Don’t throw away your old game consoles

New Horizons, Evil Dead, and more Shark attacks

New Horizons probe uses Playstation 1 processor

Don't throw away you old game consoles, NASA may need them to get people to Mars. Current Geek episode 60 turned me on to this item today…apparently the New Horizons spacecraft that just flew by Pluto way out in the solar system is powered by a MIPS R3000 CPU that powered the original Playstation. I knew our phones had more processing power than the space shuttle, but that was neat to find out. I think I may still might have a Playstation around here somewhere should I try to send it to Pluto?

Ashe vs. Evil Dead on Starz

One of the panels I wanted to see at Comic-Con was the Ashe vs. Evil Dead, but for whatever reason, I didn't make it at the time. Fortunately, they recorded it and I was able to find it on YouTube today. The trailer looks great, and if you're a Evil Dead fan like myself, you'll be looking forward to Halloween when the show starts airing on Starz. If you've only seen the remake, you owe it to yourself to go and watch the original with Bruce Campbell and see why he became the cult favorite that he is. I found it on Hulu, but Netflix currently doesn't have it.

Incredible footage

Unbelievable footage of a surfing competition…one of the two finalists was attacked by and fought off a shark while waiting for a wave during the competition. I can't believe this was caught on live TV! Thank God he survived and was not injured.

Morning Ramble #18

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