🗣️ Facebook's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week This Geek in Review for 2021-10-08
By goz
On Monday, Facebook went down due to a routing issue. One could say nothing of value was lost, but don’t say that to the multitudes of businesses that rely on Facebook services. Personally, I wouldn’t put my business in Facebook’s hands, but to each their own.
Along with services going down, a whistleblower told the world how evil Facebook really is. At this moment, I’m on the fence on whether to delete FB or not. Maybe soon…
Internet Travels
Pop Culture
- Mick Jagger went to a dive bar in Charlotte and literally everybody missed him - I always wonder what would happen if someone famous showed up in my town. Would anyone notice?
- What’s the deal with Seinfeld’s aspect ratio on Netflix? - After the Simpsons debacle on Disney+ you would think these things would be straightened out.
- Side-by-side comparison: Zero Hour! (1957) Vs Airplane! (1980) - YouTube
- S.Korea broadband firm sues Netflix after traffic surge from 'Squid Game' | Reuters
- Let’s make a deal: Entrepreneur wants to trade Buran shuttle for a skull | Ars Technica
Technology
- 'Bluetooth Chappals': How Some Tried To Cheat In Top Rajasthan Exam - YouTube
- India arrests would-be teachers caught cheating on test
- Update Your Browser | Facebook
- Company that routes SMS for all major US carriers was hacked for five years | Ars Technica
- Teenager jailed after buying PlayStation 4 for £8 by WEIGHING it and paying for 6lb of food | Daily Mail Online
Retro tech & videogames
- The Rise and Fall of Teletext - YouTube
- Street Fighter 2 Nintendo Entertainment System Unofficial Port in Progress - Retro Gaming Magazine | Retro Gaming Magazine
- Meet the original streamer, who ran his own public access gaming show in 1993 | PC Gamer
- Car Thieves Arrested Using $27,000 ‘Nintendo Game Boy’
- I got married last weekend, and asked our photographer to take photos of us with my Game Boy Camera. : pics
Totally geek
- The DeLorean SUV Is The Off-Roader The World Needs | CarBuzz
- Stable Rollers - Numberphile - YouTube
- Goodyear develops bespoke Eagle 360 spherical concept tire for Citroën | Tire Technology International