If you are given a choice, you believe you have acted freely. This is one of the darkest of all psychological secrets.
Teller, “Teller Reveals His Secrets,” Smithsonian magazine, March 2012
Running the Steam Deck interface on an Aya Neo
I was interested in seeing how well the new SteamDeck interface would run on my Aya Neo 2021 Pro. A post over on Reddit pointed me in the right direction. In this video I am running a beta channel build of the Steam application that enables the handheld interface that will be introduced with the SteamDeck. This is running on a AMD 4800u processor on Windows 11. Enjoy!
Vintage 1977 NASA Video talks about Voyager 1
On September 12, 2013, NASA officially announced that Voyager 1 had left the solar system and begun it’s journey into interstellar space. Voyager 1 was launched on September 5, 1977 to study the outer Solar System and interstellar medium. As of August 2013, it is 125 Astronomical Units (AU) from the Sun. One AU is equivalent to the average distance of the Earth to the Sun, roughly 145.5 billion miles. Voyager is currently the furthest man-made object from Earth.
As a throwback to the year Voyager 1 was launched, we found NASA’s Highlights of the 1977 Aeronautics and Space Report. The report outlines some of NASA’s projects at the time, including the Space Shuttle, Voyagers, Landsat, Spacelab, HEAO-1 and energy research.
Burger King Proposes Fast Food Truce with McDonalds to Promote the International Day of Peace
What if I told you that two mega fast food chains proposed a marketing campaign to bring awareness to the International Day of Peace? Would you support the idea, would you criticize their business practices, would you consider purchasing their product?
PSY – GANGNAM STYLE, Korean: Exporter of Asian Culture
It seems like only a few years ago when Japan had the monopoly on the export of weird Asian culture. But now Korea will be a contender in that game,…
Gaultier on Display
The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier was an exhibit recently showcased at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, CA from March 24, 2012 – August 19, 2012.
Amazing Painter
Came across this video this morning. Reincarnated spirit of Bob Ross? Posted by dracmtt