Bands That Think It’s Always Halloween

 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-pictures/bands-halloween-photos-902896

It happens every year for several people.

https://www.wearethepit.com/2020/10/happy-halloween-here-are-the-31-spookiest-albums-of-all-time

By the time they get to the last day of October, many people still want Rocktober to continue through all the months of the year.

https://www.denofgeek.com/culture/31-killer-halloween-rock-songs

So, in a way it does.

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/13_bands_who_are_always_ready_for_halloween-112706

https://awakenhaunt.com/10-bands-that-dress-like-monsters/

https://www.westword.com/music/lordi-rocks-in-monster-costumes-that-evoke-kiss-but-are-much-scarier-8772592

https://www.altpress.com/13_best_halloween_costumes_bands_have_worn_together

https://loudwire.com/rock-acts-who-are-always-halloween-ready/

https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/13-scariest-musicians/

TON: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Rust , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_O_Negative#Influences

Of course there is Poppy and so many more. 

Poppy - Voicemail https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9Tmrg813BY

https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2014/10/29/halloween-songs-best-essential-rock/18095153

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Halloween

The Cure - Burn (The Crow)

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izUSpFYq5N8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crow_(1994_film) Such an incredible movie and soundtrack.

Burn by The Cure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm-uozFJekA , https://www.youtube.com/c/thecure/videos

The Cure - Burn (Glastonbury 2019) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fSPMezUj9Q BBC 

https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2014/10/29/halloween-songs-best-essential-rock/18095153

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=burn

Rob Zombie: BURN through the witches...

 Of course Dragula by Rob Zombie has become quite a Halloween classic over the years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqQuihD0hoI 

Rob Zombie - Dragula [Hot Ro Herman Remix] (The Matrix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKkg_RgGt8c The nightclub scene in the MATRIX was too quick.

The Wake Up, Neo scene, in The Matrix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjoad6gcRzs , https://www.youtube.com/c/flashbackfm/videos  ::

Radiohead - Burn The Witch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI2oS2hoL0k

https://radiohead.com/library#amsp/burn-the-witch

London Cello Quartet - Radiohead - Burn The Witch (cover) - with Ruth Corey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v0euMsGdcs

Radiohead - Burn The Witch (Cello Cover) - Break of Reality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_D-VCQQKT8

Queens Of The Stone Age - Burn The Witch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7c187E5BxY

Rob Zombie - Lords Of Salem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV0NoICl7cE

https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2014/10/29/halloween-songs-best-essential-rock/18095153

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=burn  

Blue Oyster Cult: Burnin' For You

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipqqEFoJPL4 , https://www.youtube.com/user/BlueOysterWizard/videos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnin'_for_You (1981)

Certainly one of their all-time classics that isn't just limited to the Halloween season.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2014/10/29/halloween-songs-best-essential-rock/18095153

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=burn

100 Tales from Australia’s Most Haunted Places

 https://affirmpress.com.au/publishing/100-tales-from-australias-most-haunted-places/

You might not be looking for it, but It just might be looking for you.

https://traveltriangle.com/blog/haunted-places-in-australia/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3259224/

https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/columns/antipodean-nights/australias-terrifying-haunted-places-south-wales/

https://theculturetrip.com/pacific/australia/articles/australias-most-haunted-sites/

https://www.9news.com.au/national/the-most-haunted-places-in-australia/c55d5d4d-2649-4e2c-9baa-0d8e8d982eaf

Top 5 Haunted Places In Australia You Should Never Visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwB3FA9cabs , https://www.youtube.com/c/Top5ScaryVideos/videos

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Australia

Urban Australia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbanization_in_Australia

It seems that most people want to live in cities or their surrounding urban outskirts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Australia_by_population#Significant_urban_areas_by_population

Why 95% of Australia is Empty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnB_8Zm9lPk

Australia is a fantastic vast land with only a small percentage of it that has been urbanized.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Australia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia#Economy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia#Demographics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Australia_by_population

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Australia#Cities_with_the_most_skyscrapers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne#Urban_structure

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Melbourne#Overall

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Melbourne#Skyscrapers_at_least_200_metres_in_height In comparison, Vancouver, Canada has only allowed one residential tower to reach 200m. No office-tower in Vancouver has ever been permitted to have a 40th floor.

There was a time when Montreal had taller buildings than Melbourne, but that was a long time ago. That's because Melbourne isn't vertically limited like Montreal is. 1000_de_La_Gauchetiere is the only office tower in Montreal that has been permitted to have more than 50 floors. Given the strict height restrictions, Montreal might not permit any building to rival the Rialto_Towers for a while yet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Montreal#Tallest_under_construction_or_proposed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Quebec#Tallest_under_construction_or_proposed  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Australia#Tallest_buildings_under_construction_or_proposed

It seems that Australia isn't waiting for Canada to catch up, by the time that Australia has its 3rd building consisting of at least 100 floors, Canada will still have no 100 story buildings. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Canada#Tallest_buildings_in_Canada

The CN_Tower like the Sydney_Tower and the Sky_Tower_(Auckland), aren't office or residential towers. 

