Earlier this week, the Economist ran an interesting article discussing what is known as the “CSI Effect”.
From the article: In 2008 Monica Robbers, an American criminologist, defined it as “the phenomenon in which jurors hold unrealistic expectations of forensic evidence and investigation techniques, and have an increased interest in the discipline of forensic science.”
I have experienced “the CSI… read entire post
Monthly Archives: April 2010
You Don’t Know Flack — Episode 109
Title: You Don’t Know Flack Episode 109 — The 1541 Ultimate
Comments: In Episode 109 of You Don’t Know Flack I discuss the 1541 Ultimate, along with several other solutions for loading D64 images on real Commodore 64 computers.
The location of the podcast has moved. Please point to the following:
You Don’t Know Flack Podcast: http://podcast.robohara.com
Episode 109: http://podcast.robohara.com/?p=38… read entire post
Dad’s 62, How Do You Do?
That subject means nothing. It just rhymed.
This weekend, Dad turned 62. Earlier in the week we invited everybody over Sunday for some grilled hot dogs and hamburgers. Unfortunately our grill has been kind of flaky ever since last year when a bunch of birds moved into it and filled it full of straw, eggs and bird poop. Now it… read entire post
Sun Valley Garage Sale Day 2010
Long time readers of the blog know about Sun Valley’s annual Garage Sale Day. I grew up in Sun Valley and they’ve been having garage sale day for just about as long as I can remember. Attendance and participation flexes from year to year. I can remember years where it was nearly impossible to make your way into, out of,… read entire post
The Gas Chamber Reborn
(Note: The point of this post was to introduce my new forum, The Gas Chamber. However, the post took on a life of its own and grew so long that I’m now afraid that the announcement would get lost. So, consider the forum announced. Now, read on.)
Setting aside Taco Bell, Taco Bueno, and Taco Mayo for a moment, the… read entire post
Game Galaxy
Whenever I hear about cool little hole-in-the-wall places, even if they’re halfway across the country, I always make a mental note of it. With my job, you never know where I’ll end up. So a year or two ago when I heard an online acquaintance of mine (DreamTR) had opened a retro arcade in the middle of Nashville, I filed… read entire post
Air Raid on Mojo
While friends and family often tease me about my “collections of collections,” I love hearing (and sharing) stories about “extreme” collectors, the guys that make me look normal. Almost.
Pre-Internet, it was often difficult to accurately judge the rarity of an item. All we could really do back then was judge items based on our own experience. For example, we… read entire post
Podcast Changes
I have set up a new sub-site for the You Don’t Know Flack podcast. The new sub-site is: http://podcast.robohara.com
That site has its own RSS Feed.
Here is the iTunes Web Link.
Here is the iTunes Store Link.
A new episode should go online this weekend. The new episode will be posted both here (robohara.com) and there (podcast.robohara.com). All new… read entire post
Kibbles and Bits
I’m not really here right now — I’m on the road, driving to Durham, North Carolina. When I’m on the road I tend to update Twitter and Facebook quite a bit, but neglect the blog. So, for my loyal fans out there, here is an update full of random facts just for you.
Mason has formed a band called “Nasty… read entire post
Da Zoo.
About a month ago, Susan signed up to chaperon a zoo field trip with Morgan’s class. Unfortunately, a business trip popped up on the same date. When Susan told Morgan’s teacher she wouldn’t be able to go, Morgan’s teacher informed Susan that so many people had cancelled that the trip might not happen. That’s when I was asked to take… read entire post