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The Pac-Man Dossier

08.27.2010

You geeks looking for a turnkey time-killer? Look no further than the most complete and detailed study of Pac-Man possible. Includes the inside scoop on maze logic, cornering, areas to exploit, target tiles, intersections, Easter eggs, and the distinct behaviors of the four ghosts Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde. Tons of stuff in there I [...]

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Sesame Street Baker: 1 through 10 falls

08.20.2010

This is how I learned to count to ten. When I was about three, my mom would give me a plastic plate, break out all the Tupperware, and just sit there laughing as I imitated this guy for hours. We had a step-down entry area at our front door, much like you see here. I’d [...]

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The Internet Tool Box

08.16.2010

Vintageness! Had to laugh as I ran into this at a garage sale over the weekend. From about 1996/7/8/9, one of the most classic mail-order scams of all time, The Internet Tool Box: All The Tools You Need To Master The Internet! Get your hands on this baby and you would have had everything you [...]

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Every position of Rubik’s Cube can be solved in twenty moves or less.

08.12.2010

I was a big Rubik’s Cube fan. When I was about 10 years old, I locked myself in my room with a solution book and became the kid in class who could solve the thing in under a minute. There are 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible varying positions for the Rubik’s Cube. (That’s 43 QUINTILLION, people.) Thanks to [...]

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Sesame Street: What is marriage?

08.12.2010

Grover confirms what marriage is. Out of the mouths of babes. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

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Enter the Squirkinator

08.04.2010

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Dug up from July of 2009, video footage of Squeakles coming home for the first time.

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Disneyland’s Adventure Thru Inner Space soundtrack and virtual ride-thru

08.04.2010

May we never forget the classic dark ride presented by Monsanto and voiced by Paul Frees. The first huge tinfoil building on your right once you got to the end of Main Street, the ol’ Mighty Microscope was always the first ride we’d hit before figuring out our next move. Part 1 of 2: You [...]

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The Twilight Zone: Stopover in a Quiet Town

07.29.2010

What’s a warm summer weekday afternoon without a lunchtime Twilight Zone fix? Here’s one of my faves. Part 1 of 3: You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Part 2 of 3: You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Part 3 of 3: You need [...]

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Finally feels like that time of year again.

07.14.2010

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July again!?

07.01.2010

Hollywood CA, July 2009

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The Beatles – I Want You (She’s So Heavy)

06.21.2010

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video From 1969′s Abbey Road.

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Worst Album Covers

06.17.2010

There’s nothing like a good cry. Check out the whole collection here, and don’t miss the other pages. (above: #71)

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Horsie! [audio clip of me in 1971]

06.09.2010

Just found an old audio clip that I sampled from a box of cassettes a few years ago. Pulled from a tape dated 1971, it was recorded at our apartment in Torrance. My brother Jed is a newborn; I’m two years old. I’m the first grandchild of my maternal grandparents, Gil and Margaret. In this [...]

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Vintage witchery

06.07.2010

Old footage of my baby brother Jonny skating. Sick. They need to re-edit that bitch with Nightmare as the soundtrack. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Good lookin’ kid.

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Theme from S.W.A.T.

06.04.2010

The vintage 1975 jam from Rhythm Heritage. One of the best theme songs of all time. The midsection’s one of the best grooves ever, starting at about 01:39. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

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Gary Coleman RIP

05.28.2010

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Whatchoo talkin’ ’bout??? Gary Coleman — aka Arnold Jackson from Diff’rent Strokes — has died at 42. Peace at last. Thanks for all those Wednesday night laughs, buddy. Loved ‘em.

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