Thursday, March 26th, 2009
I Just Repaired the Paddles for my Atari 2600!
A few years ago I hauled my Atari 2600 out of the basement. Of course the games aren’t as involved as modern video games, but some of them are still really fun, and the nostalgia is great. Like most original paddles, mine had so much jitter to them that they were unusable. Once again, the [...]
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Saturday, July 28th, 2007
I LOVE Me Some WeeWar!
I’ve been playing an online game for a while now called WeeWar. It is so awesome. It’s kind of like the board game Risk. Aside from the fun strategy, and scheming, and destroying, one of the things that makes the game great is that it is turn-based. I’m currently embroiled in furious battle with my [...]
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Saturday, June 2nd, 2007
Setting the Timing on the Model A Ford
I spent some time in the garage today trying to set the timing on my family’s 1930 Model A Ford. I think it can be done with just one person, but I’m going to have to get some help. As a part of the process you have to put the crank into the front (it’s [...]
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Thursday, May 31st, 2007
WeeWar.com is SO Awesome!
I have been playing a lot of WeeWar lately. It RULES. You should try it. But be warned that you might not want to do anything else for a few days… or weeks. Also, if you click on the above link, I get points or something. Whatever it is it has to be good because [...]
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Friday, June 23rd, 2006
On the Road
I spent this week on the road doing shows. Monday was the Summer Music Clinic up in Madison WI, Tuesday and Wednesday down in Evansville IN, and then Thursday back up North to Skokie IL. It would’ve been nice if I could have had better routing so I didn’t have to do so much driving, [...]
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Monday, June 12th, 2006
Weekend in Green Bay
I got to spend the weekend in Green Bay WI this week. I was up there for a gig at the International Bay Fest, 3 shows on Saturday and 2 on Sunday. It was a good time. Since I was staying at my friends Jeni and Adolfo’s house I got to bring my dog Vader. [...]
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Monday, May 1st, 2006
Art Chicago
At the last minute Lenore and packed up the car, put the dog in the back seat, and headed up to Chicago on Thursday. It had been her plan all along to be there, but there were a whole series of problems with the show this year. The main one being that it appeared to [...]
