☄️ A better tricorder, the Sony Mavica makes an appearance, ChatGPT the fitness instructor, and more - This Geek in Review for 2023-05-19
By goz
Internet Travels
Geek
- YouTuber Who Built Tricorder That’s Better Than the Official Ones Explains How it Works
- Anna’s Archive - Search engine of shadow libraries: books, papers, comics, magazines.
- Raspberry Pi-based Decktility cyberdeck is inspired by a love of 90s handhelds - Liliputing
- STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Is Better Than You Remember - That’s a lie.
Retro
- 10 Best ’80s Arcade Games, Ranked
- F1 Bans Fan's 'Pro' Camera, So He Brings a Floppy Disk Camera Instead | PetaPixel
Videogames
- Moderator Mayhem: A Content Moderation Game
- Tears of the Kingdom's Graphics Have Fans Running to Emulators | Den of Geek
Technology
- Man Turned ChatGPT Into a Fitness AI That Helped Him Lose 26 Pounds
- ClipBase - Search Audio & Video Clips by Words or Phrase
- The .zip TLD sucks and it needs to be immediately revoked.
- Double-screen ‘free’ TV will show you ads, even when not in use | Ars Technica
- One in four internet users are overwhelmed by the clutter in their browser | Aalto University
Science
- Why you shouldn’t use magnets when looking for meteorites
- More evidence emerges that Saturn’s rings are much younger than the planet | Ars Technica
- Science explains why shouting into the wind seems futile
Pop Culture
Pot Pourri
- Americans smuggle Fruit Roll-Ups into Israel because of a TikTok trend - The Washington Post
- A List of Things People Blamed on Short Skirts
- Opinion | I Got My Name From Connie Chung. So Did They. - The New York Times