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thebraingremlinsaremad · 3 years

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Daily Blog #15: August 22, 2021

Dollar Tree is honestly pretty fucking awesome 👌👌👌

I set my alarm for like 6:25 this morning, but it took 6 minutes for the "Horsin' Around" theme song instrumental to wake me up. I was pretty tired lol. I just dismissed it and went back to sleep.

I only went back to sleep because I knew I had another alarm set for 7:00. That got me up.

I should mention that this was still in the RV over an hour away from the house.

After I got up, I went to go get a shower, and did so successfully.

Unfortunately, I had forgotten my brush this time and had to do it afterwards after my hair had a bit of time to dry, which did make it a little more difficult lol.

I got dressed and grabbed my stuff, putting it into my car.

I made it a point to see and say "see you later" to my grandparents before I left for the flea market.

My dad insisted that I stayed to say goodbye to my mom, so I left.

I did NOT have cell service up there, as was mentioned in my previous 2 blogs of which I could only post today, so finding my way was a tiny bit difficult until I got some service to ask Google to take me to "...".

It worked and I got there.

On my drive, I listened to 1 by Simple Kid, a CD I had previously purchased at a Dollar Tree location.

I got a call from the guy at the flea market saying that I had some people there waiting for me. He asked how far away I was, to which I said "about 10 minutes." Ironically, that call made me miss my exit, as Google couldn't talk during the call, and added about 3 minutes to my arrival time lmao.

I did sell the Xbox that he said someone was interested in. I got $40 for it. I spent 27¢ on it. Pretty good return if you ask me.

I couldn't sell it with anything other than a power cord because the controller and AV cables I had been using to play it there were for my personal console. I'm just glad I can actually hook my Xbox up and stop having to drag them to the flea market along with a small library of games.

Not too long after I sold the Xbox, someone came in and asked if I wanted to see some electronics he had in his car. I went out with him. It was a pair of 3ft speakers and a Pioneer audio system with dual cassette decks (although neither of them works) and a 25 Disc CD-changer, as well as the standard AM/FM tuner. Additionally, there was a Fisher amplifier and AM/FM tuner as well as a Fisher Direct Drive turntable. He said he wanted $60 for em, but before that he casually, and probably accidentally, dropped that he was just gonna take em to the thrift store.

Big mistake.

I got em for $35 lmao. THERE GOES MOST OF MY PROFIT.

Oh well.

I tested everything. As I mentioned, the cassette decks don't work, but everything else does apart from the turntable needing a new stylus.

I posted some new photos of the shop to Facebook, and someone soon DMed me about a stereo system.

I priced everything, and it turns out I have about $300 worth of equipment from that deal, the Fisher amp and tuner being worth about $150.

The buyer will hopefully show up next weekend, for he wants to buy the Fisher stuff ($185 with the turntable), the 3ft speakers, an 8-track deck, and a Kenwood deck we've had for a week or two.

The speakers are listed for $50 (and are worth around $100-150), the Kenwood Deck for $50 as well, and the 8-track for $35. That makes it about $320 in equipment. Since he's buying so much, I'll knock it down to $270 and essentially give him the speakers or cassette deck for free lol.

Apart from that stuff, not much happened at the flea market. I sold some records, cassettes, CDs and I think 2 DVDs. One person bought a VHS tape? That money was the other guy's though. Oh well xD.

I can't say that I didn't miss my wonderful partner while on the trip. I actually brought along the stuffed animal they gave me (who's name is Greg) and snuggled with him both nights.

I was very happy to hear from them UwU.

They let me rant and I let them rant.

I honestly give them too much responsibility over me xD. I'm like, "Okay, I'm gonna do this. HOLD ME TO IT."

I know I can't hold myself to anything I personally say (this blog being the only exception apparently), but I listen to them pretty well I think 🤔. If they tell me, "No, you don't need that VCR," so long as it's not some weird specialty thing, like a worldwide VCR 🥵, I'll be like "Yeah, you rite bro."

I love you man xD. You control my craziness pretty well. I'm so thankful for you UwU.

#relationshipgoals

So part way through the flea market day, I went over to Dollar Tree to buy some snack, but ended up looking through the CDs to see if there was anything good. I took photos of about 18 CDs and flipped through them online for the remainder of the flea market day.

I deleted the photos of the ones I didn't want and kept those that I liked. Surprisingly, I ended up buying 13 CDs there, but not before dropping them on the floor like the dumbass I am.

Also, sorry for all the nerd shit I spilled on your lap earlier. No one cares about amps and tuners xD.

I'M LISTENING TO ONE OF THE DOLLAR TREE CDS RIGHT NOW THO.

I already transferred over to my online library on iBroadcast and put the disc into my CD changer, which is now holding 164 CDs.

Its max capacity is 300 discs 🥵

WHY AM I NERD

Oh well

I like being a nerd gurl

Also maybe a technosexual 👀

I get really excited over some electronics. Like. REALLY excited.

Some editing VCRs are like "Holy shit that is SEXY. Look at those goddamn VU meters 🥵. And hhhh there are like 7 inputs on this thing and individual controls for left and right audio gain, not to mention Hi-Fi S-VHS recording. Hhhhhhhhhhh please gimme 😭. Why are you so expensive?"

I uh, mean, uh, *cough* look, pretty lights.

Oh yeah, I was gonna say the album I was listening to xD. MAN I GOT SIDETRACKED.

It's 37 Everywhere by Punchline. Def give it a listen; it's pretty heccin good.

Another notable album I picked up was Page One by Steven Page. I very much like the first track, "A New Shore." It's quite catchy and he has a great voice imo.

Also at dollar tree, I bought a regular bag of Fieras and 2 bags of Fieras Sticks, which were marked down to 75¢/bag because they're expiring soon.

I honestly like the generic Dollar Tree version of Takis more than actual Takis. They're a lot more flavorful when it comes to the lime, but also hotter at the same time.

Don't get the hot nacho ones tho. Hot nacho? More like hot pile of shit.

HAH

Goteem.

They're not that good xD.

THE REGULAR ONES ARE FIRE THO

"How do you do fellow kids?"

I got home and started working on putting the CDs onto my computer, and then onto iBroadcast, but not without first adding The Music Man to my digital library, something I had neglected for a month or two. The CD had just been sitting there lol.

I also switched my digital file for "The Black Parade" to that of the uncensored CD, which I had purchased before I event started working over 2 months ago.

MAN I'M LAZY

I eventually get around to shit tho lol. I guess it's just a matter of priority.

What usually takes priority is digging through everything to find something that I forgot about but then remembered, making a mess in the process that I would then have to clean up, at least partially.

I think the album just ended. I've been writing for a while xD. I'ma start "I Made You Something" by The Island of the Misfit Toys.

I'll tell you where that album came from in a minute.

In the meantime, where was I?

I kinda lost my train of thought despite reading up to see where I was. Oh well. On I go.

I ate dinner and kept working on those CDs, eventually putting my clothes from the week into the washer.

I FORGOT TO PUT MY SHAPING UNDERWEAR IN. FUCKING HELL MAN.

I wanted to wash em for this week 😭

No tight pants for Leonna I guess qwq.

Meanwhile, the box of my CD album cases is overflowing. I need another box.

I keep all of the album artworks in a big CD folder. That's almost full.

I wanna fill my entire CD changer. That's one of my big goals in life. Idk why, but I just wanna legitimately fill the entire thing.

My clothes are in the dryer now. I don't think I have the time (or energy) to fold them tonight. I'll leave that for tomorrow morning before work.

And God. Fucking. Damnit. I start school again on Wednesday. NOT looking forward to that, and neither are my 2 coworkers. We already have low enough staff, but only the two of them working is gonna be a pain in the ass.

I'll still work Saturdays.

I need to contact my guidance counselor to get out of the gym class I signed up for. I scheduled this shit before I found out I was trans, and I don't wanna deal with the fucking locker room situation 🙄 I have far more important matters.

Okay so anyway, the album I'm listening to came from a cassette. I bought this cassette a few months ago at the flea market along with a few others. The reason I bought them? They were all newer cassette releases from the 2010's, and they're all actually pretty good music from very indie bands.

Currently getting mad at iBroadcast's compression algorithm. It's unnaturally fucking anything over -10db up. Oh well, there's not really anything I can do about it.

I have like 13GB of music on my phone btw. That's about 3.5k songs on 268 albums.

I'm kind of an audiophile, but I'm too cheap to pay for a lossless service. Oh well.

They do actually have a lossless service on iBroadcast, but once again, too cheap.

Someone just sent me a friend request who legitimately posted that BLM and the democratic party are hate groups.

BLOCK.

Goodbye ho.

I don't get that. They call the democratic party a hate group when they hate people like me, and I, being more of a democrat although not fully because the 2-party system is fucked, think nothing more of them than they're very wrong about certain things, especially, as shown, that black people, as well as asian, Indian, native, and people of all ethnicities and backgrounds, are not equal to white people.

Yeh.

Totally.

You go buddy.

Anyway, yeah, I can, and do, convert music and video from analog formats to digital files in order for me to archive and listen to whenever and wherever I please. I've actually made a bit of a business out of it, but I don't get too much work from it. At least I'm not overloading myself xD.

I honestly have so much more to say, but I should probably go to sleep soon.

A few final shoutouts to the following people and companies:

-Dollar Tree

-Steven Page

-Broken World Media

-The Island of Misfit Toys

-Simple Kid

-Punchline

-My incredible partner QwQ I love you so much. Thanks for being the best all the time. I hope I can give you the best life ever.

Anyway I suppose this is goodnight. Lmk if you want a full list of the CDs I bought today! I'll link that song by Steven Page here.

And here's a good song from Simple Kid

I really like music lol. Enjoy these pieces.

Anyway, goodnight lol.

Lots of love,

-Leonna.

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thisoldmac · 4 years

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This Old Mac Episode 12

Hello ladies and gentlemen, welcome to my continued quest among the world of Macintosh software and stuff. Well it seems I have just found an old piece of software which I believe I actually bought at an Apple Store.

I actually believe I purchased it from the Apple Store in Bath when it first opened in 2010, so it's been quite a while since I bought this software. The Software in question is Mariner Software's StoryMill.

So what is StoryMill ?

Well it's a tool for writing novels. The idea is you start writing your novel and you can use it to track your characters, scenes and locations. Basically you write your novel using it and it keeps a database of certain aspects so you can refer back to them later should you ever need to refer to them or write a sequel and need to keep track of events and characters.

I admit I have been an aspiring creative writer for years but never have I ever completed a novel. I completed a set of 3 short stories but then some how I managed to lose Part 3 so technically I finished a series the final part just got deleted in an overzealous deleting session and I had not backed it up to any media. Oh well such is life.

I have started about 7 novels but never finished any of them. They all remain in fragmented chapters on various CDs/DVDs. The idea was buying StoryMill I would finally get a grip and actually get a novel under control and finally finish a project.

Well it's 2020 and I still don't have a novel on shelves. So how do you think it went...

I like the idea of the software but I will be brutally honest with you. I think since 2010 I have not written anything creative for years and buying StoryMill was kind of putting the cart in front of the horse.

I bought it hoping that if I had the right tools maybe something inspiring would happen and I may find a reason to carry on or start a new novel and bring it through to its conclusion.

