Rants at a picnic…

MIT Completes the “Holy Grail of Hacks,” Turning the Green Building into a Game of Tetris [Slideshow + Video] | BostInno.

A tiny calculator, with a tiny price to match. Only $345!!
I want one of these! If you ever see one on ebay or a garage sale, let me know.

In Retro Episode #3 Extended – YouTube.

I spend 25 years loving this game and never finishing it. The music was spectacular! The things they were able to do with just black, white, red, and green pixels were fantastic. And the game had so many things to try. SPOILER ALERT! After wandering through that world for 25 years, I finally found out all the evidence was useless except for the Mayor’s envelope and the police chief’s. I’d had both of them so many times. What I did not know was that once I had them, all I had to do was go back to the room I started in and leave through the teleporter. All previous attempts to use that teleporter failed, so I assumed it wasn’t part of the game. None of the other stuff mattered. The game can be complete in about 9 minutes. And what do you get for your troubles? A black screen with the words, THE END. Voila, c’est tout. It was the biggest let down of an ending since Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the NES.

Imperial March

Super Mario Brothers

This is really good advice! Ten years ago, I had to figure all this out on my own. If you don’t want to open the machine, I will fix it for a small fee. Bring it over.