📝 Doom running in Windows Notepad, issues with adult videos streaming in Splatoon and more - This Geek in Review for 2022-10-21
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Internet Travels
Geek
- How to get Doom running in Windows’ notepad.exe | Ars Technica
- Old Vintage Computing Research: IR-controlling the new air conditioner in the vintage server room
Retro
- What’s old is new again (and lucrative) for retro gamers in Portland - OPB
- Lifecycle - Commodore 64 DEMO - YouTube
- The 150 Essential MS-DOS Games - YouTube
- Original 2007 Apple iPhone Factory Sealed Auction - Sold for ~$40K!
- Build a shelf-size vintage computer museum made of paper | Ars Technica
- Lost something? Search through 91.7 million files from the ’80s, ’90s, and 2000s | Ars Technica
Videogames
- YouTube bans multiple VTubers for streaming adult videos in Splatoon 3 - Dexerto
- Hacker gets discontinued P.T. running on unmodified PS5 | Ars Technica
Technology
- Firefox’s new service gives you a burner phone number to cut down on spam - The Verge
- Will Websites Make You Pay To Reject Their Cookies?
- Microsoft Office will become Microsoft 365 in major brand overhaul - The Verge
- 32 years in, Microsoft has decided to rebrand “Microsoft Office” | Ars Technica
- Google Fiber’s 5-gig and 8-gig plans are launching in early 2023 - The Verge
- How We’re Building the Future of Discord
Science
Pop Culture
- Robbie Coltrane Dead: ‘Harry Potter’, James Bond & ‘Cracker’ Star Was 72 – Deadline
- ‘There’s endless choice, but you’re not listening’: fans quitting Spotify to save their love of music | Music | The Guardian
- The Enduring Allure of Choose Your Own Adventure Books | The New Yorker
Pot Pourri
- Ages of Revolution: How Old Were They on July 4, 1776? - Journal of the American Revolution
- 1 honey badger takes on 3 Leapords : interestingasfuck
- Horrible bosses cause 'race to the bottom' - study - ARU