Well oddly enough that didn't happen. The interface is fine and to be honest I am sure StoryMill does an amazing job. Sadly I would normally start it, sit staring at it for quite a while, realise I had no ideas and close it down.

After about a week of doing so I would get frustrated and uninstall it.

So I have just reinstalled it on the Mac Pro. Will I be suddenly inspired to write the novel I have always dreamed of. I doubt it but its nice to know it still works.

Upon installation it informed me there is an update as the version I am running is version 3.22. There is version 4.05 however as I am a version 3 user if I want to update I will have to pay.

Considering I can't remember how much I paid for this originally given it was 10 years ago. I can't see much point in further investment given this is probably only the third time I have installed it within that allotted time.

Strangely enough I can't see why I would.

However now I have it installed I might see if I have any creative novel ideas knocking about in my head. The fact that I have not written any creative fiction since my 20s and I'm now 46. I won't hold my breath.

However it has inspired this blog entry so not all bad...

Well that's enough waffle for this episode, so until next time... Take care

#this old mac #mariner storymill #old software #apple store bath #2010 #author #novels #i should be writing

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purplesurveys · 4 years

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Any cool small businesses in your area? So many. Metro Manila is generally quite a small area so it opens up a lot of room for small businesses to thrive and not be eaten up by bigger companies. People in my age group are also more likely to check out small businesses, so it’s served as fuel for more and more to pop up. My favorite would be the bar that my college friends and I regularly went to before lockdown, it’s called Tomato Kick but we all call it TK. I also used to go to this shop called The Common Room that sold all sorts of stickers, stationery, knickknacks, plants, oils, etc. but unfortunately they’ve permanently closed due to the pandemic :(

If you use libraries, what is the largest overdue fine you've ever had? Something like ₱300-₱400. The overdue fine in my school was like ₱2/day though, so do the math and you’ll figure out just how long I didn’t return my books loooool, it was pretty much unreturned for the entire school year. I’ll never forget how surprised the librarian looked when she computed my total fees lol.

Do you ever borrow things other than books from the library? I don’t think so. I definitely should have made the most of our college’s library though - they let us borrow old and classic films, and I just never availed of those services.

Are there still any movie rental places left where you live? No, pretty sure everyone here is all over Netflix now.

Do you ever buy secondhand books (or DVDs, video games, CDs)? Or do you prefer them to be brand new? Of course. The smell of a brand new book is always nice, but it’s SO satisfying to see something you really like at a secondhand goods shop and see that it costs 1/3 or 1/4 its original price. I’ve had awesome finds at used book stores.

Have you seen the version of The Addams Family with Tim Curry as Gomez? No, I’ve never seen any versions of it.

What was the last TV show you were hooked on? THE CROWNNNNN. I haven’t been able to continue it for around a month now because I’ve been stressed and depressed, but goddamn is it a good show.

Have you ever started a book and never finished it? So many times. I have more unfinished books than ones I was able to read all the way through.

Do you have a favorite drummer? Who? I don’t have a favorite but watching Whiplash did get me so amazed by Buddy Rich.

What about a favorite guitarist? Who? No favorite either, but I’m biased towards Lita Ford’s guitar work with The Runaways.

Do you ever write fanfic? Of what? I used to write them when I was 12...they were all very bad. I’m cringing just thinking back to it lmao. That was the one venture I needed to try to know I wasn’t cut out for fiction writing.

Do you ever READ fanfic? Of what? Tons. I mostly read ones of my wrestling ships, especially CM Punk and AJ Lee back when they were a couple on-screen.

Do you have a favorite poet? Not into poetry, so I don’t have a favorite. I do love my girlfriend’s poems though. She gets poetry bursts very rarely but when she pens one, they are always very nice to read.

How many members are in the last band you listened to? Three at the moment. They used to have five, then three, then two, then one, then now three.

Do you have a favorite classical composer? I do not.

Do you ever accidentally clip your toenails too short and they hurt? Just a couple of times, but it’s a big reason why I stopped trying to cut them too short.

Have you ever had multicolored/rainbow hair? If not, would you ever want it? No, and no. I’m okay with dyeing my hair but I really prefer to have it in just one color.

What kind of hats, if any, do you like to wear? Beanies, caps, and sun hats.

Have you ever thought somebody was cute but no longer found them attractive once you got to know them better? What specifically about them turned you off? This is gonna be such a mean thing to say now considering the circumstances lol but I remember when my friends and I were all still new applicants for our org, we found Nacho super attractive (he really was, objectively speaking) but he was always too awkward when at a table with us and initially came off as a lousy conversation-er. I specifically remember how that turned me and Jo off. Now I miss him a lot and would do anything to see that mug again.

Have you ever thought somebody was plain-looking, but found them attractive once you got to know them better? What specifically about them made them so beautiful? It’s happened here and there. A common trait of them all is that they’re all very good speakers and are able to speak their mind eloquently and intelligently, especially when standing up for their opinion or beliefs.

What is your #1 dealbreaker with friendships? (Why you wouldn't be friends) Betrayal of trust.

Who is your favorite character on Bob's Burgers and why? (If you watch it) I don’t watch it.

What songs do you never get tired of? Paramore’s ;)

Have you ever had a retro celebrity crush? Like a crush on an "old" celebrity who was most famous a long time ago or is long dead? Lol yes, a bunch of them...anyone who’s followed me for a while would know. I’m really into Audrey Hepburn, Vivien Leigh, Grace Kelly, Joan Crawford, Olivia de Havilland, Greta Garbo, Cary Grant, and Gregory Peck.

Before buying something in a store, do you look online to see if you can get it cheaper there? Not usually. I don’t shop online, so.

What type of things do you prefer to purchase online? It’s not a question of the type of thing I’m buying, but if I’m purchasing something online it’s largely because I don’t have anyone to buy it with at a physical store at the moment, and I hate going to the mall by myself.

Are you interested in fashion? Not so much. I keep up with the trends in my age group and like being updated with new shoe lines from my favorite brands and such, but I don’t watch fashion shows or know the name of all models.

Do you prefer beef or chicken tacos? I don’t really like tacos, period. I don’t even know what’s the standard meat in them...I guess I’ll go with beef, I know I love them in my burritos.

Have you ever tried fish tacos? How were they? I haven’t. I dunno how to feel about it honestly; my Filipino palate’s only ever had fish in stews, with rice, or in sushi. But I know it’s popular in other parts of the world so I guess fish tacos are good too.

Have you ever worn leather (or imitation leather) pants? No. That sounds highly uncomfortable, and I’m just reminded of that episode of Friends where Ross wore leather pants as part of his new year’s resolution lol.

What part of your body seems to get cold the most? I normally don’t feel cold in certain parts of my body. If I’m cold, my entire body is.

What do you like better, pants or shorts? Shorts. Pants are only nice if they’re high-waisted mom jeans, but in this climate I mostly find them uncomfortable covering my entire legs.

Have you ever wished you had a different eye color? Sometimes, but through the years I’ve learned to embrace my dark brown eyes.

Do you know anybody with two different colored eyes? Yes.

#survey #surveys #yeah definitely abandoning the 5000-q survey now lmaooooo #why did i even try sksk

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jayne-hecate-writer · 4 years

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Old and Useless

I am fucking angry, but my rage is impotent and useless because the people I am angry at, don’t care that I am angry. Actually, they do care a little bit and they are arguing that my anger is unjustified and unfair on them. I did not realise that I was a bully and was asking so much from them…

So you may be asking who I am so angry with and why am I being so unreasonable? The answer is complicated, but my dear reader, it is really not you, well unless you are one of those people mentioned above. You see, I am angry with the big names of the tech industry and the reasons as to why, are both complex and deep. To explain this anger, I need to tell you a story, a true story in fact, that started a little over twenty years ago. So settle down, put your feet up and let us go back through the swirly mists of time to the autumn of 1995, when I started my degree at a prestigious British university.

My University was neither prestigious or an actual university. It was a former teacher training college that had in the past trained nice young ladies to be nice young teachers of nice young children. The grounds that these nice courses were taught in, were beautiful, with ancient trees, two small lakes with a folly that looked just like Camelot from Monty Python. The college was however, not happy being just a run of the mill college, because a simple college did not make much money when compared to a prestigious University and so they set about changing from a college into a... University College, a subtle change, but a change for the better they assured us, the actual students of the place. But after all of the expensive name changes and font changes on the new name, the leaky roof still leaked in the student accommodation and the library still had not bought a new book for three years, but they were going to modernise the place with a whole new building.

When I started my degree, my essays were hand written on stuff called lined paper, or if we could afford to buy one, they were typed up on an electronic typewriter. The college had put up a new and rather ugly building that was filled with these wondrous boxes of blinking lights, boxes of lights that were the early home computers and they came with a thing called Windows 95 that allowed you to look at pixilated images of boobies. They were amazing.

Were they really amazing? The correct answer is no, no they were not. The problem was that to someone who had never used a computer before, it was a box that made a lot of noise and a filthy heat, that took up a lot of space on my desk and did very little, even when asked. I poked the keyboard and moved the funny little box on a wire and the pointer on the screen moved too, I was entranced.

I did not play with those boxes of lights again until several years later when back in another university (again a former polytechnic that wanted to be posher and thus changed its name and status!) I was told that my essays needed to be submitted typed up or word processed. Excited, I dived into the world of home computing and spent hundreds of pounds on my own box of lights and switched it on to be greeted by the green fields of the Windows XP screen background and the appalling monster that was Clippy, the word assistant in the shape of a talking paper-clip. He would pop up when I was typing and ask me if I wanted help with my essay and would then offer me useless advice that had no relevance to what I was doing. Clippy was the first piece of technology that I regularly told to fuck off.

My first home network came in 2005, when the chance to buy a second computer presented itself and although it was broken, I could fix it. Putting the two of them together and seeing them communicate for the first time was amazing. I could drag files from one computer and put them on another. I could work on two projects at the same time and swap files between them on two different machines. Windows XP was so easy to use, wasn’t it?… No, it wasn’t. Windows XP was all that I had available at the time and I had to train my brain to think in the Windows XP way. It had plenty of quirks and numerous faults and to add further insults, with two machines, I had two versions of Clippy that I was forced to to tell to fuck off. Then my hard drive died.

I was lucky, I had back ups on CD of most of my files, but not of everything and that included the operating system. Thankfully I had the original install disk, a CD that contained Windows and another that contained Office and that cunt Clippy. Only, the disk was keyed to only one of my computers and when asked to submit a code, it was most unhappy and said no. That was the very first time that a computer said no to me. I consulted an expert and was informed that I needed to pay an awful lot of money to Microsoft in order to fix my computer and that was before I paid the already mentioned man, an awful lot to put on the computer what Microsoft gave him. So, after an awful lot of money exchanged hands, I had two computers once again, but not for long.

This time, the fault was more serious, the outer box stayed the same, but the bits inside changed. This was the first time I encountered something called a Mother Board and another thing called a graphics card. Then came the sound card and the memory and the hard disk and the optical drive and the LAN card and the USB expansion and the second hard disk and before I knew it, I was looking at a pile of parts that had cost hundreds of pounds and none of it fucking worked yet because of fucking Microsoft.