The Harbour_Centre (stump) in Vancouver is a joke. The office portion of the building wasn't even allowed to have a 30th floor. Even the top of the antenna had to be less than a 3rd of the height of the CN Tower, because of the strict height limitations in Vancouver.   

The John_Hancock_Center in late 1960s Chicago, was the first office and residential tower to have a 100 floors, outside of NYC. Australia just might eventually have a couple of buildings taller than the John_Hancock_Center. 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Canada+vs.+Australia

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Montreal

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=cities

Indonesia is building a whole new capital city

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt289hq2T8k

Why Indonesia is Moving Their Capital City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9p1bS1ThwY  

Indonesia is a big country on the move.

JAKARTA, Indonesia's MEGACITY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8-fwBMo6bc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia#Transport

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia#Demographics

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Indonesia

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=cities

A Miami building is evacuated near the site of the deadly Surfside condo collapse

"Residents of a Miami Beach building on the same street where a condominium collapse killed nearly 100 people were forced to evacuate on Thursday evening after officials determined the structure was unsafe and gave orders to leave." https://www.npr.org/2022/10/28/1132172867/miami-building-evacuated-surfside-condo-collapse

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/residents-ordered-evacuate-building-near-deadly-surfside-condo-collapse-florida/

https://apnews.com/article/politics-ron-desantis-building-collapses-surfside-collapse-af69251e6040cd11134e1595bf4f3f27

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfside_condominium_collapse , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR29pLccutY

https://abcnews.go.com/US/year-surfside-condo-collapse-investigators-exact/story?id=85317950

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfside_condominium_collapse#Possible_causes , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEPyE2h6P4k

https://www.wptv.com/news/region-c-palm-beach-county/fau-geologist-says-earthquake-risk-in-south-florida-is-low

https://www.floridadisaster.org/hazards/earthquakes

Fortunately, earthquakes in florida are a very rare occurrence.

https://www.tampabay.com/weather/2020/09/03/an-earthquake-hit-florida-on-thursday-how-often-does-that-happen

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Miami+Beach

Halloween Contest on The Office TV series

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GXJroiTMMc , https://www.youtube.com/@TheOfficeUS/videos

The_Office became quite a popular TV_series.

Dwight's Toilet Office https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4GJby5y6sM , https://www.youtube.com/@TheOfficeUS/videos There is nothing like blast the bowld entertainment.

https://www.slashfilm.com/1044495/the-funniest-moments-in-the-office-ranked

https://screenrant.com/funniest-episodes-the-office

https://www.buzzfeed.com/bendzialdowski/best-moments-the-office

https://www.looper.com/474708/the-office-funniest-moments-ranked

https://collider.com/office-most-cringeworthy-moments

https://mashable.com/article/the-office-best-moments

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Office_(American_TV_series)#Characters

https://screenrant.com/the-office-main-characters-funniest-scene/

Toilet Humor | Never-Before-Seen Cold Open | A Peacock Extra | The Office https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moTRUU4MRPM , https://www.youtube.com/@TheOfficeUS/videos

https://movieweb.com/the-office-new-cold-open-toilet-tragedy

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-office-toilet-tragedy_n_61d27ca9e4b061afe3a86446

https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-office-watch-never-before-seen-cold-open-michael-scott-toilet-tragedy.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=toilet

Europe Prepares to Rewrite the Rules of the Internet

 https://www.wired.com/story/europe-dma-prepares-to-rewrite-the-rules-of-the-internet/#intcid=_wired-right-rail_56554fc0-3e9c-460c-9fcc-4e13555f2fcf_popular4-1-reranked-by-vidi

https://www.dw.com/en/what-will-the-internet-of-the-future-look-like/a-63158651

How to keep the free flow of ideas and communication will be more and more challenging. Especially when corporations want it to be more of a pay as you go system. There are arguments to eventually have total censorship and surveillance, but that just leads down the path of a totalitarian nightmare.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a29666802/future-of-the-internet

https://www.dotmagazine.online/issues/digital-infrastructure-foundation/the-internet-of-the-future

https://medium.com/predict/the-future-of-the-internet-175f43fe445c

Elon Musk's Twitter ownership starts with firings, declares the 'bird is freed'

 https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/elon-musk-completes-44-bln-acquisition-twitter-2022-10-28

Now his AI and Robotics company can really study how people type out short messages.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/27/elon-musk-now-in-charge-of-twitter-ceo-and-cfo-have-left-sources-say.html

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/27/1132153277/elon-musk-takes-control-of-twitter-and-immediately-ousts-top-executives

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/10/28/elon-musk-takes-over-twitter-in-44bn-deal

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1585341984679469056

https://twitter.com/elonmusk , https://twitter.com/SpaceX

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Elon+Musk

Redundant, Common People in The Sims?

