Posted by RobOHara ( @Commodork) on February 25th, 2014 in MainMason wasn’t the only O’Hara with a winning basketball season this year! Morgan decided she wanted to be like big brother and play basketball as well this year. Morgan’s team is more focused on the basics of basketball. They’ve been practicing twice a week, working on things like dribbling and passing. Most of the girls on Morgan’s team can’t hit the backboard from the free throw line, which (unsurprisingly) has led to some pretty low scoring games. Morgan’s team went 2-6 this season, which somehow qualified them for the state tournament. Everyone agreed that taking our girls to the state… (read more)
Posted by RobOHara ( @Commodork) on February 24th, 2014 in Mason and MorganThis was Mason’s second year to play basketball for the YMCA. Last year Mason played in the 10-and-under league, and this year he got bumped up to the 12-and-under league. The age cut off was September 1st of 2013, meaning Mason can play 12-and-under ball for one more year. Mason’s team, which consisted of the same coaches and many of the same players as last year, went 7-1 this year (three of those games were forfeits), a record that was good enough to send them to state again. Last year state was in Weatherford (about an hour drive for us)… (read more)
Posted by RobOHara ( @Commodork) on February 15th, 2014 in MainOn February 9th, the water treatment plant outside Draper Lake experienced a power outage, causing low water pressure to roughly 30,000 people in the metro. That day, our water pressure dropped to 10% of our normal pressure. Our toilets were taking forever to fill up, it was taking a good 30 seconds to get a glass of drinking water, and the water coming out of the shower wasn’t spraying hard enough to hit the back wall of the shower. We figured they would fix it eventually. Two takeaways here. The first is, Draper Lake is roughly 30 miles from me.… (read more)
Whenever I start a new project it’s not uncommon for me to dump all of my spare time into it and neglect my other projects, at least temporarily. Whenever my blog and podcast output wanes, you can bet I’ve been sidetracked. My latest project is a Facebook page called Vintage Videogame Ads. Even if you don’t have a Facebook account (who reading this does not have a Facebook account?) you can access the page here: www.facebook.com/VintageVideogameAds. Back in the 8-bit days of computing, advertisements in computer and videogame magazines were a great way to discover new games. Each time my… (read more)
Posted by RobOHara ( @Commodork) on February 9th, 2014 in MainEarlier today, I helped Susan set up her new temporary bed. Susan has been put in charge of a high profile project for the next two weeks. When I was a kid I dreamed of someday being put in charge of high profile projects. Who knew working on high profile projects potentially involved sleeping on an inflatable mattress in a corner of your office? Along with a camping cot and the inflatable mattress, we also took food, bottles of water, and my dorm-sized fridge up to her office today. For at least the next 48 hours, beginning tonight at 10pm,… (read more)
Posted by RobOHara ( @Commodork) on February 5th, 2014 in MainShortly before Christmas, the 48-in-1 multicade arcade machine I had set up in the kitchen died. I didn’t even get the satisfaction of letting the smoke out of the thing. It just quit working. Whenever troubleshooting an arcade machine, start at the beginning — power. My machine plugs into a power strip that plugs into the wall. I knew the wall outlet was good, so I tested the power strip using my multimeter. 116 volts — perfect. The next place to check power is at the power supply itself. Most switching power supplies put out +5, -5, and +12 volts.… (read more)
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