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Day by Day: Life Goals
Wed, 26 Nov 2008

I'm sure sometime in the past I started on a list of things I'd like to accomplish in life, and probably discarded it for foolishness. I know for sure I started a list of things I had done, major milestones, since I'm pretty forgetful and thought it might be nice. Then discarded that too, for foolishness :) But it occurred to me I could make a simple proposed life goals list now, akin to an Achievement in so many online game services ..

1. Work on bettering myself as a husband and father. (I don't say "be a good father" since that implies you can stop working at it once you 'get there.')
2. Work on bettering myself; my health (to live longer to be a better father, and to live better), to learn more, and to somehow someday .. learn how to relax and enjoy life, rather than forever trying to strive somewhere.
3. Listen to all the RUSH
4. Catch up on all the years of Dr. Who
5. Try not to laugh at Robert Jordan fans.
6 through 739. Complete a game of Sid Meier's Civilization.

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Gametech: The Fusebox
Wed, 26 Nov 2008

No my friends, these are not the days when we typed in machine code from the back of Compute's Gazette magazine into our Vic-20 and prayed to Crom we got it right (and prayed the magazine didn't botch the typesetting.) No my brothers, these are the days when the big guys.. the banks and the auto-sector.. get their tax-payer funded bailouts while you stand in bankruptcy line knowing sure as hell there is going to be no bailout or mercy for your sorry butt.

The Fusebox is not the cheapest gadget but it is certainly not the most expensive, and where else can you order a brand spanking new 8-bit game console kit that you get to solder together to keep yourself warm in that bankruptcy line. While basking in the hotness that is coding your own little games. Remembering that back in the day when this was the norm they were lucky to have a framebuffer .. ah, our beloved Atari 2600s, rust in peace.

Yes, my brothers and sisters.. the Fusebox is niftyawesome. I only wish I had the time for such projects .. (instead I'll be hacking along on my Pandora and my GP2X Wiz machines while listening to Rob Zombie.)

(Hmm, where did the tone of this post come from? Nomatter, check out the Fusebox do-it-yourself console here)

Oh the humanity!

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