It's as if these music videos were foreshadowing what a VR version of The_Sims might be like.

 The Redundant_(song) by Green_Day has such a cool music_video from 1998.

However, the Common_People (1995) music_video by Pulp is even more spectacular. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuTMWgOduFM

https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/The_Sims#Overview

What might The Sims be like with a few more decades of advancement? The MATRIX of course...

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Sims

Hugh Jackman’s Decision to Return as Wolverine

 https://variety.com/2022/film/news/hugh-jackman-wolverine-return-deadpool-3-explained-1235414176

Of course a lot of people are looking forward to another appearance of Wolverine in a movie.

https://collider.com/deadpool-3-angry-wolverine-hugh-jackman-comments

https://variety.com/2022/film/features/hugh-jackman-dad-death-the-son-wolverine-1235413831/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Hugh+Jackman

Black Adam's Dwayne Johnson "fought for years" for Henry Cavill's DC return

 https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a41773758/dwayne-johnson-wanted-henry-cavill-superman-return

Black_Adam is a good linking movie as they all link up, one way or another.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2022/10/23/black-adams-huge-critic-to-audience-score-gap-is-now-tied-with-venom/?sh=2782909164a0

https://www.theringer.com/2022/10/25/23422483/black-adam-the-worst-movie-of-the-decade Such movies are always going to be a hit or a miss. It all depends upon one's perspective and preference.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Adam_(film)#Future

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Adam#Fictional_character_biography

Henry Cavill Confirms He Is “Back as Superman” for Future DC Movies

 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/superman-henry-cavill-back-black-adam-1235185234/

Nothing like having several more years of job security for Henry+Cavill. Just like it has for Hugh+Jackman as Wolverine. 

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/superman-henry-cavill-black-adam-1235323670

https://mashable.com/article/henry-cavill-superman-black-adam

https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/24/23420886/henry-cavill-superman-role-return-rumors-man-of-steel

https://www.koimoi.com/hollywood-news/henry-cavill-is-back-as-superman-officially-confirms-his-return-saying-its-a-very-small-taste-of-whats-to-come

https://collider.com/best-superman-actors-ranked

https://collider.com/how-to-watch-dc-movies-in-order

Henry Cavill - How To Build A Superman Gaming PC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2gYUVQrLzQ , https://www.youtube.com/c/emergencyawesome

Black+Adam FULL Breakdown, Easter Eggs, Cameo Scenes and Superman... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3cV0YHjtio , https://www.youtube.com/c/emergencyawesome

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Superman

Avatar: The Way of Water

Avatar:_The_Way_of_Water will likely become the most popular movie in history by early 2023.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw1yQ1uuq7Y

 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1630029/mediaviewer/rm1153102081

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/zoe-saldana-avatar-2-training-held-breathe-5-minutes-underwater-1235413876

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1630029/mediaviewer/rm2498422017

Why AVATAR 2 Will be Special https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPbI27dbQsM

The Biology of James Cameron’s Avatar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm1JFLpkofs

https://variety.com/t/avatar-the-way-of-water

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axmg1E4HrVE , https://www.youtube.com/c/Ubisoft/videos

https://collider.com/avatar-the-way-of-water-concept-art-pandora-ocean-d23-expo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar_3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar_4 , https://collider.com/tag/avatar-4 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Avatar

An Earthquake Rattles the San Francisco Bay Area near San Jose

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/10/25/earthquake-rattles-san-francisco-bay-area-near-san-jose/10599258002

Of course the SF BA is just one of those regions that gets the occasional earthquake. 

 https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/sf-bay-area-earthquake-shakes-17533662.php

James Cameron blasts both Marvel and DC Comics movies...

 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11354787/James-Cameron-blasts-Marvel-DC-Comics-act-like-theyre-college.html

https://deadline.com/2022/10/james-cameron-criticizes-marvel-dc-character-crafting-1235154605/

Of course the Avatar movies are in a different class from the comic book movies.

https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/james-cameron-criticizes-marvel-dc-movie-relationships

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/james-cameron-criticizes-marvel-dc-movie-characters-1235413857/

Jon Anderson of YES and beyond

Jon_Anderson has one of the most soothing singing voices in the music world.

The Jon Anderson Interview | YES & Beyond https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWib02yZmKc , https://www.youtube.com/@RickBeato/videos

What Makes This Song Great? Ep.36 YES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFisOTDzGuE , https://www.youtube.com/@RickBeato/videos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Anderson#2010-present:_Solo_work,_collaborations,_Yes_feat._ARW_and_tours

How Physicists Proved The Universe Isn't Locally Real - Nobel Prize in Physics

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txlCvCSefYQ , https://www.youtube.com/c/DrBenMiles/videos

The nature of reality is fascinating and mysterious.

