Doctor Who, we’ll miss you

February 19, 2009
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I made a deal to sell my Dr. Who pinball machine yesterday. I’ve had it since I lived in Atlanta, where I purchased it in 2002. I’ve enjoyed the game, but alas, it’s time for it to find a new owner who will play it more than I do, now that I have so many [...]

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Change is hard

February 16, 2009

After mucking around all morning with Fedora 11, I ended up putting Ubuntu 9.04 onto a disk so that I’d have something to work with tomorrow.
It’s not that Fedora 11 is bad, but it’s different. Different in that way where you switch which cabinets have the cups and plates, and you’re just annoyed that you [...]

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So many tasks, so little time

February 15, 2009

I spent a good chunk of today finally repairing some WPC driver boards that have been sitting around since Thanksgiving of last year. The parts I needed arrived, and I was able to get them off my plate. Being that most pinball machines owned by individuals these days were at one time on a location [...]

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Naphtha & Hard Drives Don’t Mix

February 15, 2009

So, there was some sticky gunk on this hard drive, and Goo Gone was taking it’s sweet time. Time to whip out the manly chemicals: in this case, VM&P Naphtha. It worked to take the adhesive off, but as you can see, it took a little more than it’s fair share.

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Changing of the Guard

February 12, 2009

A nice short domain that isn’t owned by a domain squatter, but which never sees updates. That makes me sad, so I’m going to try to screw around with this WordPress thing and see if maybe I can contribute some more useful bits to the ‘net.

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