20, 2019
Superhuman is a company that is trying to re-invent email. Unfortunately, to offer some of their services they have to violate the privacy of anyone you send email to. The idea of tracking the opening of emails isn’t new, mailing lists do it all of the time. However, in this case, it is being done to people who have never consented to being tracked in this manner. After the privacy implications were brought to light, they have since turned off the tracking. Nevertheless, it is a lesson in how you can be tracked through the most trivial of ways.
Have you ever thought about how you would like to use an Etch-A-Sketch to show pictures? No? Then thank goodness we have evil genius who envision a digital camera in using an Etch-A-Sketch as a display.
Retro cartridges can be big business, as an unsuspecting seller brought the most boring collection of NES carts to a store, along with a cartridge worth $13,000.
One way to guarantee work for an IT contractor is to plant logic bombs in spreadsheets that only the contractor can fix. Just don’t ever leave town.
And here’s why it’s USB plugs are not reversible.
Finally, if your local Kmart has closed, head on over to the Internet Archive and relive your Kmart shopping days by listening to the actual tapes that were played in the stores.
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I just spelled aesthetically correctly without autocorrect!
I just spelled aesthetically correctly without autocorrect!
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Just I’m finished the Christmas classic Die Hard!
Just I’m finished the Christmas classic Die Hard!
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My latest song – Infusion Complete
I was visiting Rochelle in the hospital yesterday when one of the machines starting beeping with the message INFUSION COMPLETE. While waiting for a nurse, I started freestyling with the beeps, because apparently that’s a thing I do now.
After a little bit, I decided to record the beeps in to Garageband, and thus the song Infusion Complete was born. Only available here!