A burrito full of Chinese sweet and sour chicken and rice. And covered in sweet and sour sauce.
Springfield Missouri finally did it. Just combined everything they are known do into one.
This is a burrito full of sweet and sour chicken and rice. They had a cashew chicken version as well.
It’s covered in sauce as well, so enchilada style.
Growlith.
Just a happy puppy that breathes fire.
I’d punch anyone that tried to punch you.
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Happenstance music video
A removed coin tray. This would slide ejected quarters to the slot for retrieval. It’s all dirty and gross.
Same part sanded down and re-installed on the machine. It’s shiny and nice.
Here’s the inner coin return tray. It probably hasn’t been cleaned since 1978. It functions better, even if nobody sees it.
The back of a 1978 Stern Lectronamo pinball machine’s coin door. All the metal parts are dull grey.
The clean version of the same door. Parts are shiny and cleaner. Not quite a mirror finish but an improvement.
Finally finished cleaning up the pinball machine coin door.
It’s not perfect, but it’s also stuff nobody sees.
Soft, polished metal is so much easier to work with than old oxidized stuff.
Let me know how this goes. I have one as well.
Oh, Totally!!
Running into you was a big highlight of that con!
I went to LVFC yesterday. First time in about 18 years I had gone to a con. It was a lot of fun, just as friendly as I remember it being.
I’m taking today off. No bike ride, might fix pinball machines. Resting and recovering. I need it. Last week was crazy.
A lineup of hot sauces, ready to be tested.
The hottest sauces towards the end
The hottest one didn’t even have a rating!
I got pulled into a hot sauce challenge yesterday. Normally not my thing, but sure.
The highest charted one was 2 Million Scoville units. The last one was unknown.
One of the guys couldn’t taste it as hot(!)
Anyways, fun stuff outside my usual comfort zone.
I had one of those.
It was a lot of fun. But my xB is a lot more fun for different reasons.
A Scream to the Wind playing back on a Nintendo 3DS
There’s something satisfying about porting media to obscure formats.
It plays back in 3D, but I turned it off for the photo.
The 3DS’s screen really pronounces the effect. I’m going to have to re-render parts of it so it doesn’t make everyone go crosseyed.
While working for GQ Magazine, he was recruited by the Amusement and Music Operators Association to testify, and successfully predicted the position of the ball in a machine arrayed for the council and media in attendance. Speaking at the hearing, Sharpe said "Look, there’s skill, because if I pull the plunger back just right, the ball will, I hope, go down this particular lane." Following Sharpe's demonstration, the council voted unanimously to lift the existing ban on pinball.
Roger Sharpe, Larry "LED" DeMar, and myself at the Insert Coin opening in 2024. The sign is from the WMS factory on California Avenue in Chicago.
It's the 50th anniversary of The Shot. April 2nd, 1976.
Send your pinball love to @sharpe52.bsky.social even if he doesn't check Bluesky that often. It's an honor to know him personally, even though we only worked together for a few years.
Is that a tiny Galaga or a huge Punchy the Clown?
A still from Markart 64 in Japan. Moo Moo Farms stage, a sign in the back reads “Marloro” looking a lot like a cigarette brand logo.
“Marloro”… really??
Was that in the US version of the game? I’m a bit surprised they got away with that one. Wow.
The Japanese N64 came in today!
After Effects rendering out a side by side 3D title for “A Scream To The Wind”. An epic, award winning film by Tydence Davis.
Coming Soon.. in 3D!!
After Effects rendering out a side by side 3D title for “A Scream To The Wind”. An epic, award winning film by Tydence Davis.
Coming Soon.. in 3D!!
Remember “Wag the Dog”?
The one where the president starts a “war” to distract from something he did?
Meow written in the dust of a car
Ok, who wrote “Meow” on the back of Tim’s car?
A circuit board with a big hole burned in it.
Hmm. I can’t figure out what’s causing the issue in this Pinbot machine.
A guy at the RC car track smelled like a dirty diaper. It’s really frustrating.
Got the Harley stating and idling tonight.
I’ll take it for a ride tomorrow and see if it’s still dying on acceleration.
A plastic container for baby spinach.
The leaves inside are huge! More like adult spinach.
Totally not baby spinach.
Not that I’m complaining.
Just finished building a rack to hold my Japanese video game collection.
A use for AI -
2D to 3D video conversion.
I can run it locally on a single machine instead of running the second eye on the full render farm. It’s faster and saves power.
No, it’s not perfect. But, the market for 3D video isn’t huge right now either.
A bit. I just haven’t had a chance to focus on it.
Gottlieb Rock?
