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Day March 6, 2006

Entries 9 Total

Custom Futurama Pinball Machine

Mar 6, ’06 9:24 PM

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Too cool but the video clip on the site needs sound!

It all started when I bought a weathered Superman Pinball Machine for the parts. When I gained access to the head I found the boards to be in good shape. I pulled the PCBs to see which ones worked and after a little fiddling and small repairs, they all fired up and the displays worked fine.

So, I had a fully functioning board set with a ravaged cabinet and playfield. I decided to use the boards to make a design station to experiment with possible playfield toys and devices. The playfield is made of 3/4″ Birch Plywood. This meant the height critical components had to be counter-sunk, but I thought the additional rigidity would be a bonus. At this point I had a full length blank playfield with working flippers and slings to play with. I started sorting through the wire harness and decided, in an effort to avoid trouble, an 8-letter title would be in order. By chance one of my favorite shows “Futurama” had just that. I started buying posters, calendars, toys and anything else I thought might integrate well into a pinball machine.

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How To Make an Aquarium Coffee Table

Mar 6, ’06 8:24 PM

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Very cool.

(via Make:Blog)

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Top 10 Most Eccentric People You Didn’t Know

Mar 6, ’06 7:58 PM

This is kind of a weird list (I’m not sure how the woman who gave birth when she was only five is considered eccentric) but worth a quick read.

(via Screenhead)

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Dressing Room / Hotel Requirements for Mary J. Blige

Mar 6, ’06 4:13 PM

I am always fascinated by this stuff.

MARCH 6–If you’re considering booking Mary J. Blige for a concert or TV appearance, be prepared to make a trip to Bed Bath & Beyond. That’s because the 35-year-old R&B singer’s performance contract stipulates that her dressing room include a “private toilet (with new toilet seat).” According to her current concert rider, an excerpt of which you’ll find below, Blige also requires, among other things, six cans of “Schweeps Ginger Ale,” Aveda candles, and a tub of Red Vine licorice.
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Bizarre American Holidays

Mar 6, ’06 11:33 AM

Today is National Frozen Food Day.

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A Meditation on the Speed Limit

Mar 6, ’06 10:55 AM

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The Museum of Hoaxes has a good discussion on the legality of this movie, “A Meditation on the Speed Limit“, made by some students in Atlanta who created a rolling blockade going at the legal speed limit of 55mph.

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The International Sand Collector’s Society

Mar 6, ’06 10:27 AM

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The INTERNATIONAL SAND COLLECTORS SOCIETY
was formed to link together people interested in the
collection and study of sand.

Then, as now, the Society’s purpose is to promote the
hobby and collection of sand gathered for personal
gratification and amateur and/or professional study.

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Natalie Portman’s SNL Digital Short

Mar 6, ’06 10:10 AM

The Lonely Island kids are at it again. I am dangerously close to breaking down and watching SNL again.

Update:

YouTube has removed it because of copyright concerns so you have to find the video over at nbc.com and use their atrocious video player to watch it. I haven’t been able to load it but perhaps you’ll have better luck. Great strategy NBC. Have websites that employ easy methods for watching and sharing your video take it down so that you can be the sole host with your shoddy technology. Companies are so worried about copyright infringement that they lose sight that this is free advertisement.

Update 2:

Crooks and Liars has the video if you can’t view it on the NBC site.

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In The Chair

Mar 6, ’06 9:32 AM

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Colin, from The Bog Brush, has started interviewing bloggers in a segment he calls In The Chair.

I have the distinction of being the second person he has interviewed, following some guy who has given up shaving for a year. And my high school guidance counselor advised me that suicide was looking like my best option after graduation.

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