Ransom

Video games are a fad. You'll get tired of those bleep, bleep, bloop, bloop games before long.

I bought a small Wii lot off ebay -- console, aftermarket controller, Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort.  Said it worked great in the listing.  Gets here loose in a box with no padding whatsoever, and neither discs work (scratched to hell and back).  I ran them through my Monoprice repair/cleaning machine and no luck.  I told the guy to just refund me half of the purchase and s/h price ($41 total so refund me $20 (he can keep the 50 cents)).  What does he do?  Sends me a message saying he'll gladly refund me $10 which he promptly did.  I guess reading comprehension isn't his strong suit.  Try to be fair with these dirt bags, and they walk all over you.

It's ten minutes after noon where I am, and I'm about ready for some LNUCH!

Finally documenting my internal power mod for the ColecoVision !!!!!!!!

So...a "blow dry bar" is a thing. At least it is in Scottsdale.

So Ignoring calendars (because), SUMMER starts for me TODAY! I mowed my first full lawn, tried out my new (well, new to me,...a gift) AWD Mower, jammed some tunes on my new SONY MP3 Walkman, drank a beer afterwards in celebration and life is Great!

After weeks of being stuck, I finally figured out how to escape L2 of the Obelisk in Raveloft: Stone Prophet. Felt like a bug but a certain magic item got me free whether intentional or not. Good times!

Boeing made the decision to use only 1 sensor for MCAS. A marketing decision. Because using 2 sensors would have raised the importance of the system enough to have to recertify and require Level D training. Expensive simulator time. Further more, MCAS forces the nose down for 10 seconds, then allows 5 seconds for "recovery" before it starts again.

I'm really enjoying Horizon Chase Turbo on Steam. It has everything I enjoy about racing games, and nothing I don't. Great stuff.

Nothing like having your package arrive at the NJ distribution center a few miles from your house on Thursday and then somehow end up in Jamaica, NY on Friday.

Chase them away! Chase them away! I'm afraid! Need your aid! Pink Elephants on parade!

Chicago

Holding My Breath in Deer Park!

ridebus

I know they're not, but sometimes computers feel like magic.

PM Dawn or Ace of Base?

There's too much Wang in my Chung! https://www.google.com/search?q="There's+too+much+Wang+in+my+Chung"

Watched Rogue One again. Come to the conclusion that it's at least as good as TESB. #shamesolowasshit

"Communist Mutants from Space" - best title for an Atari game ever!

Feeling somewhat better today.

I do not understand why retro-computing development is still treated by some developers as something to be hoarded and not done publically, in the open. I know it's your decision, but I'm sorry, it's exceedingly selfish, and it robs the community of knowledge that will ultimately sustain it. I hope this practice ends someday. Seriously, what? you're going to be butt hurt that you sell 20 copies instead of 21?

So, I finally have a good pizza place that offers anchovies. Never been able to try them before and wondering if it's worth possibly screwing up a pizza o

So, I finally have a good pizza place that offers anchovies. Never been able to try them before and wondering if it's worth possibly screwing up a pizza o

Don't let anyone kid you: beer is the one and only real food of the gods.

Interesting read on being an aging gamer: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/01/tales-of-an-aging-gamer-why-dont-i-pick-up-a-controller-as-often-as-i-used-to/