Trying to simulate the known universe is too complex and difficult still. Simulating a galaxy might still be too difficult.

A star or solar system is a little easier. However, simulating various worlds have become quite commonplace. Computer games and VR can certainly depict various scenarios, from the sublime to the horrific.

https://www.cyberpunkreview.com/cyberpunk-games/is-the-world-around-us-inspiring-post-apocalyptic-games

Perhaps if someone or something that is of a very advanced level of intelligence has been around for a very long time, they might have already created various cosmic scale simulations.

The Simulation Hypothesis & Free Will Explained by Brian Greene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMneQsUw6XI , https://www.youtube.com/@ScienceTime24/videos

Are We Living in an Ancestor Simulation? ft. Neil deGrasse Tyson | Space Time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmVOV7xvl58 , https://www.youtube.com/@pbsspacetime/videos

The Vancouver House Building vs. Other Towers

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac2ucNfBbTA , https://www.structuremag.org/?p=15416

This is part of a Calgary and Seattle comparison series to show what they can do, simply because they aren't under any Vancouver type controls and restrictions. 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/Vancouver_House   

https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/vancouver-house/13987 155.6 m / 511 ft, with 52 floors above ground. There are also several underground levels.

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/bjarke-ingels-group-completes-vancouver-house-modern-twist-new-york-flatiron-building

https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/vancouver-house

https://www.canadianarchitect.com/international-icon-vancouver-house-vancouver-british-columbia/

https://www.designboom.com/architecture/bjarke-ingels-group-big-vancouver-house-virtual-tour-08-13-2020/

Vancouver_House would have been much more impressive if it was permitted to be on the scale of what Calgary and Seattle allows. However, Vancouver is such a watered down backward city, with so many imposed restrictions and limitations of what can be built. Thus, Calgary's version is at least 70 m or 230 feet taller.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/Telus_Sky 

Telus_Sky is a 60 or 59-storey tower, 222.3 m (729 ft). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telus_Sky#Building_details

https://telussky.com However, from this picture, there seems to be 62 levels above ground, overall. 

There seems to be a discrepancy with its total height.

https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/telus-sky/15466  225.4 m  / 740 ft with 59 floors.

Completion 2018

Height 729 ft / 222.19 m

Storeys 60 https://calgary.skyrisecities.com/database/projects/telus-sky.13686

https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-s-60-storey-telus-sky-building-welcomes-tenants-1.5976668

https://calgaryherald.com/business/local-business/telus-sky-officially-opens-its-doors-to-calgary

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Calgary

Calgary and Seattle built theirs right side up, whereas Vancouver seems more like upside-down world. Nothing like Vancouverism has ever taken over other major cities in Canada or the USA.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/Rainier_Square_Tower , https://www.rainiersquare.com/

"The 850-foot (260 m) tall, 58-story tower is located at Union Street between 4th and 5th Avenues adjacent to the existing Rainier Tower; it is the second-tallest building in Seattle."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainier_Square_Tower 

Rainier_Square_Tower is about 105 m or 344 ft taller than Vancouver_House.

https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/rainier-square/16751 258.2 m / 847 ft

The first Rainier_Tower is at much lower height at 156.67 m (514.0 ft) and it's very close in size to Vancouver House. That's the difference with Seattle, because they didn't have to water down or Vancouverize their 2nd tower in the complex.

This really illustrates the difference of how small Vancouver House would be, if it was in Seattle. https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/rainier-square_o

https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15099-rainier-square-by-nbbj

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Seattle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4/C If this is built, it will be at least twice the height of the small scale Vancouver House.

https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/4c/21952 Indeed, 4/C would be very close in size as to what is being built in Toronto. 

https://www.oneyongeskytower.com , https://www.torontooneyonge.ca

Unlike Vancouver, BC, Seattle is allowed to not only build something that is impressive by Toronto standards, but what would even be tall by Chicago standards. 

The Seattle Space Needle and The Calgary Tower

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Needle

Two iconic structures from the 1960s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary_Tower

Vancouver, BC never permitted any structure to rival their heights until the 21st century.

The rise of the (A.I.) mega-corporations | DW Documentary

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy8ogOaKk4Y

The Cybernetic Future Of Humanity | Future Human A.I. | Spark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKm5S76iJSw

Artificial intelligence and algorithms: pros and cons | DW Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0dMTAQM4cw

AI can be a wonderful tool for humanity, as long as people aren't tricked or forced into becoming like the Borg. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Borg

The World in 2050 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNVh_HMX2IY

How Far is Too Far? | The Age of A.I. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwsrzCVZAb8 (2019)

A History of the Borg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNxPTk9gR54

Borg Battle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7KCb-O20Fg

Jack Meets The Tet (End Scene) | Oblivion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZEuYGAoq2I

Devo - "Beautiful World" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56u6g0POvo0 

https://www.youtube.com/c/DEVOvision/videos

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=AI

Play The Sims 4 for Free...

 https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/play-the-sims-4-for-free-beginning-october-18

https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news

The world of The Sims just keeps on growing. That's the idea.

https://gamerant.com/sims-4-fun-things

https://www.wired.com/story/sims-game-psychology

https://www.thegamer.com/sims-characters-from-first-game

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2020/02/04/how-sims-navigated-20-years-change-become-one-most-successful-franchises-ever

https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Sim 

Pulp has this brilliant song called, Common_People. The 1995 music_video is fantastic for how it looks! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuTMWgOduFM It's like the Pulp_video is foreshadowing what a VR version of The Sims could be like. 

