Looking into Pengo PCB Repair

Was in communication today with a guy Alex Yeckley recommended that could possibly repair my Pengo board. In anticipation of that, I thought I would finally get those photos online tonight what I was seeing on screen.

April 16, 2007

We are starting to think Nokes is pretty darn smart. We realized that after Saturday morning, he hasn’t had an acccident in the house since, and before, usually it was once a day. Last night, when we put him in his big doggie box. He was scratching and restless for a little while, and then right when Sarah turned off the lights, he settled down and went to bed.

Today at lunch, I kind of fell up the stairs with my other hand full, and him in my left. He went …

Mr. Agent X vectorized

Traced “Agent X” coming out of the elevator tonight, so I have one character down. The sideart really is a great design, simplicity
is the strongest aspect of the art, and bold lines. The border, however, is going to suck big ones. Lots of little squares and details to account for.

Richard emailed me today and said that he should be able, for sure, to get the kickplate made, so I may now turn my attentions to reproducing that first.

April 15, 2007

Today we went back to Petsmart to officially adopt him, but PAK wasn’t there. So we got him a new rope to play with instead.

On the way back he tried to climb onto me as I was driving and got outstretched over the console.

Replacing more caps on the EZ-20 monitor

Got outside today and took off about 5-6 more caps from the monitor. But, for now, I am not rushing, because yesterday at the
Indianapolis USAmusements I bought a nice working Dig Dug that hopefully I can use to trade. Kind of weird having two of them now, after so much time and work, and now I have two. But it is nice to have another working machine that I can play, even if it is a game that I am not crazy about.

The day we lost our puppy Continued…

The guilt sets in, as so do the “what if’s”
I spent the next two weeks running over what had happened in my head. The long laundry list of possibilities of what went wrong, I needed some shred of explanation to help me cope. I looked back at Sunday and analyzed every minute, figuring out where the mistake was made, and what could have been done.

That whole day seems insignificant at best. Sarah and I were fighting that day, the stress of all of our running around was materializing in words. …

The day we lost our puppy

Note: I never did finish this. The combination of the craziness of everyday life with the fact that this was hard to work on for me, and now with Nokes….good intentions sometimes aren’t enough. But I still think it is important to have it, as a snapshot of the time no matter if it is finished or not.
The day we lost our puppy
I awoke to a hysterical, tear choked voice and a brief shake , “Jeff, he’s not breathing.”

My mind was focused, and I was fully …