This is some silent Technicolor test footage done at RKO in the 1930’s. Most of it is rather mundane, so the video will start at the good part, with Dolores del Rio encountering a creature from Son of Kong.
Category: Tech
Touch and Gone
“Everything I touch gets ruined!” – Charlie Brown
All of the gadgets below have been de-registered and retired. Not shown are my first three Rokus, or the first two Amazon Fire TV streamers that came after them. And people laughed at my reluctance to get a smartphone, which I finally did a year ago.
For one reason or another, these devices are no longer useable. The Kindle Keyboard’s battery died, and I bravely replaced it, only to learn the battery wasn’t the problem. A Fire TV update came with an audio sync problem. For video streaming I am now back with Roku.
The Lenovo Yoga Tab 3, that I really enjoyed using, got me through my many trips to Arizona, starting five years ago. It was perfect for watching video on the plane, and on land with a Bluetooth keyboard it was my laptop substitute.
So much electronic waste! I wonder if Best Buy still offers recycling? On the positive side, the Oontz Angle Bluetooth speaker I bought in 2014, that I also took to Arizona, is still going strong.
Deployment!
“Primary Mirror Wings Deployed, All Major Deployments Complete”
https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2022/01/08/primary-mirror-wings-deployed-all-major-deployments-complete/
DogRat Hums in Danish
Denmark’s Ortofon has a real winner if you’re willing to spend $200 for a phono cartridge stylus to replace the one that’s almost as good on a $79 cartridge. $50 test record not included!
“Set to the maximum tracking force of 1.75 grams, the Ortofon OM Super 20 plays band #8 cleanly on both sides of the Hi-Fi News Test Record. These are the two tests that matter for tracking ability.
“The OM Super 10 stylus at 1.75 grams buzzes slightly on side 1, band 8, but otherwise performs as well as the Super 20. Set at only 1.5 grams, the Super 20 buzzes a little on side 1, band 8. Both styluses do their best at 1.75 grams. The wow that is heard on side 1 is due to the disc being slightly off-center.
“Note the heavy anti-skating weight that was added on top of the smaller weight. A lot of anti-skating force was needed to get perfectly clean playback, but the results speak for themselves.“
Scandinavian Instructional Video
Every intimate detail is revealed! Nothing left to the imagination! Adults only!
Beyond the Worldwide Webb
Happy New Year, and wowee! Looking good, so far, getting the JWST deployed.
Shine bright like a diamond ?
With the successful deployment of our right sunshield mid-boom, or “arm,” Webb’s sunshield has now taken on its diamond shape in space. Next up: tensioning the 5 sunshield layers! https://t.co/6G2caS1djY #UnfoldTheUniverse pic.twitter.com/q0iuHdnKlN
— NASA Webb Telescope (@NASAWebb) January 1, 2022