This pile of parts led me down the path of not wanting to keep giving Microsoft hundreds of pounds every time I rebuilt my computer. So I started playing with something called Linux. It was anarchic they said, it broke away from conventions they said. It does everything Windows does, but even better they said… They lied. Very quickly I had to learn about a thing called ‘The Terminal’ into which I typed out lines and lines of code. After which, I would hit return and then I would have to search through hundreds of lines of code to find the place where I had mistyped a character or two. Then I would repeat that process several more times, adding more code and finally, I had a working computer. Making it talk to the Windows XP machine was a trial because it seemed that they spoke different languages, but I did it and speak to each other they did.

My new Linux machine played my DVD movies, it played my music CDs and I was able to write on it without being interrupted by that shitcunt Clippy. But Linux back then was not all that stable and glitches would start to appear and before I knew it, I spent just as much time typing in code as I did listening to music. The two computers stopped talking to each other and I had to work really hard to make them friends again. My first machine now long dead seemed like a mere pocket calculator compared to what I had found myself with. The Micro ATX board the size of a drinks coaster had been replaced by something faster, bigger and more fun, but these money pits soon began to drain my purse of funds needed for other projects and as funds grew tight, the computers complained all the more, leaving me with just one computer again and a box of lights that had gone dark.

My first laptop had windows ME on it and it would seize up and need restarting after twenty minutes of work or half an hour of theme hospital. I really miss theme hospital, it was very silly and it was lots of fun, but it, like my laptop and Windows ME and Windows XP and Windows 7 and Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 are all long gone and here lies the nub of every issue I have with technology now. The constant need for the next new thing and frankly it boils my piss. I am fizzing in the gusset right now and not in a good way, this is anger, I am royally pissed.

In 2013 I bought a new laptop computer from PC world, a mistake I would repeat only once more. Thanks mainly to the advice from the sales adviser, who told me that the Google Chromebook was the next advance in home computing, I started looking at one. “Does it work away from home?” I asked in all innocence. I was assured that it did and with it freshly purchased, I promptly pissed off to a desert island in the Indian ocean looking forwards to writing up my adventures on my new laptop. It did not work. It would not even switch on without a connection to wifi. Finally and unbelievably on a remote desert island, we found a Pizza restaurant and I managed to switch on the Crapbook (a name I now give you for every Chromebook in existence) using their slow wifi. The Crapbook proved time and time again just how much of a worthless pile of shit it was. It promised so much and provided so little in return. In the end, I used it only to watch YouTube while in the bath because frankly every ‘Ap’ on the damn thing was fucking shit. As a writer, I wanted a laptop that could use office software to type up my stories. The Crapbook could do this, but it had no spell checker, it could not save to the laptop hard drive and when transferring files to another computer, the document would be turned into indecipherable gibberish. With imported documents, it would destroy formatting and leave behind a document that had so many page errors that not even a Windows machine could repair it.

Also, the Crapbook could not talk to the Windows Machine (now on Windows 10) on he home network, but then, neither could the iMac, the Sony Smart phone, my USB stick or my external hard drive. I was by now running four computer systems, the Crapbook, the iMac, the Windows 10 Laptop and the Linux desktop. None of them were capable of communicating with each other across the network, either wired or wireless. The Crapbook was a joke at the best of times, but when I discovered that this was the only machine that could read every USB stick I owned, but none of the others could, I almost threw it out of a window.

The problem was how the USB drives were coded. The Linux machine could see all of them, but could only write to the external hard drive. It could read from the blue USB stick, but not write to it. The red USB stick would register, but the Linux machine would say that the drive was faulty and I would have to restart the machine three times just to be able to remove it safely! The old MP3 player that worked as a USB memory stick could be written to by the Linux machine, but it could not delete files and would instead turn the drive from eight gigs of data, into three song and a large file called trash, that contained every file I wanted to delete, but it seemed permanently burned onto the drive, never to be removed. I gave up trying in the end.

The Windows machine can see the external hard drive, but depending on some unknown variable can or cannot write to the drive. Some days it can and all is well. These will be the days when the system volume also works and I can make my headphones louder by clicking the appropriate button. However, some days Windows decides that my pressing the volume button is a sign of my need for existential peace and it ignores my request for louder or quieter music. On these days, the external hard drive becomes a place of mystery too. The Blue USB stick does not exist and the red one is old and slow.

The iMac could see the external drive, but not the USB sticks. If it did see the USB sticks, it would delete them and I would have no idea if they were safe to remove from the computer. Writing to the External hard drive was also impossible. As was taking data from it, but it could see it.

As I write this, I am back on the Linux desktop because the Windows Laptop has been unusable for almost four days. Why is this you may ask? The answer is because when I bought it, I could not afford very much and so bought myself a budget laptop. It has a Core i3 processor and four gigs of ram. The board in the case is the size of my mobile phone and the processor and the cooling fan are on opposite sides of the case (this is relevant shortly) with just one air vent, towards the front of the computer. While trying to render a picture of a Lego model, the computer began to overheat. The fan speed increased to maximum and the keyboard developed a hot spot that made it uncomfortable to use and then the screen went dark as the machine simply shut down. A full thermal throttling shut down that required fully dismantling to blow the dust from the fan and clear the pathway between fan and CPU. Given the amount of space inside the laptop casing, I am forced to ask why there is a six inch gap between the fan and the CPU, plus a four inch gap between the fan and the vent? The heat coming through the bottom of the machine made it uncomfortable to actually have on my lap (never do this, it blocks the vents) and the computer shut down to protect itself. When I finally restarted the laptop, I discovered that it had developed yet another instability, possibly due to thermal damage of the CPU. Meanwhile in the background, Windows update (that you cannot turn off) was slowly sucking away processing time from other functions. I have set the times when Windows can do updates, which is every evening when I am not writing. However, this update has got bigger and bigger, drawing more and more CPU time (I know because I have been watching the progress with CPU ID and monitoring the core temps) and is as we speak, only 8% downloaded of whatever current update it is now on, having restarted three (edit- four!) times already this morning.

So why am I angry? I am angry because none of these fucking things work as promised. When I do finally get them to work as I want, updates come down that fuck with my settings. I cannot prevent updates, they come with inevitable gloom and yes, I am aware that I can delay them or stop the machine from downloading on a metered connection, but just like HG Wells’ Martians, still they come! For four days, my Windows 10 Laptop has been installing, downloading and installing updates. It has been hanging while installing updates that when looking on the Microsoft website, they say it is time to start coding in the terminal.

The Crapbook gave me a message recently that read in nicer language, “give us more money or we will reveal your banking details to scammers…” Thanks for that Google, you cunts.

The Linux machine wants to update to the next version of the OS, that I have tried and really don’t like because it tries to make my desktop work like a mobile phone.

The iMac keeps telling me that it is too old and is not safe to use on line any more.

The Smart phone will interrupt what I am doing with it, to show me adverts. It also on occasion refuses to allow me to answer actual phone calls, because to do so, I must first attempt to close down an advert for emojis that will randomly appear. An advert that I neither wanted or asked for.

What was once a tool and an essential learning aid has become nought but a shallow toy, filled with advertising junk, following my every key tap, not to help me, but to sell me shit I don’t want and steal my data for companies to buy and sell me more shit I really don’t want. The machines I knew and loved are gone. Media outlets such as Linus Tech tips tell us that using old machines on line is irresponsible because it endangers everyone else to attack from scammers. The message is plain. Old is bad. Repair is bad. Throw it away and buy a new one… BUY BUY BUY, never fix. Sell my soul for old shit I don’t want. Stop using these wondrous machines for actual creative processes and use them instead to buy emojis for chatting with my friends. I fucking hate it. I fucking hate that tech companies can make their expensive computers so disposable. As much as I loved the iMac, Apple can fuck themselves in their arses with burning hot iron spikes for making them almost impossible to repair and even my trusted ASUS have gone the same way by putting the fan and the CPU in different sides of the case. Apple, Microsoft and Google have taken apart the computer world and used it to extract money from us the consumer, as if they did not have enough already. Also and probably finally for this angry rant, I really liked Theme Hospital! Bloaty Head Disease made me laugh and I can’t fucking play it any more.

I fucking hate these technology companies. They claim that they are making everything better, but what they are doing is making old but good things useless just so that they can convince us to buy the newer models of the old ones each year. To hell with the environmental impact of all of the e-waste, consume, play, dispose… When did computers become digital nappies?

PS. The Laptop is now on 85% of its forth install and restart of the day…

#apple inc #microsoft #linux #Home Computers #right to repair #Clippy #windows 10 #windows update

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Unboxing: Eagles Legacy Vinyl

You may be asking yourself, “Why show this now? Literally EVERYONE already has this set! It’s been out for a year!” Well... maybe. But I watch a lot of vinyl unboxings on YouTube, and I have yet to see a video about this box set. So I’m choosing to write a post about the unboxing because, a) I’m too ugly to make a video, and b) I’m not too good with extemporaeous speaking, and I’d probably end up fawning over how the cute the guys were for 20 minutes. So here we go.

Let’s start with the outside. GORGEOUS red marble design with the shiny, metallic lettering. Sturdy, thick slipcase that seems built to last. Also?? Heavy as a motherfucker. Don’t drop this thing on your foot, or you’ll need to go to the hospital.

Onto the inside! The inner slipcase (also durable) contains two thick “binders” with the records in them, one containing all studio albums, and the other containing live and bonus albums.

Here is the front cover for the Studio Albums binder. Of course, like past Eagles albums, the skull is incorporated into the art design. This binder contains all their studio albums from Eagles to Long Road Out of Eden.

This is the second binder, with the live and bonus tracks. It includes Eagles Live, Hell Freezes Over, the Millenium Concert (for the first time on vinyl) and a bonus record of B-sides and bonus tracks. Personally, I like the inclusion of the extra “bonus” disc, but some of the tracks aren’t anything special, as they are “single versions” of studio album songs. Take for example “Lyin’ Eyes,” where the single version was considerably shortened from the original, because the song is over six minutes long. I’d much rather hear the original version, with all the original lyrics. That being said, songs like “Get You in the Mood,” “Hole in the World,” and “Please Come Home for Christmas” are nice additions to this record, because they don’t appear on any of the studio albums. But you know what would have really been awesome? The inclusion of the Hell Freezes Over “Second Night” recordings and outtakes, especially “Peaceful Easy Feeling.” ❤️

As far as the artwork goes, I will say that this box set is stunning. Each record gets its own monochrome-designed image for its sleeve, and all the records have the uniform “Eagles Legacy” center label. This is also the reason why I will be keeping my prior collection of Eagles albums, because I also love the original artwork. As much as I love the design and cohesiveness of this box set, I think I would have preferred all the albums to be in their original sleeves inside the slipcase. I would hate to miss out on cool bonuses like the poster inside Hotel California!

Another thing to take note of is how delicate the bindings of the record books are. You can’t open the book completely, or you’ll be left with a giant tear in the binding, like I did here. 😬 The glue comes undone very easily if it’s bent too much, which is odd for a box set of this price point.

Also included is a hardcover book, which was honestly one of the main reasons why I bought this set. It contains quite a few “new” photos from the archives, which were very cool to see!

I will post more of the photo book photos in a separate post, as this one is getting kind of long. 😂

Since this is the first “anthology” vinyl box set I’ve ever purchased, I guess I don’t have much to compare it to. I also purchased the CD version of the Legacy set a few months back, which also included a DVD of Hell Freezes Over, and a BluRay of the Farewell 1: Live from Melbourne concert. I kind of think that those same things should have been included with the vinyl box, considering that it was originally so much more expensive than the CD version. I also think the booklets between the vinyl and CD editions have different photos in them? But I may have to go back and check on that.

