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The Dharma Initiative Arcade Machine
Posted by admin in Humor, Lost, Technology on April 3rd, 2009
Yes, I actually built this. In my garage. Yes, I could probably outdo Hurley for the world’s biggest geek award. But … it’s totally worth it.
Note the custom Dharma logo it uses. I know, that’s really awful, but… I had to.
Also note that it’s running Galaga. That also happens to be the name of the submarine Locke blew up a couple seasons back. It was so named, I’ve heard, because the writers played a lot of Galaga while they were brainstorming ideas for the show.
Oh, and it wasn’t planned from the start to have a Dharma Initiative theme. I’ve wanted to build an arcade cabinet for years. Thinking up a theme for the decoration came later, when I decided I didn’t just want another plain-jane “MAME ARCADE” theme for it. Why build something crazy like that if you’re not going to be unique? I bet I’m the only person in the whole world with a Dharma Initiative arcade game!
Talking Frog
There’s this guy, a software engineer, who loves to fish in his free time. He was sitting in his boat the other day when he heard a voice say, “Pick me up.”
He looked around and couldn’t see anyone. He thought he was dreaming when he heard the voice say again, “Pick me up.”
He looked in the water and there, floating on the top, was a frog.
The man said, “Are you talking to me?”
The frog said, “Yes, I’m talking to you. Pick me up then, kiss me and I’ll turn into the most beautiful woman you have ever seen.
“I’ll make sure that all your friends are envious and jealous because I will be your bride!”
The man looked at the frog for a short time, reached over, picked it up carefully, and placed it in his front breast pocket.
Then the frog said, “What, are you nuts? Didn’t you hear what I said? I said kiss me and I will be your beautiful bride.”
He opened his pocket, looked at the frog and said,
“Look, I’m an engineer. I don’t have time for a girlfriend right now. But a talking frog? Now that’s just cool.”
Tesla Coils
Posted by admin in Humor, Music, Technology on April 1st, 2009
One must be a consummate nerd to actually build something like this:
The Imperial March on Tesla coils
Then again, I’m the guy who built a working Dharma Initiative themed arcade machine in his garage, so I probably don’t have much room to talk.
Squeezable Bacon!
April 1 is one of my favorite days of the year … and this is one reason why: