Last night, Susan and I watched a television show on Nickelodeon called “Middle School Unplugged”, in which three young teens (seventh and eighth graders) had “technology” taken away from them for a full week. After the show Susan and I joked about doing it, and before long we had talked each other into doing it.
Then we told Mason, who… read entire post
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Morgan’s Birthday Party
Happy Birthday (a day early), Morgan!
About fifty more pictures here.… read entire post
World, Tessie. Tessie, World.
Meet Tessie, Morgan’s early birthday present. Tessie is a one and a half year old beagle and miniature pinscher (a “min pin”) mix — at least that’s what the people at Pets and People in Yukon told us.
The good news is, the dog came trained. She sits, stays, fetches, sleeps in a little doggie cage, and most importantly, is… read entire post
FC5025: The Review, Part I
I am, as the kids like to say, “old school”. I like old technology, I like old video games, I like old arcade games, and I particularly like old computers. When I say “old computers”, I am mostly referring to 8-bit machines from the 1980s: the Commodore 64, the Apple II, the TRS-80, and so on.
In the spirit of… read entire post
Happy Father’s Day!
The day started off with breakfast with dad at Baluu’s at the corner of NW10th and Council — no shortage of food there! After spending some time with Dad, the family and I went to the animal shelter to pick up a dog for Morgan (more on that tomorrow). Then we all dove into the swimming pool, where the kids… read entire post
Ianoid’s Box Protectors
An acquaintance of mine (Ianoid from the Digital Press forums) has created, and is now selling, box protectors for old video games. The boxes are 6.75″ x 9.063″ x 1.125″ and are perfect for displaying (and protecting) old video games. According to Ianoid, these are perfect for displaying boxed games for systems such as “Vectrex, Intellivision, VIC-20, C64, Commodore 64,… read entire post
A Round of Mustaches
Yesterday the kids had an outdoor lunch/fundraiser that I was able to attend for a few minutes. One of the things they were offering was face painting. Morgan went with her old stand by, the lady bug.
Mason, however, surprised me with a mustache and goatee.
Soon all the kids were getting mustaches, even Mason’s friend Avery.
Before I left,… read entire post
Are you there, Sony? It’s me, a gamer …
When it comes to gaming, I’m not one of those guys (nor have I ever been) who is particularly loyal to any one single manufacturer. I buy what I like, regardless of who makes it. You could say in regards to specific gaming brands, I’m “gaming agnostic” — I own a PlayStation 3, an Xbox 360, and a Nintendo Wii.… read entire post
An Evening of Upgrades
My main computer downstairs (the one in my office) is a piece of crap Dell Dimension 3000 that I got off of Craigslist a couple of years ago for $200. It’s not the fastest machine in the house by far, but for surfing the web, reading e-mail, and performing basic audio/video/graphic editing, it works well enough.
Last year I splurged… read entire post
Not a Dry Heat at all.
When I left for work Monday morning, it wasn’t even raining in Yukon. By the time the kids and I got to work, it was pouring down. By the time I went to lunch, the roads leading out of work looked like this:
On Monday, we got around 9″ of rain, which is usually what we get for the entire… read entire post