📽 Practical effects, Schoolhouse Rock, and the last 747 - This Geek in Review for 2023-02-03
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Geek
- Practical special effects are the best!
- Nerdly Pleasures: CGA and “Intended”, “Incidental” and Just Plain Wrong Graphics
- Modding a Framework Laptop into a three screen beast - The Verge
- ‘Nothing, Forever’ Is An Endless ‘Seinfeld’ Episode Generated by AI
Retro
- Photographer behind Jason Alexander's infamous GameCube picture shares new insight | GoNintendo
- Local news feature out of Chicago entitled High Tech Rec from 1982 🕹
- GitHub - HerrZatacke/wifi-gbp-emulator: A GameBoy printer emulator which provides the received data over a wifi-connection.
Videogames
- Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition plays great on console - The Verge
- KartRider: Drift Review – An Arcade Racing Game Worth Trying
- The upcoming Capcom Cup ditches PlayStation consoles for PCs - The Verge
Technology
- Discord is slowing down some Nvidia graphics cards - The Verge
- Man wanted for attempted murder is using dating apps while on the run, cops say | Ars Technica
- Google’s new AI turns text into music - The Verge
- MusicLM
- Ketchup isn’t a good thermal paste, but it’s better than cheese or toothpaste | TechSpot
- List: Here Are the Exams ChatGPT Has Passed so Far
Science
- Procrastination may harm your health. Here’s what you can do
- The audacious rescue plan that might have saved space shuttle Columbia | Ars Technica
Pop Culture
- How to Be 18 Years Old Again for Only $2 Million a Year
- ‘Schoolhouse Rock’ debuted 50 years ago—and shaped a generation - The Washington Post
- Spotify is first music streaming service to surpass 200M paid subscribers - The Verge
- Mumbling actors, bad speakers or lazy listeners? Why everyone is watching TV with subtitles on | Television | The Guardian
Pot Pourri
- The Last Boeing 747 Leaves the Factory - The New York Times
- This Absurd Car Designed By A Game Artist Is Like Sci-Fi Satire
- The FAA grounded all US flights because contractors mistakenly deleted files | Engadget