All in all, this is obviously the box set you want to get if you’re an Eagles completist, or just want to own all of their stuff (well, almost) on vinyl. There was a box set released a few years ago that only included the studio albums, so this second set with all the live stuff included is a nice upgrade. I didn’t think I’d be one of those fans that would repurchase something just because it was released in different packaging, but here I am. 😂 It was an impulse buy (as most Eagles-merch related things are) on Amazon, and right now it’s priced around $178. That’s quite a discount, considering that the Eagles official website is still marketing it at $349. 😱 At the amazon price point, it shakes down to about $12 per record, which isn’t bad at all, considering that most new vinyl these days goes for $20 and up. I have yet to listen to the records, but I’ll be sure to write another review when I do! :)

#glenn frey #don henley #eagles #joe walsh #don felder #timothy b schmit #randy meisner #bernie leadon #the eagles #eagles legacy #vinyl collecting #vinyl box set

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sportsandoutdoors-blog1 · 5 years

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A Laser Pointer Price Guide For Buying Green Beam Success

A green laser pointer produces a far brighter visible beam than any other color of laser a sporting goods. This is not necessarily because the lasers are modded to such high powers, but instead because green is the brightest color in the visible light spectrum to the human eye.

This is why the lower power 5mw green laser beam is clearly visible under the cover of night or a little bit of smoke. Still it seems this is not enough for most laser enthusiasts out there, they feel a need to modify their laser pointer to increase the strength of the beam, products for outdoor activities with little regard to the obvious safety hazards.

A green pointer with a simple on/off push button switch is not legally allowed to be sold above an output of 5mW in the united states and many other countries. This makes getting your hands on high power green lasers a little bit more tricky. If you know where to look, you can easily pick up high quality hand held and industrial laser goods right from the web through reliable retailers with no hesitation. But, if this is out of your budget and you're looking to buy green laser pointers cheap you may consider modding your pointer.

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The 532nm green laser crystal can be a bit less complicated to work with than that of a red laser pointer, which is yet another reason why green lazer pointers are so popular for laser modification. A simple sottering kit will be needed to complete this task, oh and of course your laser. Now sporting goods reviews, if you have a high power green laser, there is no sense in toying with it because there is always the possibility for complete failure or permanent damage to your laser pen.

So, unscrew your lasers end-cap and carefully remove the batteries or power source. You may be able to see the green diode and even remove it if you have a real cheap laser, but most likely this won't be the case. A lot of laser manufacturers have made getting at the diode rather difficult, not so we can't mod them, but so the laser stays in its solid state and remains durable. These are high precision crystal diodes and one variation can lead to a dispersed beam.

There is a huge variety of laser pointers available online today that anyone can buy with real ease. But the fact that there are literally thousands upon thousands of green laser models to choose from can make it rather difficult to determine which is the best value for your pointers sale and sports&outdoors best-sellers.

Here are a few tech tips and review points to keep in mind whenever you are considering buying a green laser pointer.

1. How much output power are you looking for in your green laser?

The typical low power pointer produces a green light frequency at 532nm through 5mW and is the most commonly used laser light tool. However, recent development in laser diode technology and stability have allowed for the creation of highly powerful lasers from 15mW through 500mW, all in hand held form. There are even green lasers that can burn plastic, light matches, pop balloons, and be seen visibly for more than 50 miles. So sports & outdoors top products, knowing how much output power your particular application requires can be vital to determining which green laser you should buy.

2. What conditions will you be using the laser pointer under?

For example, will there be weather to worry about, or do you plan on buying a green laser for astronomy purposes through a clear night sky? Whatever your application may be, there may be some need for safety measures to be incorporated into the laser devices themselves. Such as basic water proofing, or a collimating lense cap that allows you to pinpoint the beam to become wider or thinner. Also, if shock protection is needed for high speed or mobile laser use, then other model specifications will need to be taken into account like improved solid casings and internal diode shock protection.

3. What is the price range you are willing to spend to buy your green laser pointer?

This can make a huge difference in what type of laser you purchase and the quality of the diode that you are considering to buy. Because a laser may have an incredibly low price, of $20 or less, does not mean that the device is a high quality laser instrument. In fact Try this website sportsandoutdoors, with high precision tools such as lasers the lower the price more often the poorer the quality.

If the diode is removable you are in luck, if not, I'd let the professionals handle your lasers. Spend the money, you will not be disappointed. But for all of you cheapskates that want the cheapest green laser pointer possible, and I feel where you are coming from, we need to remove the diode and locate the green laser crystal. You will notice it is round, maybe the size of the flat end of a pin, and looks like a CD or DVD laser eye. You will need to heat up your sottering kit and put on some safety goggles.

Now we very carefully heat the diode until the crystal has been visibly changed, its great to have a few diodes laying around to get the hang of which way the green crystal needs to be heated for proper beam propulsion, but make do with what you can. Hop over to this website sportsandoutdoors.reviews after you have heated and molded the crystal, from a round shape to an oval shape preferably, replace the diode into the laser casing. Return the pointers batteries and end-cap, then turn your green pointer on. Has the beams output power been increased? You will be able to tell immediately if you have drastically increased the output of your green laser, but if the change is slight or you have ruined your laser we may be out of luck.

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2001 Mazda Tribute FWD V6

Its lines are identical to the Escape; my confusion is understandable.

What is it?

When I first saw this Tribute I thought "the poor thing looks like a bootleg Ford Escape," and then ate my words as soon as I found that the Tribute and Escape are in fact exactly the same car. Every time I try to say Mazda Tribute, I almost say Ford Escape instead. Both the Tribute and Escape were the product of a collaboration between Ford and Mazda in the early 2000s, a marriage that also produced the Ford Probe, and resulted from a collective desire from both manufacturers to make a modern and relevant crossover compact SUV. Did it work? I don't know.

The Tribute ends up being a "crossover" not because of its looks or its styling; it really isn't just a jumped up hatchback like many modern crossovers are; rather, it used a Mazda floorpan design along with a powertrain developed jointly with Ford to make a monocoque SUV with a transverse engine and transaxle. Why did they do that? I don't know.

Doesn’t it look sportier than its Ford cousin? I hope it does; it’s a Mazda.

What is it like? The Tribute isn't a very big SUV, but it has the boxy lines of its larger siblings like the contemporary Ford Explorer. Unlike the Explorer, it uses a lighter monocoque chassis that belies its road car origins; though all SUVs are ultimately made to cheat CAFE regulations by being built as light trucks, the Tribute has very little truck-ishness about it. Like other early 2000s SUVs and crossovers, the Tribute doesn't put much effort into looking good; as this was still a time when the Utility in Sport Utility Vehicle really mattered, it was more than acceptable to have it be boxy and businesslike, as opposed to the heavily stylized crossovers of today. The "Sport" comes through in the plastic lower body panels and more aggressive-looking headlights and grille that the Escape forwent, in favor of familiar blocky Ford styling. Mazda had a reputation to uphold with the Tribute, after all. Did it succeed? I don't know. Another crucial difference the Tribute has against its bigger brother the Explorer is its suspension; the Explorer is a good stodgy old body-on-frame truck with a live rear axle, while the Tribute has fully independent suspension, front and rear; in the rear this was likely done so as to maximise parts commonality between the front wheel drive and all wheel drive variants; the only difference between the two on the rear end is the fact that one has got a propeller shaft and differential under and the other hasn't; all of the actual suspension linkages are common with both. It's not the cute, low-slung multilink suspension of the Civic though; the Tribute has a unitized long-travel multilink suspension with nice big coil springs that is installed as a single unit onto the monocoque body. This means that unlike some crossovers, the Tribute really does have an actual SUV suspension. Jeep purists will scoff and say that anything without two live axles and multiple Panhard rods or Watts linkages aren't real offroaders but they forget the caveat here: the Tribute isn't an off roader. It really isn't. It's built on a sedan platform with a transverse engine and 4WD as an option. It's a road car that happes to have some SUV components. So, unlike a Jeep, the Tribute isn't going to be a great offroader. However, with its 200hp V6 and light monocoque body, it'll be great on roads, won't it? Or it'll at least be comfortable on roads, right? You'll see.

It’s cute that you can see exactly where the driveshaft and differential would go.

The Tribute is reasonably spacious inside, and has front bucket seats separated by a center console for ample cupholding and CD storage space. The front seats have integrated headrests that were made for people with shorter spines than myself; I found myself worried about the car's ability to prevent me from snapping my neck in a forward collision. Strangely, it has a column shifter, but a console parking brake, which I found a disorienting combination. My old third-generation Dodge Caravan Sport had a column shifter, but a pedal parking brake that left a huge amount of open space free between the front seats; the Tribute was given the truck-style shifter but then doesn't have the free space it might if it had a pedal parking brake. I sincerely do not understand why Mazda/Ford did this, but as with all cars, you get used to it. At least it isn't as confusing as the Kia Niro, that has a console shifter but a pedal parking brake. The Tribute is pretty easy to get into because of its high stance and its trunk is generously sized, and the one I drove had an aftermarket CD/DVD player that made it a little easier to work the stereo. The seats are comfortable enough, and the upright sitting position and big steering wheel, as well as good visibility, make it easy to drive. Overall, the Tribute functions as a pretty decent crossover, from the days when "crossover" either meant whatever the Aztek/Rendezvous were supposed to be, or meant monocoque, front wheel drive small SUV.

How does it drive? It drives...like an SUV. The monocoque design that does away with a heavy chassis frame doesn't really make it any lighter, and the steering wheel is loose at all speeds, but the power assist makes two-finger driving a possibility. The vague steering wheel is complemented by the loose suspension that soaks up all kinds of bumps; the Tribute actually seems happy on rough, little-maintained roads, as its soft springs and long-travel suspension eat up even the deepest potholes. The jerkiness of rough roads is little diminished, but there is much less bouncing and worryingly heavy thumping than lighter cars like my Civic experience. The soft, high suspension of the Tribute naturally lends it to not want to corner; the rollover risk sticker on the visor says everything you need to know. Body roll happens and the car doesn't really seem to want to keep its grip, but let's be honest with ourselves; nobody who buys an SUV is interested in cornering. The Tribute's one saving grace is its fully independent suspension, which is probably less likely to make emergency maneuvers result in a rollover than a larger or more specialized SUV's live beam axles. Emergency maneuvers might indeed be necessary; the brakes are decent, but can't shake the fact that the car is quite heavy, and between the weight and the rear drums, heavy braking on downhills could quite likely lead to brake fade. Fortunately, the overdrive lockout is an easy to reach toggle button that makes engine braking easier. The Tribute I reviewed came with the 3.0L Duratec V6, developing 203hp. The V6's extra 50 hp over the I4 option doesn't seem like it matters too much though, except for high-tourque applications like towing and off-roading where the car is stuck in first all the time. The somewhat apathetic transmission eats up the engine's revs and prevents the car from really accelerating too hard; putting your foot down results in the throaty V6 roar and...marginal acceleration. I think getting the I4 version with the 5-speed manual would actually be quicker than the 4-speed auto with V6 engine. But again, remember the car we're talking about; this isn't a sporty grand tourer or an offroader begging for boulders; it's a road-going light SUV. Handling isn't really a concern, acceleration is neither expected nor provided, and power is useful insofar as it makes you better able to haul whatever you need, when you need to. The Tribute gets decent city gas mileage, quoted at about 23mpg, and the later hybrid version probably does even better. This isn't great, and highway gas mileage is actually quite bad, but for in-town trips, it's certainly good enough, especially considering how much space you have.