Five years after the Pulp video, was the release of The_Sims.

Was Will_Wright partially inspired by the Common People video?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sims#Development

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sims_(video_game) 2000

The Sims 4 Review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohwbklm3w_E , https://www.youtube.com/c/Lazygamereviews/videos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sim_video_games

HOW TO PLAY THE SIMS 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmzuZmd5QF0

The History Of The Sims https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7HwKKyUecs , https://www.youtube.com/c/gamespot/videos

Comparing Sims 4 from 2014 to 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y83Lwy0t1TI

https://levvvel.com/the-sims-statistics

Just a bunch of Redundant,_Common+People in The+Sims?

Would a US digital dollar let the government track you?

 https://www.computerworld.com/article/3676591/would-a-us-digital-dollar-let-the-government-track-you.html

As civilization becomes more digitized, even more things will become trackable.

Unopened iPhone From 2007 Sells for $39,000 at Auction

The factory-sealed 8GB Apple smartphone originally sold for $599 in stores. 

 https://gizmodo.com/unopened-iphone-from-2007-sells-for-39-000-at-auction-1849665187

https://www.bankmycell.com/blog/iphone-evolution-timeline-chart

https://www.computerworld.com/article/2604020/the-evolution-of-apples-iphone.html

https://www.iphonelife.com/content/evolution-iphone-every-model-2007-2016

https://www.wired.com/story/guide-iphone/

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3661702/why-you-should-pay-more-attention-to-apples-green-slide.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=iPhone

Battlestar Galactica Prologue and Epilogue

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeoc81efQl8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_(2004_TV_series)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_(2004_TV_series)#Themes_and_allusions

Both versions of the TV_series had several interesting aspects about them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_(1978-1979)

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=AI

Are people hoarding their old smartphones?

 https://www.computerworld.com/article/3676908/why-are-you-hoarding-your-old-smartphones.html

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/consumers-hoard-13-billion-in-old-iphones-2014-02-12

Even though an older phone might not be as fast or have the same picture quality, it still can be used as a backup device. Even just as an alarm clock, flashlight or as a basic camera...

https://studyfinds.org/5-billion-phones-thrown-away-2022

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-31/getting-rid-of-ewaste-mobile-phones-study/11339412

The True History Behind How James Cameron Built Pandora

 https://collider.com/avatar-james-cameron-history-pandora-explained

World building entertainment at its best.

https://collider.com/things-to-remember-from-avatar-before-seeing-avatar-the-way-of-water

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Avatar

Oslo, Norway

Oslo is a city that has it all, especially winter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo#Cityscape

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo#Transport

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/e-bus-deal-puts-oslo-track-zero-emissions-public-transport-goal-2022-10-14/

https://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/E-bus-deal-puts-Oslo-on-track-for-zero-emissions-public-transport-goal--42005744/

https://versus.com/en/oslo-vs-stockholm

https://roundtript.com/oslo-vs-stockholm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavia

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=cities

Best big phones of 2022...

 https://www.tomsguide.com/best-picks/best-big-phones

As the year winds down it's good to see the biggest of the best.

https://www.gadgetreview.com/best-large-screen-phones

If you are 2m tall or even around 7 feet in height, a LARGE phone is essential.

https://www.consumerreports.org/smartphones/best-large-screen-smartphones-a1082428960

https://www.androidauthority.com/biggest-phones-1144236

From early 2014 when phones with less than a 6 in screen were still considered big. https://www.cnet.com/pictures/supersize-me-giants-of-the-smartphone-world-pictures/

The messy morality of letting AI make life-and-death decisions

 https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/10/13/1060945/artificial-intelligence-life-death-decisions-hard-choices

Maker of suicide pod plans to launch in Switzerland https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-59577162

https://upload.wikimedia.org/Sarco-device

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/sarco-suicide-capsule--passes-legal-review--in-switzerland/46966510

 The Sarco suicide pod aims to take assisted dying out of doctors' hands with A.I... https://www.euronews.com/next/2021/12/08/the-sarco-suicide-pod-aims-to-take-assisted-dying-out-of-doctors-hands

So a person can go into a Sarco_pod or be placed into one in order to put them out of their misery.  Perhaps a series of disintegration chambers can eventually be developed as well. Just like something out of a Star Trek episode. https://thoughtsfromthemountaintop.com/2021/02/05/star-trek-a-taste-of-armageddon-kill-the-people-not-the-places

Indeed, what if AI determines that too many people have used up too many of their arbitrary carbon credits? Thus, a selected amount of people occasionally have a certain amount of time to enter a disintegration chamber, or be hunted down by drones and robotic exterminators.

