I have a friend or two who picked up one of these from the seller for a song years ago. Unfortunately, I seem to missed the song boat. This one has been on eBay for a long while, but somebody finally bid on it the other day so I had no other choice but to buy it. That’s what I’m telling myself.

Cleaned up my sister’s 1979 era Barbie Dream House and put it on the mantle. The wife plans to populate it. Need to figure out how to secure it as it’s relying on gravity and fulcrum math to stay put.

Got my Time Machine back from the shop and I’m trying to decide if I should use screws to mount the time circuits onto the dash panel or find a more gentle installation option.

Rearranged my lab to be less "you've been robbed!" and more "I see you like the 80s."

Picked up a Taito Space Invaders cabaret last Sunday for $400. Linear supply is blowing the 12V fuse. Bought a switcher adapter from ArcadeShop to replace it. #SOON

Did some time travel on Friday at Dan Electros in the Houston Heights for a private birthday party.

Another day, another tomahawk.

Grabbed a working Golden Tee 3D for $250 this weekend. It's in a Dynamo HS-1 cabinet and begging to be converted into a better cheesy 1980s JAMMA game. I'm thinking maybe Final Fight.

We acquired two puppies to bring our pack up to 4 doggos. I think they like each other. They're named Joey and Chandler.

Accidentally slammed my forehead into my KnightRider aluminum hood this morning. Just wanted to check battery voltage (it was 12.6V DC) but now I have a fun dent / tiny laceration in my noggin.

Bought a dozen black roses for my wife's early Valentine's Day. Bill & Ted phone booth in the background not included.

I know this is a little delayed, but I have submitted a GitLab Pull request proposal to semi reverse the ‘archived posts feature’ they implemented. Please feel free to add to the discussion here: github.com/bluesky-soci...

Hey Spike, I got the serum!

Fell asleep again.

🚨GIVEAWAY: I randomly found some Topps BATMAN FOREVER movie sticker packs from 1995. Like & Reskeet this post and I'll send a pack to 3 lucky winners!

In other news, my childhood jam box is also a "Toon Tunes" jam box in the Mickey & Minnie Runaway Railway ride queue here at DisneyLand.

When you want to gush about how cool @wilwheaton.net is dressed today but you also want to be super low key and not bother people.

Going through my extensive t-shirt collection for the first time in a billion years. I hope that Satan's Hallow joystick doesn't mind that mirror balancing against it.

Arcade Random Posting

Arcade Bro Fest 2025!

Thought I was transferring gift card balances into one "super" card in the Starbucks app, but ended up buying another $25 credit. Well played, @Starbucks. Well played.

Eventually my wife decided riding this ride 10 times in row wasn't for her.

Perplexed why this JROK Q*Bert board and ArcadeShop JAMMA to Taito adapter were not working until this evening when I realized both had major soldering problems. The vertical sync pin (left) and the ENTIRE fucking solder side on the adapter weren't soldered at all. Talk about sloppy workmanship.

Pulled my dead A/C blower motor and swapped it for an OEM motor I bought off Amazon. Total cost $300 including a fresh $10 run capacitor just in case. Injury sustained during repair? Knee scrape.

Added my first ever BetaMax tape to my modest Fotomat Drive-Thru Movies collection. Not sure who craved watching The Lavender Hill Mob back then but here we are.

Ran a neighborhood mile this morning and noticed a street light still illuminated. Thinking about changing my handle to HOA Runner. As far as running I'm hoping to start a streak.

Gotta make an intro for my YouTube channel sometime, right?

Opted to enhance my YouTube header with a familiar image that I slightly extended with Adobe PhotoShop AI. I've imported just over 100 TikToks and boy are my arms tired. I still dislike YouTube compared to TikTok. #tiktokban #tiktokshutdown #tiktokbanned #planB

When you have Nintendo arcade games (which feature a perfectly flat top that's excellent for displays) you bust out your hits for the public.

Importing 700 videos from TikTok to YouTube progressing nicely. A little manual work but the hardest parts have been solved.

Our code release last night went until 4 AM because a mystery data distribution service (which the vendor explained just "worked") didn't actually work... or something. 😞 Awake now at 8 AM and I feel funky. At least I get to stare at this number in the meantime.

Bought my first ever Betamax cassette and (of course) it's from Fotomat.

My coding O/S progression: 1982: TI 99/4A (programmed) 1983: MS DOS for TI (programmed) 1984: Apple ][e (only played games) 1986: MS DOS for IBM PC (programmed) 1992: Windows 3.1+ (programmed) 2013: OS X 10.9+ Mavericks (programmed) Played games & programmed on all with noted exception.

Crossed the space-time barrier to bring these two televisions (produced nearly 10 years apart) together atop the Video Vendor VHS kiosk.

Nearly 700 TikTok videos exported. I need to group them and figure out a strategy for monetizing them. Don't fail me now Tubes of You.

Doc and Marty gotta get work done.

I found a bug in the Pinterest app last night. Is there a bug bounty program for that? Bueller?

I'm exporting my TikTok videos with a Chrome plug-in today as the eventual demise of the platform for political gain will eliminate it as a source of income. I shall try #YouTube out but they are just as bad or even worse at creator customer service as TikTok.

@spacetimejunction.com forums.arcade-museum.com/threads/nint...

Okay 5 hours after the Tequila Tasting and my body is tolerating what I did. Pretty sure. A pitstop at the Club Cool location has helped. No more alcohol for me until I die, thanks.

Just did an AMAZING tequila tasting at #EPCOT at #DisneyWorld. It's called La Cava Experience in the Mexico area. Highly recommended. Also my head is spinning and I feel highly confident I could land a 747.

We don't need more remakes of old movies. We need more MUPPETS remakes of old movies.

I'm waiting in the Single Rider line for Rise of the Resistance at Hollywood Studios where you get to hear cast members shoot the shit and watch 20 shuttles load while you stand in line wondering if this was a good idea.

At #Disney #HollywoodStudios today with the wifey for some selfy-rama good times.

Finally fired up the WiFi ear cleaning camera I bought last year and was very surprised at how clean my ear canals were. Also, seeing my eardrum for the first time and its tiny bones really freaked me out. Nature!

Christmas decorations are up. This is as many genres as I could find in the storage room.

Learned how to cook a Tomahawk steak today! The turkey was fried in peanut oil which is no bueno for Samantha and this was our alternate main course. Big hit and super delicious.

#pinball #Atari

Great game night in the home arcade. Our restored 1970s era track lights and "stomp" texture ceiling really adds to the mood. 😂

If life gives you lemonade, make lemons , that's the saying right? Some time back, I bought an IBM 5153 monitor, and it arrived smashed.