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Monthly Archives: November 2010

I have not forgotten the MAME! 20101105

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I just spent 10 minutes on the computer that will be running the MAME in my arcade cabinet.  I was fortunate – when it loaded it said “your password has expired, give me a new one” and it had the old password already in the right field! So I didn’t have to remember it after all OR re-install windows – yay! And I was uber clever and made the password something I will NEVER forget!

So, that’s fixed!  The reason I brought the computer upstairs was to reinstall KeyboardTest, which I need to identify and fix the buttons that don’t work on my control panel and it had expired.  Now I’ve got it installed and am ready to take it back downstairs and fix those buttons! Yay!  Expect to see more on this SSSSOOOOOONNNNN!!!!

W’s birthday Jayne Cob hat

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W’s birthday was coming up and I decided to make him a Jayne Cob hat!  It took me a couple of evenings, but I did it! Here’s a couple pictures of it done with me and my milkshake mixer as a models …  I think you can check out my Picasa photos for all the pictures, here.

 

More craft room … a discovery! 20101016

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I wanted to put some decorations and tools up on the walls, but I dont’ want to put big holes in the wall since it’s lathe and plaster. Instead, I got some free wood scraps and covered them up.

Here’s the big one. I just need to get another molding hook so I can hang this one up.

While I was doing this, I noticed something in my closet…  A whole shelf taken up with foam pumpkins.  ??

What’s the big deal, eh?  Well, I realized that I got those pumpkins several years ago and the whole point was to carve them for Halloween, and Halloween was coming up in just a few days!  If I just FINISHED that project, I’d have a whole shelf to hold more stuff!  And then … I realized if I just finished ALL of my projects, I wouldn’t feel so cramped in the craft room!  And, because I’m a bit obsessive, I realized that I needed to put all of my projects on the table right then.  So, here they are!

So, I put everything away except those pumpkins …

… and actually carved them and now they’re out on the porch (still) and will later go up in the attic with the rest of the Halloween decorations.  Yay, a clear shelf!

 

Enameling class 20101023

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My grandfather did some enameling and had an oven and supplies in his shop.  Now that he’s gone, no one knows how to use it!  So, I signed up for a class at the OSU craft center.  I’m mostly planning on enameling things for costumes and props etc.

I enjoyed cutting the copper out most, but the enameling is fun.  I only finished one thing, but we’re getting together next weekend and I’ll post finished pictures afterwards.

 

All cut out!

 

Adding texture to trees