There certainly is a compelling argument for people that want to have the right to die in order to end their suffering. However, if humanity should ever totally allow AI to occasionally cull the herd, the most inhuman consequences will likely become the result.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Nitschke#Euthanasia_techniques

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/suicide-machine-sarco-euthenasia-assisted-dying-b1970685.html

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/A_Taste_of_Armageddon_(episode)

This is such a symbolically powerful episode. Just change the story to be about the war on overpopulation which needs to be run by an AI planetary management system. If any control system, becomes too obsessed with reducing carbon, eventually the reduction of human carbon units might become its ultimate objective.  

"The Enterprise encounters a planet that has been waging war with a neighboring planet for 500 years. To prevent damage to infrastructure, they've been "attacking" and calculating "casualties" via computer. Everyone on the planet has a fanatical devotion to the plan, to the point that "casualties" willingly commit suicide to uphold it." https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/StarTrekS1E23ATasteOfArmageddon

Chris Carter (X-Files...)

Chris_Carter sure started something big in the 1990s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X-Files

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X-Files#Mythology

THE X FILES | UNMARKED HELICOPTERS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9Y14VYQNjo

Unmarked Helicopters - Mike Doughty (from 'Circles') https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVSVXW2C3qk

Interview With The Vampire TV Series

The AMC show’s official Twitter promoted an app where fans can create their own visual novels—i.e. fanfic

 https://kotaku.com/interview-with-vampire-fanfic-anne-rice-amc-lestat-2022-1849649058

This why it's important to always distinguish the original author's works from any fan made stuff.

http://annerice.com/Bookshelf-VampireChronicles.html

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/31330.The_Complete_Vampire_Chronicles

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7577.Anne_Rice

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Anne+Rice

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Interview+with+the+Vampire

Is 'Andor' Doing the Origin Story Better Than 'Rings of Power' and 'House of the Dragon'?

Andor genuinely feels like something different within the Star Wars universe. https://collider.com/andor-origin-story-better-than-rings-of-power-house-of-the-dragon/

Cool stuff!

https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a41596685/andor-episode-6-death-rogue-one/

https://www.polygon.com/23400643/andor-best-star-wars

https://www.ign.com/articles/andor-episode-6-review

https://www.avclub.com/andor-season-2-episode-6-the-eye-recap-1849648410

https://gizmodo.com/andor-episode-6-recap-diego-luna-star-wars-disney-plus-1849646634

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Rings+of+Power

House of the Dragon boss reacts to Rings of Power rivalry

 https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a41593948/house-of-dragon-rivalry-rings-of-power/

House_of_the_Dragon rivalry can be a good thing.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2022/09/11/house-of-the-dragon-is-just-better-than-rings-of-power/?sh=2311853c51be

https://collider.com/the-rings-of-power-durin-vs-durin-who-is-right/

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/lord-of-the-rings-of-power-secret-code-opening-titles/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Rings+of+Power

A Fake Joe Rogan Interviewed A Fake Steve Jobs For An AI-Generated Podcast

 https://uproxx.com/viral/joe-rogan-steve-jobs-interview-ai-podcast/

Of course there would be tech that could simulate a conversation, albeit a deep fake one.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11308317/Joe-Rogan-interviews-Steve-Jobs-DEAD-11-years-AI-generated-discussion.html

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/10/fake-joe-rogan-interviews-fake-steve-jobs-in-an-ai-powered-podcast/

https://www.dailydot.com/debug/podcast-ai-steve-jobs-joe-rogan/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Steve+Jobs

The Vyne Ring or the Ring of Silvianus and JRRT

The Ring_of_Silvianus is a peculiar thing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Silvianus#Association_with_Tolkien

https://middle-earth.xenite.org/was-tolkiens-one-ring-inspired-by-the-cursed-ring-of-silvianus/

https://gizmodo.com/behold-the-cursed-ring-that-may-have-inspired-tolkiens-470953971

https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/one-ring-to-curse-them-all/

https://geektyrant.com/news/the-norse-myth-of-the-cursed-ring-that-inspired-the-lord-of-the-rings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien's_influences#Nodens

https://middle-earth.xenite.org/why-did-elwing-give-the-ring-of-barahir-to-elros-and-not-to-elrond-the-older-brother/

https://middle-earth.xenite.org/palantiri-emyn-beraid-avallone-used/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Rings+of+Power

The Rings of Power: Every adaptation is re-interpretation...

 https://theconversation.com/the-rings-of-power-every-adaptation-is-re-interpretation-so-ignore-the-haters-190481