Look how much higher its floor is off the ground than that Passat. Easy to load.

Who is it for? I spent the entire time i drove the Tribute wondering who Mazda sold it to when it was new. It isn't made to be an offroader, but it's still tall, top-heavy, and hefty. It doesn't get amazing gas mileage, partly due to its big, slow-revving V6, but its mileage also could be a lot worse. It doesn't really accelerate, largely due to its transmission, but also partly because of its weight; but the engine offers a good deal of torque which probably makes the Tribute pretty good at towing if it really had to. It has a lot of space inside, but the floor is extremely high off the ground, which is both good and bad for ease of loading. The Tribute is basically a taller minivan with less space and worse handling. Who the hell is this car for? It's for workers and old folks. Think about it; the elderly don't care so much about handling and braking, since they don't drive too fast, and they do enjoy having seats that are high off the ground and easy to get into and out of. They certainly enjoy having lots of space for...whatever it is they do, and having a V6 option harkens back to the old days of high-displacement, slow engines that were the hallmark of true American cars. On the other hand, the Tribute has a lot of space, it's pretty efficient, has more than enough torque for light towing and hauling, and its tall suspension lets it handle dirt roads better than a normal car might; throw in the all wheel drive option and I'm certain the Tribute would shrug off any dirt road short of a rocky fire road. This makes the Tribute/Escape an appealing option for both fleet service and for individual use for contractors, utility workers, and other salt-of-the-earth types who need a light truck but want it to be comfortable and have an enclosed cargo area and four seats. The zero-effort driving style and good in-city mileage make the Tribute a reasonable choice for anybody who prioritizes space and comfort over performance. The Tribute/Escape isn't a bad SUV; on the contrary, it's a fine example of what SUVs truly are when you peel off the aggressive branding. Maybe that doesn't mean it's a good car, but for a lot of people, it's definitely good enough.

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So I watched Fairy Musketeers

This is a magical girl anime aimed towards kids that was originally an OVA and got adapted into a full anime. The story is pretty simple, an evil witch from the magical world wants the power of keys. There's a key for the magical one, and the scientific one. The science one is in our world. This key is within our main character. The Fairy Musketeers must defeat the evil witch as well as protect the boy at all costs.

A fairly simple story to work with. A simple story like this needs to be driven by the characters. Aaand unfortunately the vast majority of the characters in this anime are written extremely poorly. Not all of them are completely bad, but none of them are good. (Except for Randaigo, my boy did nothing wrong). The only thing really carrying this show was it's really good world building. It feels like everything would have worked much better for a video game. The characters could fit in an RPG setting easily.

As the name suggests, a lot of this show is based on fairy tales. Only western ones too, I don't think there were any japanese inspirations for the characters. They were all based off of western folklore/fairy tales. It was really interesting to see which characters were based on what. Unfortunately, this is all dragged down by the characters being so bad.

A prime example of this is Ringo. She exists solely to be a childhood friend love interest for the main character. Otherwise, she is complete dead weight for the party. (She cooks I guess, that's it tho). They even address the topic of her being dead weight multiple times and yet still decide to do nothing with her character.

So the Fairy Musketeers are the magical girls of the story. They do most of the fighting and of course, do all the transformations. Although, these transformations are more like them just activating different magical abilities with a device called a Sweet Phone. As soon as I saw the Sweet Phone I knew I found a rabbit hole to dive in.

Y'see, the animation is being handled by Madhouse and Madhouse clearly phoned this in. The animation is done in a very lazy way just to fill the run-time for each episode. Why aren't they trying? I know these animators are amazing. Then I saw Konami's logo on the DVD and the pieces were coming together. Sweet Phones are activated with cards to use magical abilities. Yeah, trading cards. What does Konami make? Trading cards. (along with a ton of other stuff, but this is one of their main big ones). This anime is being made to advertise merch! It doesn't care about telling a good story or having good animation! It needs to sell that merch!

However, the anime did still need to wrap it up; you can't just end the show on a cliffhanger. There's no manga or light novel people can read for a full story after all. Luckily, I'd say the story pulls it together to tell a satisfying ending despite its flaws.

This got me real curious though. If the TV anime sucks and was trying to sell merch...what the heck was the OVA about? I don't usually watch OVA, but I had to make an exception for the sake of my curiosity. The OVA tells roughly the same story the first few episodes of the anime does, but the differences are a gut-punch and a half.

Sweet phone? Doesn't exist, they can just do the magic without it. Some characters are presented with way better conflicts than the ones they get in the anime. The world building makes more sense and doesn't open up any clear plotholes. As expected, the animation is much better, but it is an OVA. OVAs are much easier for animators to work with. The main character has actual character and emotions which he lacks immensely in the TV anime. If the anime kept what the OVA established there could have been a good story here! The potential here kills me and I'm convinced the anime is only the way it is because they must satisfy the higher-ups trying to sell toys.

Interestingly, the OVA ends with a link to a Konami website. This website is no longer up so I had to view it through archived means. Through this website I find out that, lo and behold, there is a video game! I knew the character designs and world were weird for an anime! Was the OVA made to advertise the game? Was Konami always planning to make this game and adapt it to an anime? Was the OVA just the initial interpretation of the game before it got changed to sell merch? Does the game have sweet phones? What even IS the game?

I had to keep digging. Something that really stood out to me when researching the show online is that there was very clearly a fanbase for the Fairy Musketeers. Was it because of the OVA? Was it the anime? Did people buy the merch? I had no idea, but a fanbase means the merch had an audience for a reason. The western fanbase lead me down a bunch of dead ends for the most part, not a game to be found. I did find some sprites dumped on sprites-resource from the game. This confirmed it to be a DS game.

Scowering japanese websites for more information unfortunately didn't get me anywhere outside of finding the OST of the OVA, TV anime, and the game (which they slap btw). I also found out about Drama CDs made for Fairy Musketeers. Wild. No game footage though.

I'm going to research this more, but for now I'll leave the rabbit hole here for this post. This is meant to be a review of the TV anime so my final thoughts are that it sucks, but has very interesting world building. The OVA is a very interesting watch and could have been cool as hell. I'm gonna go find out what the hell this game is.

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The Nintendo GameCube is still awesome - Games, Homebrew, Modding and More

the sixth era of home control center has

to be my number one period in gaming from the

strong PlayStation 2 to the genuine arcade

at home nature of the Sega Dreamcast

furthermore, newbie Microsoft with their Xbox

furthermore, its implicit hard drive and on the web

capacities

[Music]

and afterward there was Nintendo the Nintendo

GameCube was delivered in North America

furthermore, Japan in November of 2001 and six

months after the fact in Europe and Australia as

the name proposes the GameCube is a

block molded control center that packs a very

little structure factor

while it's anything but an ideal shape by any

implies it measures 150 by 160 by a

112 millimeters all

around the game key was the first

Nintendo control center to use optical

circles which are the small DVD design

equipped for amassing to 1.5 gigabytes

in size Nintendo was likewise first out of

the entryway to change to the PowerPC

design something that Sony and

Microsoft embraced with the PlayStation 3

also, Xbox 360 separately Nintendo

needed to work on improvement and

use a RISC design so

designers could zero in on making the

best games they could and the Gamecube

conveyed

[Music]

with an amazing dispatch setup of

games including Luigi's Mansion

Tony Hawk master skater 3 Super Monkey Ball

- Rogue Squadron - maverick pioneer and that's just the beginning

the game keeps dispatch setup is

thought about outstanding amongst other ever in video

game history

Nintendo additionally wasn't hesitant to

try different things with the revamps of more seasoned

titles with the great Super Mario

all-stars yet the gamecube took that

idea to a higher level with revamps

of exemplary games including Metal Gear

Strong the Twin Snakes and Resident Evil

hello Wesker where's Chris Jill no you

try not to need to return out there yet

we must discover what was that Chris no

Jill proceed to research anyway in the event that we

glance back at the marketing projections it wasn't

kind on the Gamecube selling just 20

million units overall it was without any problem

beaten by Sony and Microsoft and

eventually the Nintendo GameCube was

suspended in 2007 yet the Nintendo

Wii took a significant part of the GameCubes

engineering and advancement and added

movement controls to it and as we probably are aware

that was a raving success

it's an extraordinary opportunity to return to the

Nintendo GameCube with such a lot of force and

execution in a little structure

factor and obviously we will take

a gander at modding the gadget and truly

draw out some new elements that you may

not know about so we should go on and

investigate and see what makes the

gamecube still wonderful in 2019

while his regulator innovation had been

around for a long time before the

Gamecube the Nintendo wavebird anyway

was the primary standard remote

regulator for a control center framework that set

the norm for people in the future

requiring two twofold a batteries the

wavebird utilize radio recurrence

transmission or RF for its correspondence

the collector interfaces with a regulator

port and gives a channel determination

dial to coordinate with its recurrence with the

regulator this implied that different wave

birds can be utilized together with no

crosstalk or impedance

[Music]

