Archive for April, 2007

Apple and Clown finished for Mr. Do! Bezel

Posted April 29, 2007

Mr. Do Clown Illustration
Mr. Do Apple

Well, it was a lot more work than I thought. The clown took a good amount of work to not only look correct, but to make sure it prints correctly and at a larger size. But I did finish both the apple and the clown for my Mr. Do sideart, check out some small images of them.

Starting the Agent X kickplate

Posted April 29, 2007

Knowing that Richard is looking to have the kickplate artwork reproduced first, I shifted gears and started to trace that instead
of the sideart. I was able to finish the rays, clouds, and bad guy. However, I need to get some close up photos of the robots, and I also need to try to figure out the shape that borders the artwork in many different spots. It looks like a rectangle with indented circles, but I won’t be able to tell until I get some close ups.

I emailed Richard to get in touch with his guy, and I also emailed Joe in Chicago to see if he can help us out.

29th April 2007

Posted April 29, 2007

Today went by fast enough. We were out at confirmation parties half of the day. Christine’s daughter liz, and the of course the McCartney’s youngest one. We didn’t get home until after 5, and I jut did some computer stuff, talked with people on the phone, and watched my cartoons before callling it a night.

28th April 2007

Posted April 28, 2007

In the morning we went to the gym with Brian and Kim, and stopped at Culver’s for some custard afterwards.

I then went over to another gamer’s house and played some of his stuff and hung out. He thought he might have some parts for me, but then when I described to him in person what I was looking for, he couldn’t find them. He may yet. I took some photos of his games for another contact who likes to trace artwork, and I got to play his Galaga. The cool thing about it I didn’t know was that it has a rapid fire chip, which makes the game really sweet. I got the new high score (which also gets saved with this kit), and got to new levels I had never been before.

I picked up Sarah at school, and we headed out to Wes and Kate’s. We went to the fish fry just north of them, that was a good time. Lots of good fish that is bad for you. We topped it off with ice cream at their place.

We were going to get together with Kenny and Lori later, but Sarah had to do homework, and it ended up being a good plan. She worked on that from 6:30 when we got home, to 12:30 that night before turning it in. I just did some work on the computer and hung out with her. Maybe we’ll all get together next weekend, play Ms. Pac, and have some wine.

April 27, 2007

Posted April 27, 2007

We noticed last night that Nokes’s tummy is firming up, which the vet said would happen when he got older, his muscles would tighten and we would see more of an arch.

At lunch today, Nokes caught the tennis ball twice on the bounce.

27th April 2007

Posted April 27, 2007

Tonight we had an invitation to go out to see Polka Boy at the Beer Gardens downtown. However, it was rainy in the late afternoon, and Sarah has homework due tomorrow, so it just got to be late and we didn’t end up going anywhere. We both kind of worked and watched the tube, it was nice to relax.

Pengo PCB problem - Thick Yellow Horizontal Bars

Posted April 26, 2007

Alex emailed me back and said that the board is not something he would work on. He gave me that name of someone else who might be able to, John Robertson. I emailed him, and he let me know that he could, but is two months behind on the boards he has to currently repair. So, I don’t think that is not a very good option.

On a related note, in less than a month, Tim has bought two Pengo’s for really good deals. The one seems to play blind, so he may have two working boards. I don’t know if he will sell me one or not, but we shall see.

I tried to figure some things out today online. I research the sound a lot, seems the bad pot that causes the static on the game is very common. I don’t know if the symptons of the sound caused the PCB problems or not, but the other thing I read was that the power supply does seem to go back fairly easy. It will under or over supply voltage on a regular basis, so that made me think that maybe I should just try to put in a switcher and see what that does.