Saturday, June 14, 2014

The Victor Victrola Page

This is a very useful site for those interested in antique Victrola phonographs (or gramophones if you prefer) made prior to the fall of 1929, before RCA bought out the Victor Talking Machine Company.

The Victor Victrola Page

Sunday, April 27, 2014

ET on Atari 2600 not such a bad game - if fixed

[Atari 2600 E.T. Sprite]
It seems the problems with the much hated Atari 2600 "classic" ET game is mostly bugs and rushed production. With some fan-based fixes, it turns into a much less buggy and frustrating game.
 
Fixing E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial for the Atari 2600

Friday, April 18, 2014

Doug Funnie Is Crazy

I happened to come across a blog that explains and reviews classic episodes of the first ever Nicktoon (in chronological order of airing that first saturday morning in 1991!) "Doug". The site contains some crude language just as a fair warning, but it's pretty funny.

The description of the blog says:

Devoted to exposing the truth behind the Nickelodeon show. It's a tragedy, more than a comedy.

Click on Doug and Porkchop to get there!

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

My vintage Schwinn Le Tour (Ladies frame)

I bought this bike several years ago for $50 from a Salvation Army thrift store. It needed new tires and tubes (all rotten) and still had the original seat in good condition, but was painful (to me) to use.

I put in $50 in new tires and tubes initially and rode it quite a lot. Then I bought a rear rack and the MWave Double Day pannier bags last year and have used them extensively.

The bottle holder I've had for a good 13 years or more. It's just a cheap plastic universal one but I've had it on several bikes and even a little goped gas scooter at one time. I had it mounted lower on this bike at first, but I tend to wear jeans and the pant leg likes to catch on the holder or bottle, or both.

The mirror I bought many months back, but just now got around to installing on the bike. Maybe it'll be useful, it it doesn't end up broken last the last 2 or 3 mirrors I bought on the first or second time out in the past 14 years or so. I usually don't bother, but that one was cheap and seems fairly sturdy. We shall see.

I want to get some fenders for it eventually since it can get really rainy at times up here in the Seattle area.