despite the fact that at the time it might have appeared

like an inconsequential component the Gamecube

was the primary framework to have an advanced

AV out port it wasn't until the

PlayStation 3 delivered in 2006 five

a long time after the GameCube that included

a HDMI port for computerized AV out this is

simply one more illustration of Nintendo's

advancement and ground breaking the

computerized AV yield permitted the utilization for

segment links which are very

costly to buy because of the low

creation numbers yet in 2019 there are

a few HDMI arrangements that can be

used, for example, the vehicle B for $75 or

more costly an on GC HDMI to incredible for

gaming on an advanced showcase or in any event, for

live streaming Nintendo was rarely apprehensive

to explore different avenues regarding imitating and

in reverse similarity thoughts the super

Gameboy on the Super Nintendo was a

fringe that permitted the utilization of Game

Kid games on the Super Nintendo that

same thought was applied to the Gamecube in

the type of the Game Boy player a

equipment add-on that fits under the

Gamecube and associates with the equal

port it empowers Game Boy Game Boy Color

furthermore, Game Boy Advance cartridges to be

played it likewise requires a boot up circle

to utilize the gadget the actual equipment is

almost indistinguishable from a Game Boy Advance

what's more, there is no imitating utilized like

other 6th era frameworks at the

time the Nintendo GameCube was

locale locked

presently overall the vast majority of us most likely

haven't managed this issue as it was

a gentle inconvenience, best case scenario, yet in the event that you

ventured out abroad to Japan for instance

what's more, needed to play some restrictive early

titles or needed to exploit

that a cost of games this was not

conceivable to do on a stock GameCube the

GameCube will just not play unique

district plates on your North American

GameCube for instance the uplifting news

anyway is that you can without much of a stretch work

around this without a difficult situation and

utilize a boot plate called a freeloader this

just permits you to play imported games

on your GameCube boot up with the circle

furthermore, place the distinctive area circles

into the drive and you're off and

running you can in any case get free

stacked circles pretty modest nowadays

they are made by D tell the creator of the

activity replay another approach to get area

free games to stack on your GameCube is

to introduce a mod boat the most famous

mod chip that you can get for your

Gamecube today is known as the Zeno GC now

this is a very

modest and simple to get my chip that

you can get on eBay for about $5 and

it's a genuinely simple six wire

mother anybody with middle

binding abilities can get introduced into

their GameCube so we should go on and

introduce the Zeno GC mod chip into our

gamecube and show you what it's fit

of so this is the Zeno GC mod chip it's

a genuinely easy to introduce gadget yet

there's a couple of things to know about

above all else you need to open up your

gamecube to do this you need a

tri wing screw driver with a four point

five millimeter bit simply unscrew all

four screws from under the gamecube

turn it upstanding and lift the case off it

should confess all now the

next thing you need to do is unclip the

front regulator port cover from the

case then with the Phillips head

screwdriver eliminate the two screws on the

circuit board to isolate the regulator

port cover on the left half of the

Gamecube there's two screws holding the

power connector fan get together unscrew

those then at the front of the gamecube

with a little Phillips head screw driver

eliminate the two metal sections currently go

around the metal protecting and eliminate

every one of the excess screws with a

Phillips head screwdriver there ought to

be 12 in absolute presently just lift the drive

component yet don't constrain it ought to

give way and separate effectively from the

fundamental get together the modchip will go on the

underside of the CD system so we need

to flip around the drive and with a

little Phillips head screwdriver eliminate

every one of the screws holding the metal

protecting

so before we may anything the first

thing we need to do is ensure this

laser since we will turn

this drive get together topsy turvy we don't

need the laser to push on to the

piece of wood here I essentially get a piece

of paper and tape it down to ensure the

laser as referenced we will be

dealing with the underside of the board

presently to introduce the Zeno GC you have two

choices

the first is the no wire technique where

you just fit the mo chip in the

right situation on the board making

sure you line up each of the six pins and essentially

patch into place the issue with this

strategy anyway is numerous if not most Zeno

GCS you purchase from eBay are clones and

efficiently made and there is no

ensure that every one of the focuses are even

going to arrange so if so

you can basically utilize a customary six

wire strategy however I will roll the

dice and attempt the no wire strategy and see

in the event that it works

[Music]

not the cleanest work I've at any point done yet

I test each point with a multimeter and

I'm quite sure this will work one

of the course things about the Panasonic

Q which is the Japanese early GameCube

equipment and DVD combo that was

grown only by Panasonic in

Japan is that the regulator ports are

all enlightened now the cool part is you

can play out precisely the same mod onto your

GameCube and it's a genuinely inconsequential and

straightforward mod to do somebody that has

fledgling to middle patching

abilities can do this reasonably effortlessly let me

show you how it's finished

this may include is introducing four

shaded LEDs of your decision into the

four regulator ports the easiest way

to do this is to eliminate the security

tabs of every one of the four ports by utilizing

a couple of tweezers and pushing them up

from inside the regulator connector

then, at that point cut them away do this for each

regulator port now the motivation behind why we

need to do this is to take into consideration the LED

coating to enter the regulator port

else it will not look excellent at this point

the following thing we need to do to

append LED lights to this board we have

to recognize a +5 volt source and a

ground now the uplifting news is this may

has been done numerous often previously and

on every one of the control focuses as you can

see we have control port one two three

what's more, four this specific pin here is +5

what's more, this is your ground for the first

regulator this is +5 and this is ground

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Dream come true!!!

A/N:- So this one is the second one I’m doing on this blog. This one don’t have a lot of foreplay but its a smut. So someone asked me to do a Zac Efron, so this is whai i came up with.

Request:- Can you do a smut where you are like a rising model and trying to get into movies and you get lucky to get to work in a movie with your biggest celebrity cruch zac efron.

I hope you guys like it and again english is not my first language so pardon me for any mistakes.

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“You are all i have ever wanted, you are the reason to my life, you complete me, i can’t think about anything else but you Emily ”

“Finally!! i have been waiting for this moment for ages now, i thought you never thought about me in that way adam, i thought I’m a fool even thinking about u liking me”

“I do like you, from the moment i met you, infact I Love You Emily with everything i have, from the bottom of my heart. I Love You ”

“I love you too Adam, i love you too and I’ll prove it”.

*OK CUT!!* director yelled.

“Great job guys, it was perfect, ok you tow now take a break and get ready for the next seen its the kissing seen intimacy involved we will call you when the set is ready, and all others get the set ready” the director commanded half yelling and half explaning.

With that you went back to your dressing room wondering how do you got this lucky you were just a model and a struggling actress till yesterday and today you were going to shoot a intimate seen with your biggest celebrity cruch Zac Efron. Zac Fucking Efron. Thats when you went in flashback recalling how you landed here.

You were a model, actually a very good model you have modeled for a lot of adds and brands you have also walked in lots so runway events and fashion shows your last walk on NewYork fashion week event had nailed your future in modelling. But modelling was not what you wanted you got into modelling only so that you can become an actress. You had auditioned for a lot of movies but never got a chance, but you were stubborn enough to keep trying. When you auditioned for this romantic movie you didn’t know who was the male actors and you didn’t even know that you will make it through. Then one monday morning you got the call from the people telling you about it that you made it and you need to reach the director’s office for paperwork.

But when you reached there yourjaw dropped hitting the floor, it took everything in you to keep calm and not freek out when you came to know that your partner for the movie the male lead was no one else than Zac Efron, the Zac Efron.

The one who you fantasized about, the one who’s posters were hung on your walls, the one you always thought about when you touched yourself, thing can’t go any crazy for you not just you got a break but u also got to shoot with zac.

Its been almost a month now you have been shooting together, honestly it was hard shooting with him he sent your hormones in one drive, everytime there was a shirtless seen of his you found yourself getting wet. You have become a good friend with zac after working all month with him he was fun to b around he kept entertaining people and making even the most boreing shoot intresting and this added with the charmer he was made you want him more with each passing day.

You were brought out of your flashback by the knock on your dressing room door, “come in ” you said. “Mam the set is ready the director is waiting for you” the spot replied. Making you aware that the time has come and butterflies started dancing in your stomach you were finally going to kiss The Zac Efron your dream was coming true “Mam??” the spot asked when you didn’t replied for a moment “coming ” you quickly replied coming out of your trance.

You asked your makeup artists to check your makeup for one last time and the headed to the sets. Once you reached the sets you could see they have set up a couch like bed in middle of open field with a roof made of a shear cloth supported by four poles with lighting dropping down each pole and candles illuminating the place, with the beautiful lake view ahead the sky was falling dark making everything look perfectly beautiful, ofcorse it was not made for you this was the place Adam brings Emily on a date to confess his love and dose it all it was ment to be beautiful (Adam and Emily are the characters you and zac play in the movie.) You kept adoring the place till zac snapped you out of it shaking you “Y/N i asked you ready ?” zac questioned you just noded your head in approval.

You heard your director tell you “you know wht to do zac walks towards you and kiss you remember to keep it passionate and the rest i leave it on you to just a little bit of stripping and sensual touches don’t get too much into it Got it” you both noded and he continued “ok now everyone positions everything correct LIGHTS! CAMERA!!! AND…. ACTION!! ” “take 1 love making” and the seen started.

Zac started coming toward you slowly he hold your hands and kept them on his shoulder and moved his down your body feeling your curves his touch sending shivers down your spine you had gosebums and rested them just above your hip pulling you closer into his chest, your hands were interlocked behind his neck. You knew it was not real it was just a seen for your movie but his proximity to you made you weak in your knees he was starting right in you eyes, you could see his blue eyes shining in the dark of the night. You wre shaking badly you tried keeping calm but if he was not holding you, you would have falled there he could probebly see you shake and feel you weak in your knees as he has to hold you and suddenly you saw a smirk creeping up his perfect lips as he leaned closer nad wisper to you “don’t worry I’ll handle it” and what he next did shocked you he turned to the director and said “ hey pal can we do it tomorrow or sometime later I’m just not feeling it today” and you could see the frown on director face and he was like “CUT!! But we have set it up all come on now” but zac being zac convinced him “come on man I’m not getting it you will end up with nothing but trash” and the director growled “ok then, PACK UPP!!” and you stood there dumb founded why did he do that you were not able to understand and with that thought in your mind you went to your dressing room to change and get ready to leave.

You got ready and were about to leave all the things that happened never leaved your mind why did he do that you were thinking to your self when you heard a know on the door “Com in” you said and there he was standing in a plain blue shirt and a skin tight pants. You looked at him with confusion written on your face you were about to ask him when he started “ i know that was rude but i can feel you shake and you were weak in your knees i felt either you were too scare or you were too EXITED” he said pressing the last word and a familiar smirk creeping on his face and then he continued “i know its hard to give intimate seen who you hardly know and you beign new in here it makes it worse so i was thinking we should spend sometime together so we can be comfortable doing that” you were starting him unable to process what he just said and he was watching you intentionally waiting for an answer. You answered a shaky ok still unable to process what he just said.

“Ok then dinner tonight at you place” he more like offered. “But its already night ” you said now that you were back to your senses, “ohh yeh we will just take a parcel then. ” “why can’t we just go outside to eat? ” you questioned unable to understand why he wants to go back to your place “ c'mon now won’t like the paps following us, and then printing some shit off a story in tomorrow’s paper and perhaps we won’t get to speak with alot of people around Plus..

..home is comfortable and we get privacy too!!!” he said with that stupid smirk back on his face, his explanation was over done you quiet didn’t buy what he said but agreed to his offer his smirk was killing you.

You both headed to your car and hit the road to your place, you took some food on the way when you stopped at a red light you were waiting for ti to turn green you look out of the window and your eyes went wide, when you saw a billboard of him doing some ads, and thats when you realised you cannot take him to your place. Not with your bedroom decorated with his half naked posters and pillow covers and blanket with his face plastred on it you would be just done but it was too late you were like only 2 mins away from your place now you have to take him to your place making sure he doesn’t see your bedroom.

Once you entered your parking he carried the parcel for you to your place like a gentleman. Once you entered your place you both hung your coats and headed to the dinning area. As you were moving there he was looking at your place with amazement “ So you live here huh.. Have to say what a beautiful place ”. “Yep decorated it myself, every single thing you see is my choice things i love” you said proudly. “Sure” you said not thinking twice. You showed him the entire place even the guest room talking and giggling throughout after you showed him the spare bed room you skipped your bedroom and were heading towards you dinning again, when he stopped you “hey we didn’t say this one” he said pointing toward your bedroom door, “I-its nothing just some extra space” you said fidgeting with you ring. “ C'mon let me see it” he said turning the knob and opening’s the door a little. You quickly grabbed his hand on the knob and close the door again. “I said it nothing, you cannot see this room” you said taking your hand back.“Well I’m really stubborn and i want to see it so ” he said quickly opening the door. And before you could react he was inside you room glancing at his half naked pictures and all the dvd of his movie in the cd case, pillow cover and the sheets. You stepped in the bedroom behind him head lowered staring the ground and freaking out in your mind.“So this is why you didn’t want me to see your room?” he questioned you nodded your heart racing in your chest, and even though you were not looking you could see the smirk on his lips, he then came close to you made you look him and then pinned you against the wall, your hands were pinned above your head and his lips attacking your neck he place soft kisses along your jaw to your neck, it didn’t took time for him to nibble at your sweet spot earning a soft moan from you,“i knew you wanted me ” he said smirking and looking satisfied.

