📷 New driver for a '99 webcam, every Enterprise bridge, reasons why being a Twitch streamer is hard, and more - This Geek in Review for 2023-05-05
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Internet Travels
Geek
- Driver adventures for a 1999 webcam
- Star Trek fantasy: step aboard every Starship Enterprise with this website - The Verge
- Auto Tape Wrapping Machine Is Amazing For Cable Management | Hackaday
- JanOS - Turn your phone into an IoT board
Retro
- Atari releases replica PCBs for Black Widow, Gravitar, and Major Havoc
- Twenty Years Ago, Apple Launched the iTunes Music Store – 512 Pixels
- Why I Love Retro Simming - FSElite
- Super Star Trek (C64 & PET) by electron.greg
Videogames
- The next Forza will help blind players race by listening to ‘beeps and boops’ - The Verge
- So Your Kid Wants to Be a Twitch Streamer | WIRED
- Steam now has a built-in cloud notepad you can pin atop your game - The Verge
- Here are the first Lego Donkey Kong sets - The Verge
Technology
- AT&T-backed satellite directly connected a two-way call from space - The Verge
- This Active Camouflage Technology Could Change The Future Of Warfare
- CEO Buys ChatGPT for All Employees, Sees Productivity Boost
- AI-generated beer commercial contains joyful monstrosities, goes viral | Ars Technica
- The web's most important decision - The History of the Web
- Passkeys: What they are and how to use them
Science
- Scientists Think They've Finally Figured Out How a Maya Calendar Works : ScienceAlert
- A Bionic Eye That Could Restore Vision (and Put Humans in the Matrix?) - CNET
- Phys. Rev. D 106, 126009 (2022) - Probing chaos by magic monotones
Pop Culture
- The Enduring Mystery of Barbara Lowe and the Lost ‘Jeopardy!’ Episodes - The Ringer
- King of the Hill Star Provides Update on the Reboot