It's inevitable, there will always be variations from the original source material.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Rings+of+Power

Johnny Mnemonic (1995 film)

Of course Johnny_Mnemonic could have been a much better movie, but the overall story still remains interesting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Mnemonic_(film)#Production

http://movie-locations.com/movies/j/Johnny-Mnemonic.php

https://montrealtips.com/2022/03/09/top-10-tech-companies-in-montreal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Mnemonic_(film)#Johnny_Mnemonic:_In_Black_and_White

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113481/mediaviewer/rm0964864?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_6 Not quite the symbolic start of the ZOO TV MATRIX.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113481/mediaviewer/rm4002859265?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_111

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wick_(film)#Filming

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Montreal

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=tech

Over 20 years later, ‘The Matrix’ reminds you to unplug from the machine and free your mind.

 https://collider.com/matrix-review-wachowskis-keanu-reeves

The first Matrix movie quite possibly provided a significant boost to people interested in researching the simulation hypothesis.

Has Quantum Leap’s Fate Been Decided?

 https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/quantum-leaps-fate-has-been-decided.html

A TV series or movie can continue with or without an original character.

https://www.cbr.com/quantum-leap-reboot-scott-bakula-nbc/

At some point even if its a slim chance, SB could make a very brief voice or video appearance.

https://screenrant.com/quantum-leap-2022-scott-bakula-sam-beckett-return-need

However, this or any production can still reference past characters, even if they physically are no longer involved.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2022/09/19/quantum-leap-time-traveler-who-replaces-scott-bakula-raymond-lee/10402121002/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Quantum+Leap

Blink-182 Reunite With Tom DeLonge and Announce 2023 Tour

 https://pitchfork.com/news/blink-182-reunite-with-tom-delonge-announce-2023-stadium-tour

https://pitchfork.com/news/green-day-blink-182-good-charlotte-and-more-to-perform-at-when-we-were-young-festival-2023

Perhaps there will be a new twist on some Enema music. The Enema tour from a few years ago was a blast!

https://www.spin.com/2019/06/blink-182-enema-of-the-state-entirety-tour

https://www.kerrang.com/this-is-blink-182s-setlist-on-their-enema-of-the-state-anniversary-tour

https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/blink-182-reunion-tour-has-fans-excited-and-feeling-a-little-creaky

https://people.com/music/blink-182-reunites-with-tom-delonge-for-2023-world-tour-new-album-edging-single

Sometimes as people get older, an occasional enema can help one to move a little easier into their later years.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Blink182/comments/n40bi5/god_damn_can_anyone_tell_me_how_get_enema

https://rockguitaruniverse.com/tom-delonge-gear-effects-tone

https://twitter.com/tomdelonge/status/642419943963668480 Enema 9/11. 

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a37532754/tom-delonge-interview-2021

How Tom Delonge Figured Out That Aliens Are Real https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsyrN2Whst8 , https://www.youtube.com/c/SteveOsWildRideClips/videos

Melbourne vs. San-Francisco

 https://versus.com/en/melbourne-vs-san-francisco

There is just something about trams and streetcars that can enhance the charm of a city.

https://www.budgetdirect.com.au/interactives/costofliving/compare/melbourne-vs-san-francisco/

https://livingcost.org/cost/melbourne/san-francisco

The Most Beautiful Cities in the World

https://viatravelers.com/most-beautiful-cities-in-the-world

There are so many scenic cities.

 https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/g39138892/most-beautiful-cities-in-the-world

It all depends upon who you ask or what your preference is.

https://theluxurytravelexpert.com/2020/07/13/top-10-cities/

https://www.insider.com/most-beautiful-cities-in-the-world

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/travel-dining/g12244524/most-beautiful-city-in-world

https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2016-01-08/the-50-most-beautiful-cities-in-the-world

https://www.roughguides.com/gallery/most-beautiful-city-in-the-world/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=cities

Denver

Denver isn't Dallas, but it's similar to Calgary.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver#Economy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver#Transportation

https://everydaytourist.ca/globe-trekking-international-travel/2014/6/12/denver-vs-calgary-a-tale-of-two-thriving-downtowns

https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Canada&city1=Calgary&country2=United+States&city2=Denver%2C+CO

Calgary

Calgary is a larger city than Denver, but Denver still has a much larger metropolitan area.

 https://versus.com/en/calgary-vs-denver

https://www.5280.com/did-you-know-colorado-has-a-canadian-twin/

Both cities really do have a lot of striking similarities.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/denver-calgary-comparison-1.3776682

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary#Economy

https://livingcost.org/cost/calgary/denver

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary#Transportation

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Calgary

Seattle

 Seattle´s Skyline Will Change by 2030 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlqACkt9LQg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Seattle#Tallest_completed_buildings

Seattle has been able to think and plan on a more grand scale than Vancouver, simply because Seattle isn't under all the red tape restrictions that Vancouver is. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle#Transportation