“You knew?” You asked looking into his now darken and fully clouded with lust blue eyes. “From the day i first saw you, the way your jaw dropped looking at me the way you stared at me when i did those shirtless seens and when you went weak in your knees with the proximity we had, i just knew” he said hovering his lips on your and finally pressing his soft lips to yours in a soft gental kiss, the kiss exceedyour expectations it was beyond perfect your lips moved slowly in sync with his like they were moulding together he licked your lip for enterance and you granted it his toung exploring your mouth both of your toungs batteling for dominance. And the next thing you remembered you were lying naked under him on your bed.

“We don’t have to do this if you don’t want to” he said placing soft kisses on your jaw, “i want this, plzz i want you to fuck me” you just pressed his button saying that. He quickly kissed your lips and moved kissing all the way down he stopped at your breast sucking on your nipple and swirling his toung around your hardened nipple and took your nipple between his teeth before moving to the second one and repeating the prosses with it. Then he moved down kissing you and stopped just above your now dripping core. Your breathing was erotic by now he than took hold of your thi and started kissing upwards till he reacjed your core he blew cold into you core sending shivers down your spine and earning moans form you he then kissed your core and started sucking it, your back arched to the sensation and he hold you down by pressing his arm around your waist, and started eating you out you gasped as he entered a finger inside of you with his mouth still working expertly on your clit, you were a moaning mess by now and you felt burning sensation at the pit of your stomach making you aware that you were close he felt you clenching around his finger and he added one more finger increasing his pace “c'mon baby cum for me, let me taste you”, he words sending vibrations through your core were enough to send you over the edge. You grabbed a hold of the sheets, toes curled and his name leaving your mouth as you came undone. You wre comming down from your high and he licked you clean.

He came up hovering over you again and kissed you you can taste yourself on his toung. You were still kissing when you felt his tip brushing your entrance, you broke the kiss and asked “you don’t want me to suck you off?” He chuckled and said “ i would love you to do that but im so rock hard that if you sucked me now i won’t last long” when he finished he quickly searched for his pants back pocket and grabbed a condom from it he tear opened the packet and started rolling it on his lenght you stared at his with an awe he was huge and thick you were not sure if he will fit but you were so excited that you can’t care less about it “ you came prepare huh.. And you are huge i don’t thik you’ll fit” you blurred out. He chuckled at you words and placed his tip at your entrance “ if you have such a beautiful co actress you need to be prepared and don’t you worry I’ll be gental” with that he pressed his tip inside you moving slowly till he was completely inside you and you were moaning continuously one he was completely in he gave you a minute to adjust to his size and then started to move in and out slowly, he soon found his pace and was now pounding into you “you are so tight” he said through gritted teeth. You let out a loud moan as he hit your g-spot “ plzz fass..terrrr. harder ” you said moaning and he increased his pace hitting you spot correctly you were a moaning mess again under him. Soon you found your second orgasm comming close your walls clenching around him made his aware you were close he kissed you roughly and wispered in tour ears “let it go baby let it go” Whit that you came you second orgasm. He still pounded into you and soon found his release he growled as he filled the condom with his hot cum.

When he was done he came crashing on you, your breathing were heavy and slowly down starting to stabilize he slowly removed himself out of you and you wimpiered at the loss of contact he disposed the condom before laying down next to you “that was amazing ” he said “better than i have expected” you said.

“So now what?” You asked knowing that things are not going to b the same between you now on.

“I’m hungry” He said and you rolled your eyes on that and he giggled

“I know this is a bit of backwords but if you’ll like to come on a dinner with me like a real date ” he offered and you nodded like a child outside a candy shop.

He laughed

And you both got dressed and moved down to your dinning area to eat the food you have got and you talked about a lot of stuff

“but im sure this has made things easy to soot our next seens”

“A lot more easier”.you said and you both laughed.

"It was a dream come true for me you see "

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Tis the season... to be hunting

Aw yes! Here we are folks. Yard sale season. You know what that means. Actual finds. Spring cleaning has come and gone! People are now having Yard Sales, and donating to thrift stores. We are already chock full for this post, so sit back and relax, I have pictures of everything, and it is a long one.

First up is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone for Playstation - Found 2018.04.20 at Goodwill

I have never played this game, and have no intention of playing this game. Hate to start out o a bit of a negative note, but Harry Potter is of no interest to me. It was $0.99, so with tax, $1.06 out the door. Strictly resale bait. Anything I can sell for about seven to eight times what I paid for it, I’ll always pick it up.

Next up, you are witnessing the very first yard sale I was able to get to this season. It was literally within walking distance of my house. I happened to see the sign on the way out to get breakfast on the morning of April 21st. It was so convenient I really had no thoughts of actually finding anything. But of course I stopped anyway and lo and behold... three very nice condition PS2 games. Nothing earth shattering, but I’ve been wanting to try the Ratchet and Clank games for a while. Now is my chance.

Ratchet and Clank - PS2 - Found on 2018.04.21 at a yard sale

As you can see from the masking tape price tag, it was only $0.50. Those are my kinds of prices, especially for clean, well taken care of games. It is complete and in great condition.

It has instructions/poster. Which are in A condition, as well as a solid A disc, and A case. I will be looking forward to checking out this game in the near future. Not sure when, but soon. Especially since the lot came with an additional Ratchet and Clank game...

Ratchet and Clank Going Commando - PS2 - Found on 2018.04.21 at a yard sale

Another one in pristine condition for being as old as it is. Same ratings accross the board as it’s prequel. Could not ask for much more. Solid games for a very good price at this sale.

Once again, just minty fresh, and complete with instructions/poster. Definitely going in the collection, right along with Ratchet and Clank.

The third one they had may go in a bundle or be trade bait, I am not a big Star Wars, or Lego movie/game fan, don’t get me wrong, I love Legos. I just always thought the games and movies were hoakie and kinda blah. But, for $0.50, its hard to really pass up any title. I may have bought freakin Madden games for that price just to have extra cases or bundle fodder.

Lego Star Wars The Video Game - PS2 - Found on 2018.04.21 at a yard sale

Once again, just immaculate condition. A’s accross the board. There were kids at the sale, but I cannot imagine this was ever handled by them, I have a feeling the homeowner was also the PS2 owner. There were no other games or consoles out. Which is strange. Who puts out just three PS2 games. However, being the first sale, and so dumbstruck was I that I even found something, I broke my very first rule. I forgot to ask about more games. So I’m not sure if they would have had any more, or be willing to part with them if they had. Dropped the ball there, it won’t happen again.

An item that is a little off topic from the usual blog content, I also picked up a really nice Sony dual tape deck for $1 at the same sale, it says “turns on but won’t play”, I immediately figured it needed belts. I opened it up and it does in fact need belts. They are snapped and gooey, wrapped around the flywheels and gears. I have ordered a set and I can’t wait to get those in and fix it up, and listen to all my old cassettes. Maybe even turn a few of them into MP3. Not traditional music Cassettes, these are recording I made when I was a kid, and even live concerts i recorded off of the radio back in the early 90′s. Can’t replace those. So backing up to digital would be very nice.

Well. Since that is not related to the normal content of this blog we’ll just stop talking about that one right there. Though if you don’t mind seeing a few things here and there outside of gaming for finds, I’m happy to toss one in here and there. Leave a comment if you feel one way or the other on that topic. Here is a pickup recap photo with the tape deck in it for fun anyway.

Moving quickly on, or this will be a mile long and you will be here all day reading this post. I think it may get to be a mile long anyway. Sorry about that.

A couple days later I popped back into a Goodwill and found a game I never could get to play on any of my machines at the time it came out. I think I had a demo, and it absolutely destroyed both my rigs at the time. It was unplayable. It is old enough to be on 5 CD ROM discs, no DVD ROMs here! In a nice condition double disc jewel case I found...

Far Cry - PC - Found 2018.04.23 at Goodwill

I picked it up and thought, there has to be a missing disc, or they are all scratched to hell. But nope, every disc was accounted for, and they were in immaculate condition. Ubisoft releases patches for their older games, and after a quick Google search in the store, it appears there is one that will allow this to work on Windows 10. So I bought it. $1.06 out the door from the CD bin. I haven’t tried it yet, and even if it doesn’t work, that’s a cool piece to have.

Next up is another one I had a long time ago, not valuable or rare or anything, but was a good game that I enjoyed playing in the early 2000′s.

Fable - XBox - Found 2018.05.03 at Goodwill

This was in a little rougher condition than I’d have liked, but it might still play. See the scratches on the disc below.

Worst case I can get it resurfaced for like $2. The scratches do not have a “catch” to them when you run your fingernail over them, which is a good sign. They will likely buff right out and it’ll be good as new. Unfortunately that would put it up to a total cost of $5.21 since this guy cost $3.21, and with a value at only $7.36 it doesn’t really make it much of a bargain. But I can live with that if it is added to my collection in working order.

Still a couple bucks under retail, and if I’m lucky, I won’t have to resurface it, making it even closer to a bargain at about half price. So disc is about a C. The case has a small crack, placing it at about a C+, and there is some wear on the manual. The manual though is not falling apart so it stays in the B’s with a B-. Some days later I found a minty “Platinum Hits” edition of Fable at another Goodwill, but the case was empty. I took it to the counter to ask if I could have the case, and they said no, unless I wanted to pay $3 for it. Bummer.

I don’t know why all of a sudden most of the Goodwills in the area are keeping people from taking empty cases. The one closest to my house still lets me take them if I get the right employee/manager on at the time, but the others still won’t let me take them without paying at least a little bit for them. At least they don’t want full price. Maybe they are getting a good deal on recycle material or something. It’s irritating though, glad I got the cases I did throughout last year while I had the chance.

Anyway, moving on.

This was actually the same store and trip that I found the empty Fable case. The game section had close to zero games in it, and I was about to leave (and see if the cashier would give me the Fable case) when I decided to eyeball the toy section in case some controllers or other accessories got tossed over there. For some reason three PS2 games were sitting on the shelf. Two of them were of no interest and were not valuable enough to even buy at $3. But, this one I was interested in playing. I had Defender of the Future on the Dreamcast a LONG time ago. That version is a lot more valuable than this one now of course. By about double, but if it is the same game, I’m in.

Ecco The Dolphin Defender of the Future - PS2 - Found 2018.05.06 at Goodwill

Another very good condition case and disc. Id put the case at an A-, you can see some wear on the outer plastic. Disc is a solid A, as is the manual.

I was always mesmerized playing this game on the DC, how fluid, and realistic the movements of the dolphin were through the water. If this one is as good as the DC, and plays the same, it will stay in the collection as well.

Side bonus to this one, the clerk only charged me the DVD price of $1.99, instead of the video game price of $2.99. Score! I’ll take any small discounts I can get. That $1 could be a GameCube game at a yard sale or something.

