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Jessibird
Jessi works at a mom-and-pop Internet shop. She’s addicted to music and the Internet.
No evil ice cream cone for you, nephew
Monday | September 17th, 2007
My eleven-year-old nephew (I’ll call him L) found the designer toy store! I didn’t know it existed. It’s called Cardboard Spaceship. It is full of all things simultaneously cute and warped. He wanted everything in the store, I suspect, but strategically chose this relatively inexpensive item to ask for: an evil ice cream cone. We said no because he has so much stuff already we can’t imagine where he’d squish it into his room. Sorry, L! At least the store had lots of cool free stickers and postcards, and he got to collect several.
So as a consolation, here’s a picture of said evil object, and also a set of toys I like by the guy who did Scary Girl (I recommend the comic you’ll find there).
After leaving Cardboard Spaceship, we hit the boardwalk arcade where L proceeded to invest many quarters, getting the longest play time for his two bits on the Super Mario pinball machine. If I find myself there again, I’ll head for Super Mario right away. Rewarding play, fun sounds, more time for your quarter than the average pinball game. This guy likes it too.
I have a secret hankering to try Dance Dance Revolution but can’t get anyone to join me.
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Teeny, tiny Mac on Stick
Friday | December 1st, 2006
Thanks to the Mac-on-Stick how-to, I’ve installed a virtual Mac Plus on my iPod Shuffle.
All of the pleasure, and none of the hassle! No more struggling with foot-long torx screwdriver, no more trying not to electrocute myself on Mac Plus innards. Vintage fun in my pocket, ready to plug into any Mac!
I grabbed myself some old games at the Macintosh Garden like Fool’s Errand, one of the best puzzle/story games of all time. Isn’t it pretty? Am I on a tarot kick or something? I don’t know.
If you long for this kind of nostalgia but don’t have the means or time for this project, go enjoy yourself over at the Web SE.
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