First Out This Morning (PXL)

GRANT BRICKMAN: A toy camera gets a USB cable, a pyramid puzzle, the first German anime, and Costco is already on Black Friday.

GRANT BRICKMAN: These are the first things out this morning, fresh from the outlets that were up before we were. Which is all of them. ▶

GRETA FOOTNOTE: Mug number four, and I am almost ready for the news. Let's go in order. ▶

GRANT BRICKMAN: Hackaday has a cheap toy camera with a big clear viewfinder, and someone has turned it into a USB camera. Wonderful. Plug it into the cloud. ▶

GRETA FOOTNOTE: The article calls it little more than a dashcam in a fancy case. The project gives it a second career as a webcam. ▶

GRANT BRICKMAN: Scientific American has a puzzle: nine cells in a triangle, all zeros. I haven't finished my toast, let alone the zeros. ▶

GRETA FOOTNOTE: The goal is nine consecutive positive numbers. You may only nudge two neighbouring cells at a time. Solve it before lunch. ▶

GRANT BRICKMAN: GamePro says the first German anime aired fifty-two years ago. A crew of rough sailors on adventures. Not that one, they stress. ▶

GRETA FOOTNOTE: They say if you don't know it, you've missed a piece of TV history. I'm checking my own childhood now. ▶

GRANT BRICKMAN: And IGN reports Costco has revealed its Black Friday ad and sale dates for 2026. Before breakfast. Some people plan ahead. ▶

GRETA FOOTNOTE: The report is just the headline, so I can't tell you what's on sale. Not even the coffee makers. ▶

GRANT BRICKMAN: Top up the mugs. More of the morning is coming right up. ▶