The psychology of the thriller, the most spectacular scene from T2, everything about "dungeons", the history of the ñ and the syndrome of wanting to disappear. There are many more things than these, but you'll have to discover them on your own. All that plus videos and galleries for all tastes. Enjoy!
Alien, a classic of science fiction and horror: "As I noted above, Alien (as it is known in Spanish) is an incredibly atmospheric, immersive, and above all claustrophobic film. It is a perfect blend of science fiction and psychological horror. Indeed, we imagine more than we see. There is something lurking there, but we cannot see it."
How they made one of the most spectacular scenes of Terminator 2: "The scene seems simple: Arnold, Linda, and Edward in front of a mirror with makeup effects for the cyborg's head. But that's not the case, because the situation is much more complex. The special effects team created the illusion of a mirror for the audience, but that's not how it works."
Why does a thriller intrigue us so much?: "Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense, used to say that anyone likes a good crime, as long as they are not the victim. And he wasn't far off, because decades later we witness the massification of a genre, the thriller, which is increasingly present on all platforms. That's why we ask ourselves: why does a thriller intrigue us so much?"
The 'dungeon' in pop culture: origins and influences: "A dungeon is the minimum unit of exploratory fun. At first glance, it seems complicated to decipher the transformation process that this macabre structure of medieval origin has undergone until becoming a cultural artifact capable of naming one of the most important role-playing games in history, as well as serving as a recurring ingredient in other areas of leisure such as literature, film, or video games."
Zeno, the Roman emperor we owe Backgammon: "In 'Saber y Ganar' we frequently travel to Ancient Rome, and today we do so in the 'Hot Questions' to discover that Backgammon was already played back then, a pastime known in Spain as 'tablas reales', 'chanchullo', or 'chanquete'. It turns out that Zeno, an emperor who ruled in the last quarter of the 5th century, was very fond of games and after losing a match at one of them, he decided to write a poem."
History of the Ñ: "In the early days of the internet, an unexpected problem arose in the Hispanic world: the letter ñ could not be used. This gradually became a struggle and a symbol of identity, and even sparked passionate debates online. Needless to say, in many cases it was really a problem to replace it just with n; imagine 'año' with only n... Since the mid-1990s, the network has been used massively around the world, but it was not until 2007 that it became possible to use the ñ in internet domain names."
Diapasons to tune the speed of light: "In 1879, Albert A. Michelson measured the speed of light with unprecedented precision. At the time, he was 26 years old, worked as a U.S. Navy instructor, had very little training in physics and no research experience, but his work was revolutionary. That experiment improved the precision of the constant c by an order of magnitude and laid a new foundation for high-precision measurements."
This is Ganna's bicycle: "The bicycle with which Ganna will try to beat this record is a Pinarello Bolide F HR 3D, valued at 75,000 euros according to the Italian daily 'La Gazzetta'. (...) The weight of this special Pinarello Bolide is 9.3 kilograms according to this information. It should be noted that it is a tall size, since Ganna is 193 centimeters tall. The frame alone costs 33,000 euros and is made with aerospace technology. Surprisingly, it is not carbon fiber but a mixture of scandium, aluminum, and magnesium."
The syndrome of "wanting to disappear": "The desire to leave everything behind, including those problems that keep us up at night, that tide of obstacles that prevent us from reaching our goals. If you are depressed, you might feel like you can't do anything right, and fantasizing about disappearing before ruining your life even more is a common coping mechanism. It's too tempting: you don't even have to explain anything to anyone, you wouldn't have to deal with your idiot boss or the dishes in the sink."
The story behind the most reckless image in history - The photo of the workers on the beam: "This photograph from the Great Depression became one of the most famous of the Great Depression. It shows eleven men sitting on a beam high atop a skyscraper under construction. What is their story? Were they posing or was it really break time? Today only a broken negative and a story that fascinates us all remain. The photograph was first published on October 2, 1932 in the New York Herald Tribune without any signature."
How libraries became refuges for people with mental illnesses: "Borges is credited with describing paradise as a kind of library. However, it is not hard to intuit that the Argentine author was certainly not referring to a public library. But for some people, public libraries have indeed become a kind of paradise, a place where they feel safe, sheltered from the inclemencies of the weather, or even where they can shower or sleep."
William Shatner: My trip to space filled me with sadness: "I saw a cold, dark, black emptiness. It was different from any blackness you can see or feel on Earth. It was deep, enveloping, all-encompassing. I turned toward the light of home. I could see the curvature of Earth, the beige of the desert, the white of the clouds, and the blue of the sky. It was life. Life that nourished, that sustained. Mother Earth. Gaia. And I was leaving her." The article is in English, but the automatic translations are very good.
Videos
- How the female orgasm works
- the difficulty of making footsteps sounds
- what makes us human
- Thomas Dolby
- Toyota Hilux durability test
- a short D&D game
- the cruelest rulers
- stealing a Kia with a TikTok hack
- the mystery of Triton
- Tesla's alternating current asynchronous motor
- making LEDs from fish scales and molecular onions
- great drone flight inside a stadium
- a music video using Google Street views
- a song with the neighbor's cat
- a naked model on the runway gets a dress sprayed on her
- story behind the poster photo of the 90s TMNT movie
- restoring a 1946 clock
- Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd reunion
- drone and light show for Halloween
- Leslie Nielsen in Detroit: Become Human
- holding on with an ice axe in the middle of an avalanche
- the "never obsolete" PC that was free (which we wrote about on NeoTeo)
- the tallest living cat - Guinness World Records
- 750,000 dominoes world record
- the dancing alphabet
Galleries
If The Legend of Zelda became a series, the artisanal special effects of the past, the best photographs of Nature Conservancy Photo 2022, crazy art, he made his house a 2D space, photomicrography, illustrations with Disney characters as their actors, if well-known fictional characters were babies, covers of Adventure Magazine from 1910, the Animated Dump and the Visual Dump of the Week. Nothing else.
https://old.neoteo.com/doom-en-el-bloc-de-notas-a-60-fps/I have no more links left, they vanished like I'm about to vanish until next week. FIUUSHHH!
