Archive for June, 2004

Busy Saturdays, Cricket, and great finds…

Wednesday, June 30th, 2004

I’ve done lots of stuff in the last week, but haven’t got around to posting. I guess this’ll mostly be a “what I did” post. Saturday was a really busy day. Woke up before 7:00 a.m. to help set up for our yard sale (after helping set up most of Friday night too). Then I […]

Hey, Hey, 16k!

Thursday, June 24th, 2004

Here’s a very fun song (with video) that just about says it all. Please check it out – Hey, Hey, 16k!

Collections, Tree Wave, and Minigames

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2004

I’ve been slowly but surely listing all the computer and video games I own into an Excel spreadsheet. My main motivation is to have a handy list that I can keep in my PDA for reference when I’m out thrifting. My collection is large enough that I can’t remember everything I have. I’ve got almost […]

Commodore Group Survey

Tuesday, June 15th, 2004

I found this survey from a company calling itself the “Commodore Group”, and it sort of seems like they’re trying to start selling Commodore computers again, apparently new ones. After going through the survey, it seems they just want to sell plain old PCs with a Commodore sticker on them, or something. This is pretty […]

T3

Friday, June 11th, 2004

12 minutes, again. I got together with some friends and watched Terminator 3 for the first time last night. I really enjoyed it, laughing out loud many times both at a good percentage of Arnie’s one-liners, and at many of the over-the-top and imaginative action sequences. However, I didn’t find the story itself as interesting […]

Running

Thursday, June 10th, 2004

Did a “run” again today. 12 minutes this time. I think my definition of “run” is: To move quicker and further than I otherwise would. And remember kids: “Unix doesn’t just let you shoot yourself in the foot, it helps you aim.”

Gyruss, and What Ifs?

Wednesday, June 9th, 2004

I actually managed to wake up and get out of bed before 7 a.m. this morning, so I had time to do a “run” around the block, which is a bit more than a mile long, if my truck’s odometer can be trusted. Last year I was able to do this in under 10 minutes, […]

Tuesday, June 8th, 2004

Frogger update! So last night I finally managed to beat that really difficult level 5, and at about the same time, hit 20,000 points to get the extra frog. Level 6, surprisingly, is about as easy as level 1, except the snake is there, complicating the river crossing. And sometime between level 6-8 another snake […]

Tuesday, June 8th, 2004

Time Pilot time! But first, during my regular bit of vanity surfing, I found I’m #1 on google.com for “classic computers blog” and #5 for “classic video games blog”. Pretty cool, eh? I always thought Time Pilot was a really tough, complicated game, totally unlike my thoughts on Frogger a while ago. Well, at least […]

Monday, June 7th, 2004

I’ve got a bit of writer’s block re: “Car Battler Joe” (aka Car Battles at Joe’s Repair, thanks Richard 🙂 I played that game like crazy for a week, and I think I’m worn out with it now. Quick review – it’s a great game, very much a modern remake of one of my favourites […]