Friday, November 1, 2024

History Brought to Life with Ai Magic Vol.1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_A5wwX52EY

First of all, it is astonishing what can be accomplished with AI.

At three minutes we see the future queen of England.  She earned my respect by being a truck driver and auto mechanic during World War II.


Sunday, October 20, 2024

Trump Serves Customers At McDonald's Drive-Through In Pennsylvania

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T76bCZwnF4Q

After the Trump conviction, I thought that the election was over.
After the first Trump assassination attempt, and his stunning reaction, I thought that the election was over.
After Trump serves french fries to drive-through customers in Pennsylvania, I think the election is over.

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Why did farmers DESTROY trees to PLANT trees?

How NOT to Land a Parachute

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-qj4h2Gl7YU

In the past, I wanted to try skydiving, but not anymore.  I'm getting older and it is too risky.

I have heard that in parachute training they make you fall from increasing heights until you can fall and land from a height of 16 feet.  That's a pretty big drop.  According to the laws of physics, you would be traveling at 32 feet per second.

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

This makes NO SENSE!🎁

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KVZxM7dpk70

It is hard to see, but he turns the second box 90 degrees before removing the lid.  If the boxes are not perfect cubes, he might be able to fit the first box in the second box.  I don't think the lid would close all the way, but it doesn't have to.  It creates the illusion that the smaller box contains the larger one.

Shortest ever IQ test: The Donut Question 🍩

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Rf3tFS1vNTg

I suspect that an AI would get this wrong because it would process the question verbally instead of logically.

The Pepsi Navy

Thursday, July 4, 2024

Test Drive Off-Road 3 (GBC) - see the RUMBLE PAK!



@john2001plus
17 hours ago
I am listed as the lead programmer on this game, which I only barely remember because it was 25 years ago and I worked on many different projects.

The sound seems annoying.   The game seems dated to me.  We jokingly referred to these games as bathtub races because they were 2D.  The hardware was too primitive to do 3D.

In the video game industry at the time, the emphasis was on getting projects done as quickly as possible to make the Christmas market which really starts in the fall.  It takes time to manufacture a game, so you had to finish during summer. If you didn't get a game done on time then it was a financial disaster.

So consequently, quality was a secondary consideration.  We did the best we could, but if we had more time I'm sure that we could have made better games.



@ZackGaz
24 minutes ago
Whoa! You made this game and watched my video!? Super cool. Any chance you can DM on Twitter or email? I would really like to ask/interview you regarding GB development, highlighting the GBC Rumble Pak. I am really curious to learn more.

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Joe Rogan : The SKI Problem in USA 😳

https://youtube.com/shorts/xwTgjvnNkxM?si=YdrvP_4ANPdVjV-u

I used to see someone every year with a cast and I would ask them what happened, and I always would get a one word answer, "Skiing."

Thursday, May 9, 2024

Steven Spielberg is Lucas' ride or die?

Steven Spielberg has an Arcade1up Star Wars in his home, like me.  The other arcade machine in his home is an original Dig Dug arcade game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQAOn7x8Q6Q

Saturday, May 4, 2024

Rare Golden Ship Galaga Glitch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_58poXHxOg&t=877s

The golden ship reemerges when the game switches back to the second player.


The enemy ship switched to the wrong characters for that sprite but kept the same color palette.  If we assume that ship type is a single byte value, then that byte was somehow overwritten with a bad value, hypothetically a zero or a one which could be the value for the player ship.  Errors like this could be caused by a memory overflow where a value was written outside the bounds of a table or the limited stack memory was exceeded.

I learned that if Player 1 exceeds 999,999 points, it will not display the millions in the score.  It is not clear if the player's score still counts as being over a million, or if it goes back to zero.  However, the second player does not have this problem and his score can reach 8 digits.

Sunday, April 28, 2024

Easy Company Veteran on combat from D-Day to the Eagle's Nest | Ed Shames

Colonel Edward "Ed" Shames was the last surviving officer of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. A unit that would be made famous by the miniseries Band of Brothers.

Thursday, April 11, 2024

Friday, April 5, 2024

The Day After The Moon Landing

Comforting Facts That Will Make Your Day - Part 8

I'll explain how it DOESN’T work

The customer is always right…

Did You Know These Facts? - Part 4

check on me in 6 hours please

Did You Know These Facts?

Satisfying Greek alphabet fact. How did I not know??

Saturday, March 30, 2024

Comforting Facts That Will Make Your Day - Part 5

Did This Parrot Just Ask a Question?

https://youtu.be/C8uaGJCdIhw?si=lOv0kSnyYIyBopmP

The parrot imitates sounds he had heard in anticipation of a reward. He is not perfect at identifying materials but appears to be learning.

Some parrots can identify materials, colors, and shapes at the same time.