2024.04.25: The World According to Mush

Linkdump

Dark Tech Time

• Apple slashes Vision Pro production, might cancel 2025 model in response to plummeting demand | TechSpot
• Tesla profits drop 55% as Elon Musk dodges cheap car questions | Ars Technica
• Analyst issues stark warning on Big Tech stocks ahead of earnings (msn.com)

Robotics

• China Says It Plans to Mass-Produce Humanoid Robots Within 2 Years (businessinsider.com)
• Sony aibo Companion Robot | ERS1000
• Boston Dynamics’ Spot Robot Dog Now Available for $74,500 – IEEE Spectrum

Early Technology

• Flip Video – Wikipedia
• Crocodile Dundee FIGHT SCENE – YouTube
• Car phone – Wikipedia
• 80s brick phones (mobilephonehistory.co.uk)

Going Retro

• PBS Retro FAST Channel Launches on Roku | Exclusive (thewrap.com)
• Popples Commercial (youtube.com)

Cereal Prizes

• 50 Greatest Cereal Box Prizes | MrBreakfast.com
• Cereal box prizes: a history of the best promotion ever (thetakeout.com)
• I was today years old when I learned the Cracker Jack prize is no more (theledger.com)
• How to open a box of cereal neatly – YouTube

The REAL Ghostbusters

• The Ghost Busters (1975) – OPENING (youtube.com)
• Witches Stew | Ghostbusters | Full Episode | Ghost Cartoons | Retro Bites (youtube.com)
• The Real Ghostbusters (1986) Intro 1 (youtube.com)