Seattle is just as scenic as Vancouver, yet its allowed to be a big city. Of course Seattle has its share of urban problems, as many cities do. 2020 was quite a bad year for most cities. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle#Cityscape

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Seattle#Tallest_under_construction,_approved_and_proposed

The World's Tallest Buildings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings#Tallest_buildings_in_the_world

Several cities have strict height limits, while some cities have selective height limits.

https://www.archdaily.com/779178/these-are-the-worlds-25-tallest-buildings

Then there are the cities that essentially have no height limits.

 https://knowledge-leader.colliers.com/editor/tallest-office-buildings-in-the-world/

https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/buildings

The True Scale of the World's Tallest Buildings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhD_RYF76-4 , https://www.youtube.com/c/Theb1mGoogle/videos

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=cities

Chicago and Toronto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGXDMTCa_kE

Both are big and tall windy cities on the lakeshore.

 https://versus.com/en/chicago-vs-toronto

Thus, Toronto is more of a lakeside city like Chicago and Montreal is an island river city like NYC. 

Sydney vs. Toronto

 https://versus.com/en/sydney-vs-toronto

Both cities are in the chief economic urban areas of each country.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney#Urban_structure

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney#Transport

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto#Transportation

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=cities

Calgary vs. Vancouver, BC

 https://versus.com/en/calgary-vs-vancouver

Unlike Vancouver, Calgary has been allowed to be a big city like Seattle. It would actually be painful to view a CGI depiction of Calgary and Seattle if they were subjected to the same type of Vancouver restrictions and limitations. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Calgary#Buildings 247m is the current tallest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Seattle#Tallest_completed_buildings 286m is the current tallest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Vancouver No other buildings are being permitted to rise above 200m within the city limits of Vancouver.

You don't just move to Vancouver because you like the rain. You really live there, because you want to exist in a watered down city.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=cities

Seattle vs. Vancouver

 https://versus.com/en/seattle-vs-vancouver

Seattle like Calgary, hasn't been subjected to the same level of red tape and building restrictions that is common for Vancouver. Seattle like Calgary, has been allowed to put more money into its infrastructure...

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=cities

Interview with the Vampire (TV series)

Interview_with_the_Vampire_(TV_series) has its twists and turns and is even more stylish than the Vampire movie.

https://www.avclub.com/interview-with-the-vampire-review-tv-amc-1849603575

https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/streaming/how-to-watch-interview-with-the-vampire-series

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/30/arts/television/interview-with-the-vampire-amc.html

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/interview-with-the-vampire-ratings-walking-dead-amc-plus-1235396270

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14921986

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/02/entertainment/interview-with-the-vampire-2022-series-behind-scenes-cec/index.html

There is a scene where Lestat_de_Lioncourt has the ability to not only temporarily freeze a card game, the entire room and perhaps even a much larger area. What's going on? It's as if he is part of some Vampire controlled Matrix. In another scene, Lestat seems to have the ability to levitate and hover.

https://www.cbr.com/interview-with-the-vampire-series-and-book-differences

https://www.rogerebert.com/streaming/amc-interview-with-the-vampire-tv-review-2022

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Interview+with+the+Vampire

The Best Cyberpunk Movies

 https://screenrant.com/best-cyberpunk-movies-reddit

Anyone can make their own list, but it's interesting to see what some others have done with their top choices.

https://www.slashfilm.com/771494/the-15-best-cyberpunk-movies-ranked

https://www.looper.com/831110/15-best-cyberpunk-movies-of-all-time

https://movieweb.com/cyberpunk-movies

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls000796037

https://filmlifestyle.com/best-cyberpunk-movies

https://screenrant.com/best-cyberpunk-movies-ranked-letterboxd

https://www.denofgeek.com/games/cyberpunk-2077-best-cyberpunk-movies

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Cyberpunk

Iran

 https://www.iranintl.com/en/iran-en

Of course the push for human_rights_in_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran remains very dangerous.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/iran/report-iran

https://www.aljazeera.com/search/Iran

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_rights_in_Iran#Current_global_ranking

https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran

https://www.britannica.com/place/Iran

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Iran

Jordan Peele’s Nope, innovated a new technique for filmmaking that could change how films shoot night scenes

 https://screenrant.com/nope-jordan-peele-day-for-night-cinematography-trick-better

Nope provided an interesting take on the alien predator theme, without imitating those other movies.

https://screenrant.com/nope-movie-alien-sequels-better

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Nope

Some Serious World Issues...

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0QznbSpwY8

BG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHM5MIu92Yw

https://www.youtube.com/c/RussellBrand/videos

The Covid era has had quite a social engineering effect upon the masses.

https://www.brookings.edu/bpea-articles/understanding-u-s-inflation-during-the-covid-era

So many people have been financially broken, while some corporations made record breaking profits.