The very next day I wound up at another Goodwill and noticed a Wii bundle in the showcase. It was marked $49.99. I noticed there wasn’t a power cable, video cable, or sensor bar sitting with it, which was making me start to shy away from it. It did have several games with it, along with a first party Classic Controller, which I could use, I don’t have one, and have been on the look out for one. Additionally it had two first party nunchucks. I need nunchucks, I only have one first party nunchuck. As far as stuff that did not help the value, there was a Wii balance Board and it also had two third party controllers with it. Which were junk. Additionally it was missing flaps. So I felt at the top end, I was willing to pay maybe $25. The store manager noticed me looking at it and immediately apologized for there not being a sensor bar, power or AV cables with it. He said he usually tries to get them complete before they are put out, he wasn’t sure why this one was out, and it was definitely priced as though it was complete, so he dropped the price to $30 right there. Okay, now we are getting somewhere, but another $5 off would be better.

I said thank you, I appreciate that, that does compensate mostly for the missing cables, though I have a couple other concerns. The GameCube controller port covers are missing, and the two Wiimote controllers it has are absolute junk. How about $25? He didn’t even think about it, he immediately said yes, and dug it out of the showcase to bring it over to the register for me. I wish I’d offered $20 first now. Worst case he comes back with $25 and we end up there anyway.

Wii Bundle - Found 2018.05.07 at Goodwill

I looked closer at the games while he ran around behind the counter for a few moments, then helped a couple other employees with something, and they are all in extremely good condition. Of the games in the bundle, I am interested in adding Mario Galaxy, Donkey Kong Country Returns, and Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz to my collection. So I will do close ups on those below. The rest are in almost as good condition and I’d like to sell off as a bundle, and get close to or more than I paid here for it. Sonic was in the DVD / Games bin and cost an additional $3.21 to get that as it was obviously not part of the Wii bundle. It was also in immaculate condition. So I couldn’t pass it by. I included it in the picture because it was all the same purchase. As he was ringing me up, and because he was so eager to get me going, I almost thought maybe he knew something was wrong with it. But when tested, it booted right up and reads discs OK. Likely it was just busy in there and he was looking to get the transaction taken care of and me on my way.

As for the games themselves, well, have a gander.

Sonic Mega Collection Plus - PS2

I have been playing Sonic games almost as long as Mario games. Maybe less by perhaps 4 or 5 years. While not as near and dear to my heart, I do hold them up as quality games. I owned a Genesis/32X/Sega CD monstrosity for a number of years and played Sonic 2, Sonic CD, and Knuckles Chaotix a lot in my later teen years. I also had a Game Gear with a Sonic game, and this title proclaims to have Game Gear titles on it as well. So I’m looking forward to that.

Super Mario Galaxy - Wii

What can I say about this find? Freaking. Perfect. Condition. Perfect. Like someone took the cellophane off, and brought it to Goodwill. So crispy. I absolutely LOVE finding games in this condition. It is nearly flawless. Close to crystal clear outer art sleeve.

Manual is an solid A, one tiny dent there in the lower right-ish corner prevented the A+, but otherwise looks like its never even been touched. So happy to have this one in the collection finally. I never owned it, even having owned a Wii since at least 2008, I’ve never played it until recently. Looking forward to giving it a proper spin.

Donkey Kong Country Returns - Wii

Wow. Just. Wow. Immaculate. It astounds me that something this old can be in this good of condition coming into a Goodwill. This game was released when? November 2010 according to Wikipedia. So it could be anywhere from roughly six to eight years old or so depending on when this copy was actually manufactured and bought. This belonged to someone who either didn’t care at all, or hated the game the first time it was played, set it on a shelf and it was forgotten until donated, or it was loved and well taken care of. Considering it was donated, I’m going to wager a guess on the former scenario as the most likely.

The crispiest of manuals. A+. Just look at that. Did anyone EVER play either of these games!? I love it. Disc is A+, not a mark on it, flawless. Case is a solid A as well, very clear jacket, no dings, dents, cracks or chips.

The game itself to play is quite good as well, good play control, the visuals are on par with the DKC series, and is updated into the “New Super Mario Bros Wii” style, by rendering everything then fixing the camera in position to create a side scrolling platformer that can be smoothly zoomed in and out, as well as create pseudo parallax scrolling by placing layers of rendered backgrounds behind the area in which you are playing. Backgrounds become the play field in this game as well. I’m enjoying it so far.

I dig this game a great deal, and will also be giving this a proper play through sooner than later.

The condition of most of these finds this month has been stellar so far. Super crispy and clean games. The exception to this is the following game.

Super monkey Ball Banana Blitz - Wii

Really good shape for the most part though, the only blemish on this game is the sticker. GAH! At least we can get that off of there with relative ease, the blog post from a while back I did shows my technique for this. It is very effective and uses nothing more than a damp cloth and packing tape. No goo gone required. So case is an A-. I do however, find the two stickers inside to be rather amusing. They appear to be actual Chiquita banana stickers, with Monkey Ball characters on them, so I think those will stay. It adds to it in my opinion. Manual is A+, very crispy. Disc is a solid A as well.

This game isn’t great because of the controls in my opinion. I much prefer the GameCube games, but my son is a big fan of the series and played the original and the second one on our Wii with a GameCube controller pretty regularly. He has tried this one, and was not as thrilled with it because he cannot use the controller easily, it is all motion/tilt control. But I can see him trying again when he understands the control better. Hes still only three, he will pick it up I’m sure.

Side tangent for a second, does anyone else hate certain games on the Wii because of the controller options? Or rather, severe lack there of? Taking a series like Monkey Ball, or Metroid Prime, that originated on the GameCube, and then make it so you HAVE to use a control scheme that incorporates the new Wiimote motion control. It infuriates me. How hard would it have been to allow fans of the series that played the games on the GameCube to plug in their favorite controller, and seamlessly pick up the game using the same control scheme they know and love. It was simply left out of the game entirely. A big middle finger from Nintendo. Nope, you have to use our new way, we innovated this new motion control platform, and we are going to force you to use it in EVERY game. Plugging in a GameCube controller to a game series that is a continuation FROM THE GAMECUBE should at least be an OPTION. Another example, a game like Twilight Princess, where it was actually a GameCube game ported to the Wii. Not just a series continued from the GameCube. But an actual GameCube game. The original control scheme with a GameCube controller should be an OPTION. But it isn’t. They even mirrored the entire game just so Link would carry the sword in his right hand to match up with 99% of people’s “sword hand”. Really? Oi.

Speaking of Zelda...

*grumble grumble*

Moving on.

To round out this month’s finds I have two more to go. First is a small find from Goodwill. A single game, but, it is on a system that I just do not see games for in Goodwills around here. Gamecube. Nothing spectacular by any stretch, but I had to grab it considering it was GameCube.

Medal of Honor Frontline - GameCube - Found 2018.05.09 at Goodwill

Relatively good shape, I’d give the case a B. Manual is an A, very crispy. Disc is a solid B, a few light scratches, but no question it will play. It will go in the collection for now, but might not stay forever, FPS games and I do not generally get along on consoles.

Still happy to get it, of course it ran the standard $3.21, it only weighs in at a little over $5 on pricecharting though. Oh well. A GameCube game is a GameCube game these days.

Last but certainly not least, my final yard sale find of the month is a Glacier Game Boy Advance, with Pokemon Red version included.

Game Boy Advance with Pokemon Red - found 2018.05.11 at a yard sale.

I’ve only ever owned an original Game Boy DMG-01. I played Tetris, Revenge of the Gator, Metroid II, TMNT, Mega Man, Super Mario Land and other games for hours as a kid growing up in the late 80′s and early 90′s. The GBA was released after I’d become an adult, and portable gaming was lower on my priority list at that time. I was doing less riding in cars on road trips because I was now the driver on road trips. I had a girlfriend/wife or friends to talk to on those trips in any case, so even if I wasn’t driving, it wasn’t like I was bored off my ass in the back seat while we drove to another family vacation. Or sitting in school or something. I had a job. Way less free time.

So, having never owned some of them when they were new, I am down to get my hands on a few of these portables at this point. If nothing else, I can give them to my son to play with on some family road trips!

I saw this one in a picture in a Cragslist ad, the person’s ad for the Sale had photos. It was on a table along with a TI-84 Plus and an Apple TV. No price tags were on any of it in the photos. I’d hoped to get all three for a steal, and flip the Apple TV and calculator for a profit to help fund the collection. My hope was about $10 for the Apple TV, $15 for the Calculator at most, and perhaps $10 for the GBA. I arrived at the sale only a minute or two after it was scheduled to start. Of course there was already a swarm of people and I thought “damn, I’m sure it’s gone by now.” However it was not gone, as you can see from the picture, marked at $20. Double what I was hoping for. Probably why it was in still there. A glacier GBA is only worth about $25 according to Pricecharting, and I would also assume that price assumes the battery cover is present. This one does not include the battery cover. So I asked the guy if the price was flexible. He said he could go $15. I pointed out it was missing the battery cover and that I was hoping for $10. He said he hadn’t noticed the battery cover, and in that case he could go as low as $12. Knowing Pokemon Red had to be at least a ten dollar bill, I bought it.

As you can see it works fine. I figure this could also be a unit I will take thrifting with me to test GB, GBC, and GBA games right in the store before buying them. Will be handy.

Incidentally the TI-84 was marked at $40, they are only worth about $50 to $60, and this one was a little rough. The Apple TV was marked at $30. But only worth $40 to $50. If I could have gotten them for the prices I was hoping for, I may have picked them up, but given the price he wanted for the GBA, I don’t think I could get him that low, so I didn’t bother even making an offer. The only item I was really after was the GBA, and I think I got a good enough deal on that.

That wraps this post up for a little more than about the last month of hunting. A lot of stuff this time around, the season is just starting to hit stride. Hopefully this continues. The finds have already been fairly good.

So now down to the official business. We had $57.46 at the end of the last posting.

Harry Potter was $1.06, that takes us to $56.40. Ratchet and Clank, Ratchet and Clank Going Commando, and Lego Star Wars were 50 cents each, taking us to $54.90.

Then we found Far Cry, another $1.06 takes us to $53.84, and Fable at $3.21 takes us to $50.36. Ecco the Dolphin Defender of the Future was only $2.13, but that still drops us to $48.50.

That takes care of most of the one off stuff and brings us to the Wii bundle with Sonic Mega Collection Plus. All of it was $30.08 out the door. A little ouch compared to what we have available for funds. But a good deal for what I got. That shrunk the total to $18.42. But it was worth it, those games were in stunning condition. Plus, I should be able to eventually make back every penny on the leftovers. Assuming I'll run across some cables at some point. A Wii bundle with the games that were left, the Wii Fit Board, the controllers, nunchucks, and all the cables should fetch at least $30 - $40.

The last one off game was Medal of Honor Frontline for the GameCube. It ran $3.21. Taking us down to $15.21. Only just enough to bring home the last item, the Glacier Game Boy Advance with Pokemon Red Edition. That $12 brings us down to what I believe is a record low. $3.21.

Ironically, just enough money to buy ONE game at a Goodwill without going negative if one turns up.

Not to fret though, I have a small pile of items I will be listing very directly, which should refill our till so we can move into peak Yard Sale season fully armed.

Slated to hit eBay soon are: Pokemon Red Sealed copy of Wii Fit Plus Sealed copy of Wii Play A copy of Dragonball Revenge of King Piccolo The Lot of 007 Games from last post.

I might list the entire 007 lot for something between $12.99 and $17.99 buy it now with free shipping. I feel like that should move fairly quick, but we'll have to see what's going for what price as I'm listing it all to really choose final pricing.

That’s all for now, happy hunting to my few readers! I love you all.

2018.06.02

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