Between my posts on The Retroist and Facebook some of you already know some of this story, but here’s the entire thing from beginning to end.
A couple of weeks ago, I discovered Etsy.com. To clarify, I’ve known about Etsy for a year or two, I’ve just never really checked it out. Etsy is a place where normal people can… read entire post
Monthly Archives: April 2012
Susan Saves a Bird
The four of us came home yesterday to find a wounded bird on our front porch. The bird had wiggled itself up against the house and was hiding under a pile of leaves. When Susan brushed it out we saw that it had a broken leg and a broken wing. I told the kids to leave it alone and go… read entire post
Sun Valley Garage Sale Day 2012
Sun Valley (the neighborhood I grew up in) has been having an annual neighborhood garage sale day for as long as I can remember. And, for what it’s worth, I’ve been writing about them for as long as I’ve been blogging.
As has been the tradition, the Friday night before Garage Sale Day, I hauled my golf cart over to… read entire post
Weight Loss Contest Begins Sunday
Sunday, Susan and I will be weighing in for the OKC Weight Loss Challenge. The contest is free to enter. Whoever loses the most amount of weight (percentage) over 12 weeks wins a car, among other perks. Official weigh-ins must take place at an authorized location here in the city (by appointment only), and you must weigh again 12 weeks… read entire post
The New Basketball Goal
The kids have completely assimilated to the new house. The other day I asked the kids what they missed most about our old house. Morgan said what she missed the most was that we used to live caddy-corner from her kindergarten teacher’s brother. That’s a hit I can take. Mason’s was a bit more legitimate; he missed our old basketball… read entire post
Interactive Fiction: Random Nuggets
At last year’s Oklahoma Video Game Expo (OVGE), I officially debuted my first full-length text adventure. Hangar 22, written in Inform 6, was a light-hearted text-based work of interactive fiction that involved aliens, tacos, and a talking GPS that sounded like Sir Mix-A-Lot.
Over the past 30 years lots of people have written lots of great (and lots of not-so-great)… read entire post
Cleaning out the Drafts
You may not believe this, but for all the things I post on robohara.com, there are lots of posts that never see the light of day. Some of those are completely finished posts that for one reason or another never get posted publicly. Sometimes it’s because I could never get the tone right. Some of them become outdated before I… read entire post
Jack Tramiel (1928-2012)
Jack Tramiel once said “business is war,” and based on his track record, he must have meant it. He was said, “anybody who sells a product against me I would like to wipe out.” Jack Tramiel was ruthless in business. One of his first tasks at Atari was cutting his new staff of 1,200 employees down to 100 [1]. Chuck… read entire post
Pre-Easter Egg Hunt
The last couple of years, the kids have attended the local Yukon Easter Egg Hunt. This year, this was the line to get in.
They don’t really hide the eggs, as you can see in this next picture — they just kind of throw them out in the field and, when the siren goes off, the kids make a mad… read entire post
YDKF Episode 114: Arcade Auctions
Episode 114 of You Don’t Know Flack is all about Arcade Auctions. In this episode I talk about my experiences of buying arcade games at auctions. I share some tips and tricks of the trade, including what to bring, what to look for, and what to expect. I have been attending arcade auctions for almost 20 years, and have purchased… read entire post