I won 2011's "555 Timer Contest" artistic category. As a bonus I got a phone call from Hans Camenzind, who offered to design a custom chip (for free) to perform the same function.
Recently procured an AirGradient air quality monitor and set up the build environment so I can customize its reporting capability and perhaps add some different sensors. Also didn't realize how much CO2 builds up during the night in my bedroom. Will have to mitigate this as I believe this contributes to my poor sleep habits.
Here's a vid describing DRN & Resolvion supplying car location data to repo companies. I didn't realize they'll strap a camera pack on your car and pay you a commission on the license plate data you collect.
https://youtu.be/xE5NnZm9OpU?si=oEkSvUjNmBhQD-xI&t=138
This is why the Savannah Bananas (and the banana league) are so popular. Banana-ball draws sellout crowds wherever they play. The main focus is "don't be boring."
IMDB also had a ratings inflation of about 0.5 points about the same time (anecdata), where movies over 5.5 were watchable back then. Now a 6.0+ demarcates a watchable movie. Or my threshold changed in the past 10 years or so...
My LCD TV did the same thing with a few of the backlight LEDs. Makes a big purplish splotch on the screen. Replaced the backlight strips and took the lens off of one of them and was surprised how small the LED is -- tiny yellow 1.5mm squares.
Easily circumvented:
Use two monitors, one positioned out of view.
Use a teleprompter mirror with a camera behind the mirror.
Use a video capture device, record on a separate computer.
I'm sure there's sneakier ways to perform this...
Most TVs have downward firing speakers which splat the audio all about -- bouncing around before entering your ears. I wonder if it's easy to detach the speaker and pull it out and face it forward just like my old Vizio did 15 years ago...