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My 10 seconds of fame and in the limelight! 😎😆🤣
At the end of Metal Jesus Rocks' video that came out today, I got a shout out because I lent him two games that he needed to make the video.
Last Saturday, he posted his request in the local gamer Facebook group. I met him an hour later and gave him the games. We chatted a bit, and I asked him to sign his album that I brought with me. He was shocked and honored (his word) that I had it. I guess it didn't sell well? I forgot to get a photo with him, so will do that when we meet up again to get my games back.
I'm a big fan of MJR because it was his videos that got me started in retro gaming. One day, the YouTube gods put his video in my feed. I didn't even know that there was this thing called retro gaming back in 2015 (or was that 2016?). Always came off as a nice dude in the videos and in person.
 

Downsizing sucks, moving sucks, packing sucks and unpacking sucks even more.  Thankfully Atari.io is here to help me unwind.  

Garuda Linux on the DELL laptop, I really like the look of it. 😎

Took this shot just now from our balcony 😎🤷🏼‍♂️

Took this shot just now from our balcony 😎🤷🏼‍♂️

Time just flies by. I can't believe it's already been a week since my birthday. This year, I celebrated it with gifts, family dinner, and lunch with former coworkers. It was a fun one, so I wanted to share.
Family dinner at the restaurant of my choosing. Son 2's girlfriend joined us.

My wife forgot to bring the cake to the dinner, so we had it when we returned home 😂 My family isn't much into cakes, so that's why it's small.

My former co-workers from my Amazon days. Mathias' (guy on the far left) birthday is in a couple of weeks. We had this thing going for a few years where I bought him lunch on his birthday and he bought me lunch on my birthday. This year, we broke tradition. Although he wanted to pay, I beat him to the machine with my card. It's been a few years since we got together, so I wanted to buy. He's going to buy me lunch later this month. These guys were my engineers when I managed the Fire tablet localization.

Gift from my son and his girlfriend. My son was very surprised when I told him that I didn't have the NES. Well, I fixed that a few days later. I bought a NES top loader. It's been sent to get the RGB mod, so I'll show it off when I get it back in a few weeks.

Home-made candles were gifted to me from a church friend. I don't think my photo does it justice--it's very beautiful and very fragrant.

Sitting at the mall waiting for my wife to pick me up, just finished diabetic blood work I do every three months, I’d walk but having problems with my Achilles tendon again dammit. Limping like a mofo 😜🤷🏼‍♂️. 

Sitting at the mall waiting for my wife to pick me up, just finished diabetic blood work I do every three months, I’d walk but having problems with my Achilles tendon again dammit. Limping like a mofo 😜🤷🏼‍♂️. 

Sitting at the mall waiting for my wife to pick me up, just finished diabetic blood work I do every three months, I’d walk but having problems with my Achilles tendon again dammit. Limping like a mofo 😜🤷🏼‍♂️. 

Warming up this week, hope we can resist turning on the A/C. 🤷🏼‍♂️😎I tend to worry more for the Desktop staying cool 🖥️

Warming up this week, hope we can resist turning on the A/C. 🤷🏼‍♂️😎I tend to worry more for the Desktop staying cool 🖥️

Warming up this week, hope we can resist turning on the A/C. 🤷🏼‍♂️😎I tend to worry more for the Desktop staying cool 🖥️

The only plushie I own, to be honest he just wont leave 🤷🏼‍♂️

The only plushie I own, to be honest he just wont leave 🤷🏼‍♂️

Replaced our old DELL with a ASUS budget gaming laptop so I installed Garuda Linux on the old DELL. Looks and runs great, when considering some aesthetic options I just HAD to go with these AMIGA themed login/load screens for my own nostalgic pleasure.
 

Replaced our old DELL with a ASUS budget gaming laptop so I installed Garuda Linux on the old DELL. Looks and runs great, when considering some aesthetic options I just HAD to go with these AMIGA themed login/load screens for my own nostalgic pleasure.
 

My wife thinks it's funny when I nap at the computer.....

😎Classic 80's Vacuum florescent display tech - Loved VFD tech for displays in electronic games and stereo components and even clock radios etc. I know it was more expensive tech but it was so bright and colorful and sure maybe somewhat retina burning but nothing else looked like it, very much of it's time!

😎Classic 80's Vacuum florescent display tech - Loved VFD tech for displays in electronic games and stereo components and even clock radios etc. I know it was more expensive tech but it was so bright and colorful and sure maybe somewhat retina burning but nothing else looked like it, very much of it's time!

Hah made this waaaay back on MAY 6th 2009 ! For my Facebook Classic Gaming and Computing Group, Still going, good times! 🤣😎

Hah made this waaaay back on MAY 6th 2009 ! For my Facebook Classic Gaming and Computing Group, Still going, good times! 🤣😎

Hah made this waaaay back on MAY 6th 2009 ! For my Facebook Classic Gaming and Computing Group, Still going, good times! 🤣😎

Best marketing 🤣
 

Once again, happy Easter! From me and ex-porn star chocolate bunny “Mr. solid” 😜🐰

Computer upgrade time!

My trusty main desktop computer is dying.  I believe it's the motherboard that failed.  The built-in network adapter failed about a year ago.  And now the CPU is overheating.  No amount of reseating the heatsink or re-applying thermal compound helps.  My guess is the capacitors are dying, causing too-high voltage. 
I searched high and low for a pre-built computer that wasn't too terribly expensive, but failed.  It isn't easy to find a desktop that has an optical drive (or space for one) AND the ability to add in a big video card (including power connectors).  Most of what I found was over $1000. 
Instead, I consulted one of my children, who helped me pick these parts.  Total spent is $200.  I'll re-use a lot of my existing setup.  Including the DDR4 memory, power supply, case, SSD, and Blu-ray drive. 
Hopefully, I can get my Windows license to transfer. 
Wish me luck! 

Once again, happy Easter! From me and ex-porn star chocolate bunny “Mr. solid” 😜🐰