I heard about Charles Mangin’s hack to make the Apple II version of Karateka a 2-player game and I wondered if I could do the same thing with the Commodore 64 version. The C64 version of Karateka has notorious levels of copy protection. In fact, I remember trying to run a pirated copy of it […]
I spent quite a bit of time the last two weeks consolidating my various websites and email servers together so I’ve got a single host and more importantly, a single hosting bill! It was fairly fun to do a bit of database and web work, so I don’t get too rusty at it. And doing […]
Well, that was a terribly long absence. Back in March I couldn’t keep up with my Game of Life due to working two jobs at once, and that got me out of my blogging habit too. But I think I’ll at least catch you all up on the major happenings this year, and then maybe […]
94/100. I got exercise in 5.5 of the days. I find it easy on the days I’m working at that telephone place: I’m quite eager to take my break, and since I’m sitting around, stuck to the phone the whole time, I really feel like moving and go for a walk. When I’m at home […]
77/100. Oh well. I got off to a good start with exercise the first 4 days, but a bunch of midnight shifts allowed the cold I had been dodging for more than a week to finally get me, and I just didn’t have the energy after that. I’m mostly over the cold now; feeling pretty […]
I have to think of more imaginative titles for these posts. 99/100: a really good week; I just ran out of time on Sunday to get my daily sorting/fixing activity in. I’m still really enjoying the daily walks. When it’s warmer outside (like, just -5 or -10C) I find all sorts of creative ideas come […]
I meant to post about this way back when I got it in June or so, but never got around to it. Ben and Kyla were playing it today, and I had the camera ready, so it was a perfect opportunity. I’ve wanted an arcade cabinet for a long time, and when things seemed to […]
Lots of catch up on… Went to the Midwest Gaming Classic the weekend before last, for my 3rd time. Once again, an enjoyable drive through northern Wisconsin. And again I stopped at the loneliest Subway in the world, halfway down the inexplicable beautiful divided highway that connects Superior, Wisconsin with Eau Claire, Wisconsin. There were […]
Happy Birthday Peter: 6 years old today. It seems to have become an annual tradition to blog about Peter’s birthday because there is usually a video game connection. For Peter’s 4th birthday we made the Super Mario Birthday Cake, and for Peter’s 5th birthday we noticed how popular the pictures of his birthday cake had […]
Happy New Year, all of you telecommunicators. We weren’t feeling 100% today, so we stayed home and had a lazy pajama day. Sorry that we missed Darren and Jenn’s party and our other friends there. Hope you guys had a good time. It’s been quite a while since I got any game programming done. I’ve […]