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  1. Nathan Strum

    Sometimes when I get take-out from Jersey Mike's they give me zero napkins in the bag, and sometimes they give me 50. I'd be happy just getting one or two consistently.

    1. carlsson

      carlsson

      Perhaps it is their implementation of "Guess a napkin from 1 to 100"?

    2. Albert

      Albert

      You should save some when they give you 50!

    3. Nathan Strum

      Nathan Strum

      @Albert I did. But they give me zero so often, I ran out.

  2. Nathan Strum

    Stuck inside? Put it to good use, and check out the reveal of the new Champ Games 2600 homebrew tonight!

     

    6:00PM PST at https://www.twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew

     

    Social distancing not required.

     

    1. sramirez2008

      sramirez2008

      I know I will!?

    2. save2600

      save2600

      Looking forward to it! Is it something totally unannounced? Excited as hell for Champ Games Baseball... Champ Game anything truth be told. Proud fanboy here!  ?

    3. sramirez2008

      sramirez2008

      Oh baby! I can't wait for Champ Games Baseball.?

  3. Nathan Strum

    Surprised that Marvel and General Mills haven't teamed up to do a WandaVision edition of Lucky Charms: Red Hexagons, Purple Runes, Yellow Mind Stones, and Green Leotards!

    1. MrMaddog

      MrMaddog

      Disney shoulda made it a CG movie like Frozen.... :D

  4. Nathan Strum

    Testing CHALLENGE! mode in Champ Games' upcoming Gorf Arcade for the 2600. We're increasing the Gorfian Doom quotient.

  5. Nathan Strum

    That's just great Apple. Saying you have the fastest integrated graphics is like saying you're driving the fastest Yugo.

    1. Sauron

      Sauron

      Yeah but you wouldn't believe what those souped-up Yugos can do!

    2. Stephen

      Stephen

      Given that it's Apple, they surely have the most expensive integrated graphics too right?

    3. No One You Know

      No One You Know

      Well its not quite like that. The current consoles just have SoCs. All on one chip. If that were a PC prodct it would be branded as integrated graphics. I don't think they are bad, especially not for 2013.

  6. Nathan Strum

    The liquid hand soap at work is way too perfumey. After 20 seconds of washing, my hands smell like a five-star bordello. (Or so I would assume.)

    1. sramirez2008

      sramirez2008

      Never Assume!

    2. jd_1138

      jd_1138

      "My a-hole brother bought her back in September '57. That's when you got your new model year, in September. Brand-new, she was. She had the smell of a brand-new car. That's just about the finest smell in the world, 'cept maybe for --------------."

  7. Nathan Strum

    There are days when I think nothing can surprise me anymore. Then someone decides to make a romance movie about Colonel Sanders called "Recipe for Seduction" with Mario Lopez. WTKFC?
    https://twitter.com/lifetimetv/status/1335947170281885699?s=21

    1. DrVenkman

      DrVenkman

      Leaked footage has made it to the internet ...

      Mr Bean Lol GIF

    2. snorlaxnut

      snorlaxnut

      That's nothing. I saw in stores fireplace logs that smell like a bucket of KFC!

  8. Nathan Strum

    They just hired an architect for a major project at work. Anybody familiar with someone named "Lois Bidder"?

    1. Allan

      Allan

      Yes. Met her at Moe's Tavern in Springfield.

    2. thanatos

      thanatos

      The company is probably represented by the law firm of Dewey, Cheatem, and How.

       

  9. Nathan Strum

    Things that weren't on my to-do list for today: spending two hours on hold with Apple, because nobody can figure out how to email me a receipt.

  10. Nathan Strum

    This Saturday - even more cartoons! And by more, I mean less!

    https://atariage.com/forums/blogs/entry/17347-more-cartoons-now-with-75-less/

  11. Nathan Strum

    Tonight will likely be Felix Hernandez's final game as a Mariner. He carried the team for years during his prime and never got to the playoffs. But he's a multimillionaire, so I'm sure he'll be just fine.

    1. atari2600land

      atari2600land

      I want millions of dollars for losing in baseball.

