Back to Work?

It looks like I might be headed back to work.  I didn't really want to quit when I did, but someone had to take care of the kids.  Looking at the finances though....I think I need to get a job again.  While I do want a job and am happy at the prospect of having one again, the circumstances forcing me to do so are...unsettling.  It will probably be part time, but would I have to change the name of the blog?  *dramatic cliff-hanger music*

And for a random note, after using an old computer to get some old info off of floppy disks...yeah, I know, how old...I remember those things being better.  The read time on them sucks!  There was also some drama getting the Zip drive to work.  Yes, you read that right, a Zip drive.  Man that takes me back.  Also I have an old keyboard hooked up to it, and I keep not hitting the backspace key when I reach for it.  I hadn't realized that they made it bigger and moved the slash key down.  I am certainly glad for it, though!

PAX Bound!

I got my pass in the mail, but my friend still hasn't received his (8 or 10) passes.  Maybe to cut down on scalping they are sending them out to the people that only ordered 1 or 2 first?  Probably not.

This is only a one day pass.  I lagged too long thinking about the 3 day, and they sold out.  It's probably for the best, since I should only afford the 1 day pass.  This year, I'm going for "journalistic purposes" so I can report back all my impressions.  I used to go as just a fan, but this year I will be turning it into a podcast/video and blog entry(ies).  I've got to prepare some questions!  If anyone has a suggestion or request for a line to stand in/game to try, let me know in the comments and I will check it out, assuming it is there.

Also, if you are going to PAX Prime, feel free to download and read my wife's books while you wait in the long lines!  Shameless promotion!  Also, if you are an Amazon Prime member, they can be checked out for free!  I have it on good authority that you might want to wait until PAX weekend to get the best deal on the first book...

CEO Steve is Here!

I finally finished my first "book".  It's a humor book that looks like a kid's book.  You can actually read it to a child, too.  There's no bad language or adult situations, just me making fun of the rich of this country.  I encourage you to check it out (or course)!  The book is available for less than a buck on the Amazon kindle store and kindle apps.  I'm hoping to get a picture of one of the pages up here later, so you can see what it looks like.  Enjoy!

CEO Steve: Steve's Typical Day on Amazon kindle and kindle apps.

So I Took Apart My Neo Geo Pocket Color...

About 7 years ago I purchased a bundle of a Neo Geo Pocket Color with 6 games blister packed together.  It was from a store, not ebay.  After I opened it up, the unit itself had dark, sticky stuff on the buttons, d-pad, side joints and battery cover.  It was pretty gross.  So I took the screws out of the back so I could take it apart and clean it.  The last screw was a triwing screw, which I had never seen before.

Then a few months ago, I finally snagged a cheap triwing driver off of ebay.  I set out to find my NGPC, but it had been packed somewhere.  This past weekend, while my wife was helping me find an N64 memory card (check out my YouTube Channel to find out why), she found it!  And the n64 memory card, too.

So I finally removed that screw, and used a wet napkin to clean the thing.  It wasn't too hard to take apart and put together again...except for the 6 or so non-triwing screws.  I took them out years ago...and they weren't put back in the unit.  Oops.

To date I've taken apart a Playstation, PSP, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii and now a NGPC.  What will be next?  I have a broken PS2 I could take apart, and a few Gameboy Advances.  Now if I could only find those NGPC screws...