so i said that i’d finished the marquee. i had. demons in the intertubes, however, prevented me from uploading (long story involving DHCP and a stupid way of keeping track of my internal addresses — now resolved) to share with… well, me, since this ‘blog’ is hardly public consumption. :) anyway.

work has been… interesting. a higher-up has announced that he’s leaving, causing a lot of rumour and consternation in amongst the masses. certainly doesn’t do much for the feeling of job security. scary, actually. i’ve never been worried about my job before, at least not here.

in other news, my friend jude has left for india for 6 months — i wish her well, but sara and i are going to miss her a lot. from what’ we’ve heard so far, it sounds like she’s already having a blast. good luck, jude!

okay, lots of massive animals to set up and prelight. back to work.

and, like so many other casual blogs, this one doesn’t get updated often enough. “i promise i’ll try harder” is my official campaign pledge. to me, really, because who else reads this thing besides me?

the trick is in setting up the daphne.nms and daphne.ini files correctly in mamewah. more details later as i have type to post them.

embrace your inner pizza,

-tony.

“What’s that John?”

“Beat it.”

“You wanna start a rumble?”

the potential downside is that if someone else leaves a game in the middle, you might have to wait and die in order to start over. i think that this is outweighed by the fact that you don’t have to wait for the machine to boot and check its roms and do video tests and all that.

party for your right to fight,

-tony.

say hello to mame32FX, featuring autofire and high-score saving, among other things. we hope you enjoy it… we know we do!

less filling, tastes great,

-tony..

i know, i know. probably don’t need a subwoofer. not authentic. not reaaaaally necessary. overkill. you know what? i don’t care.

so i cleaned up some of the wiring, adjusted the positioning of some stuff, etc. i think it’s in good shape. i have to grab a y-adapter (at lunch today) for the sound output (going to both the regular speakers and the sub now), but other than that, i think we’re in business. i tested the sub a little, and dear lord, it’s loud.

enjoy fatty foods,

-tony..

so i went to the electronics shop around the corner, only to find out that they don’t make the 6-pin kind of molex connector that i need anymore. *sigh*. so i bought some crimping pins and connector blocks anyway, and jury-rigged a new video cable together. it took most of the lunch hour; i was tired and i wasted a block because i put the damn pins in the wrong direction. duh. but i got it together, and it works GREAT. the monitor still isn’t the best monitor in the world, but by god it works.

i invited people by to check it out, and there was pretty much a constant stream of people from about 4:30 until 8 when i left the office. almost every person who came by flipped through the list of games, and inevitably found The Game. the one game that had captured their imaginations when they were kids. the game that they had plugged the most quarters into. the one that they kept coming back to. a grin would creep up on their face as they read the title, and as the game started, they would inevitably say “oh, man, i remember this game. i put so many quarters into this…” and the waves of nostalgia emanating from the cabinet was just awesome.

okay, more later. g’night.