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Can you measure geekiness?

OK, That wasn’t the intended subject for this post but now I’ve thrown it out there I guess I best explain.
A couple of days ago I was chatting to someone online (as geeks do), when I mentioned that I was a bit geeky. Which was probably an understatement. Them knowing me semi-well said I [...]

Radioshack UK?

This weekend I was back in “project” mode. I was reading about a hack/alteration I would have to make to the 5″ PSOne screen to add it into any of the portable consoles. It sounded quite tricky but doable - there were a few mentions of doing this part or that part wrong would wreck [...]

And the winner was….

The Megadrive.
I did want to go and see Watchmen but time and the kids permitted that happening. My brother did however go see it and his review left me intrigued, all he said was…
“Yeah, it’s weird………”
So, that is still on the list to do, but back to the megadrive. After some helpful advice from the [...]

Old Consoles = Problems

So my lovely old, retro NES arrived last week. I was eager to play on Mario 3 with the tiny square controllers so I hooked up the machine, slid in a game and hit the power button………
Nothing! Just a white screen.
I did what all people who have experienced a Nintendo games console would have [...]

eBay Success

Finally!!!
The days has come. After looking on eBay for an old NES for approaching a month now I finally managed to seal a deal. The thing is I was actually outbid on the item and only got offered the system on a 2nd chance offer. I’m just thankful for little boys using their parents account [...]