🕵️♀️ Goldeneye 007, floppy disks, and the 2600 at 45, and more - This Geek in Review for 2022-09-16
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Internet Travels
Geek
- Developer creates delightful programming font based on Minecraft | Ars Technica
- ‘Racist’ flag in Wānaka actually Klingon insignia | Otago Daily Times Online News
- The Mandalorian | Season 3 Teaser Trailer | Disney+ - YouTube
- What If? 2 is here with even more serious answers to your weird questions | Ars Technica
- GitHub - MyOwnClone/quake_watch: Quake 1 game port to Apple Watch
- André Staltz - Time Till Open Source Alternative
Retro
- GoldenEye 007 is still Bond at its best 25 years later | British GQ
- Before There Was Tinder, There Was ‘Computer Dating’
- HP 200LX: Hosting a modern website on a Retro DOS Palmtop. Will this crazy idea work ? - YouTube
- On March 26, 1976, Queen Elizabeth II sent the first email using ARPAnet
- Unix History: A Mighty Origin Story
- Slovenian OS/2 Warp 4 | OS/2 Museum
- Nerdly Pleasures: Apple II Sound Cards & Gaming - A Niche Precursor to PC-Compatible Sound Cards
- The Atari 2600 at 45: The Console That Brought Arcade Games Home | PCMag
- The 103 classic games that did, and didn’t, make the Atari 50 anniversary cut | Ars Technica
- We spoke with the last person standing in the floppy disk business
Videogames
- Overwatch 2’s new heroes will be unlocked via battle pass - The Verge
- Remembering the strange tale of Queen Elizabeth II and the golden Nintendo Wii | Ars Technica
- Gamers can have their cake and eat it too | KYOTO UNIVERSITY
- Halo lead Bonnie Ross is leaving 343 Industries and Xbox after 15 years - The Verge
- GoldenEye 007 is finally coming to Xbox and Nintendo Switch - The Verge
- Nintendo Direct September 2022: Legend of Zelda, Fire Emblem, and more - The Verge
Technology
- Why a text alert might have helped California keep the lights on - The Verge
- Steve Jobs’ friends and family launched an archive celebrating his life - The Verge
- FCC to fight space debris by requiring satellite disposal in 5 years or less | Ars Technica
- The 1,000 Chinese SpaceX engineers that only existed on LinkedIn | MIT Technology Review
- I made a comic book using AI generated art in Midjourney - YouTube
- No buyouts for Chevy dealers who don’t want to sell electric vehicles - The Verge
- The clock speed wars are back as Intel brags about hitting 6 GHz with 13th-gen CPUs | Ars Technica
Science
- Major, Groundbreaking Increase in Hype in Grant Applications | The Scientist Magazine®
- American Reading Habits
- Why pain feels worse at night | Ars Technica
- How an enormous project attempted to map the sky without computers | Ars Technica
Pop Culture
- The Complicated History of the Star Trek Minidress | Behind the Seams - YouTube
- Weird: The Al Yankovic Story review: absurd, but in a good way - The Verge
Pot Pourri
- First 8K Video of the RMS Titanic - YouTube
- Your career is just one eighth of your life
- But You Dont Look Sick? support for those with invisible illness or chronic illness The Spoon Theory written by Christine Miserandino - But You Dont Look Sick? support for those with invisible illness or chronic illness
- How Adam West played a prank using his local phone book | Boing Boing
- The Grove City class of 1967 had a request for its 55th reunion: One more class with its 99-year-old science teacher, Homer Christie | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- the art of non-conformity blog - The Man Who Worked 24 Hours a Day for a Year
- Someone Bought The Space Shuttle Convoy Command Van From a Government Surplus Auction
- Man Tries a Busch Light and Mountain Dew Cocktail and His Reaction Blows Our Minds
- A Brief History of the Selfie