Michael Doornbos Just your average evil genius

30Dec/090

Minty Boost

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9Mar/090

I should know better than to leave home without paper and a pencil

I've been doing a lot of writing lately. I gave myself a deadline of today to finish an article I've been thinking of for a week and spent the whole day having writers block.

As soon as I walked out the door to pick up our Chinese takeout for the evening, 100 ideas came swarming into my head. In my Jeep was a pen, but I cleaned it over the weekend and there was not a scrap paper in sight.

The moral of the story is twofold:

  1. If you have writers block, a simple change of scenery can unblock you
  2. Never leave home without some 3x5 notecards in your car
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18Jun/080

Fix your broken NES

Did you know the 72 pin connector on the original NES is not soldered in?  I didn't know either.  All those years of blowing on the cartridges and all we needed was a screwdriver and a replacement connector.