Though it’s been many a year since I wrote my first article about thrift stores, they’re still one of my favorite places to shop. Sometimes, it’s like all the stars align to grant you a deal of a lifetime. Today was one of those days.
Last week at the thrift shop I had an amazing find. A “practically new” AlphaSmart digital typewriter for 3$, untested. It was in great condition, so I had to take a chance. I got more, way more, than I bargained for.
When I’m not playing Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded, I’ve been brining and roasting peanuts. Check out my latest batch in the brine! I made plain, cinnamon sugar, curry, grape jelly, and chocolate!
First the bad news, all of the emulators tested failed to see the buttons on the SNES or Genesis controllers. On the bright side, as Robert Broglia seems to have done all of the ports, if he updates his input handling to support the Retrode it would work across all of the tested emulators.
Looking to join a social network that doesn’t give all your data to the feds all day long? Join me on Diaspora and let’s move on from Facebook (though it can auto-post to Facebook for you, so your Facebook loving friends can still read your posts.)
It’s official. The Ouya supports the Retrode (and the N64 plug-in adapter) out of the box, with no special settings required. Honestly, this is huge. If you wanted a reason to love the Ouya but were just waiting for a killer app, you just got one.
It seems like an age ago that I backed the Ouya console, but I’m glad that I did and mine finally arrived today. The first thing to do? See how well it works with the Retrode. I’ll be posting up an article with my findings soon, but check out some photos of the “test equipment” in the meantime. This should be a fun set of tests 🙂
Part of any pastime is accepting the risks associated with that activity. For long-boarding commuters like myself, the primary risk is falling face forward if your board gets caught on something. This can happen at any time, for any number of reasons. This means that if you’re not wearing your gloves (even on a short trip to the store), your hands are going to get effed up something fierce.
While I’ve owned many, many pairs of headphones over the years, these are my favorite. While perusing the local Goodwill outlet (the ones where you rummage through dumpster bins), I stumbled upon an old pair of Nixon studio headphones that...
In my life, Facebook is the sum total of five sets of “social” functions. Birthdays Photos Personal Advertising Sharing with “Those Who Only Use Facebook” Keeping in Touch I want to move away from Facebook, but I don’t want to...