    2. Joe C.

      Joe C.

      Much respect for King Felix from a long time A's fan. He had his way with us for a good chunk of his career!

  12. Nathan Strum

    Very cool 40th Anniversary interviews about the VFX behind The Empire Strikes Back: 

     

  13. Nathan Strum

    Very cool video on the making of Prince of Persia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw0VfmXKq54

     

     

    1. Gray Defender

      Gray Defender

      This was a great video.  Love seeing the games designer/creator insights.  Thanks for sharing...

  14. Nathan Strum

    Wait... it's carpal "tunnel"? I thought it was carpal "FUNnel". No wonder I'm not enjoying repetitive data entry as much as I thought I would.

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    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I remember a repetitive Data entry job...Vacuuming floors on the Enterprise and spraying Static Guard every time Data entered the room. 

       

       

       

      Hell if it wasn't for possible electrostatic brain damage,  He could just enter through the carpet tunnel like everyone else  :lol:

    3. Rogerpoco

      Rogerpoco

      Hmm. It's devolved to Carpal PUNnal, now, huh.

      :D

    4. carlsson

      carlsson

      Now I wonder if the C64 budget game Tunnel Vision is likely to cause you carpal tunnel, or if it even was named as a play on that.

  15. Nathan Strum

    Watching Bob & Doug return from space (no... it's not a sequel to "Strange Brew").

    1. sramirez2008

      sramirez2008

      Watching too! Burn for re-entry completed.

    2. Nathan Strum

      Nathan Strum

      Splashdown!

    3. sramirez2008

      sramirez2008

      Yes!

  16. Nathan Strum

    We just had an earthquake here. I think I just got Southern California Bingo.

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    2. K-Rod 13

      K-Rod 13

      5.5, centered in Searles Valley, CA.    I live up in the High Desert so we felt a pretty good jolt.

    3. Kiwi

      Kiwi

      Someone large won bingo on the other side of the world causing the earthquake.

    4. Keatah

      Keatah

      Some fat-lady in a low-rider scooter with hydraulics?

  17. Nathan Strum

    Well, last week was Arbor Day. Today is a snow day!

  18. Nathan Strum

    Well, that was disappointing. I thought it was supposed to be "The Great Make-Out".

     

    https://www.shakeout.org/california/

  19. Nathan Strum

    Well, that's great. J.J. Abrams' "Bad Reboot" gets to ruin yet-another childhood-favorite franchise of mine: Speed Racer. (Not that it could be any worse than the Wachowskis' movie.) https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/speed-racer-live-action-tv-series-j-j-abrams-apple-1235154012/

    1. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I can't tell the difference between your status update and Keatah's.

    2. Nathan Strum

      Nathan Strum

      Ouch. I guess I'm going to have to stop posting then. ;)

  20. Nathan Strum

    Went to the dentist today. Someone poking your gums with pointy metal things still counts as human contact. I'm calling that a win.

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    2. _The Doctor__

      _The Doctor__

      Have UV sterilizer and it travels... no big thing...

    3. johnnywc

      johnnywc

      ...and 3,000 miles away, John also had a dentist appointment at the same time, but it's passed off merely as a coincidence... ;) :lol: 

       

      I had my rescheduled dentist appointment yesterday too, what are the odds? :D  

       

    4. _The Doctor__

      _The Doctor__

      both should come up with some lottery numbers together, and run a random number generator based/running on the same cpu as your states use for their games of chance.

       

      You might hit it big spending just 3 to 7 dollars each!

       

      I normally don't like any of that kind of stuff unless the odds are known and changing in my favor!

  21. Nathan Strum

    Whoa... that was a big one. It's still rolling. USGS says a 7.1!

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    2. NinjaWarrior

      NinjaWarrior

      Yeah, Reminds us in California, The Big One can hit at anytime

       

      San Francisco is Due

    3. Flojomojo

      Flojomojo

      I've seen video of swimming pools sloshing around. Stay safe you left coasters!

    4. Nathan Strum

      Nathan Strum

      The freaky thing about the swimming pools sloshing is that the water isn't what's moving - it's the swimming pools.

  22. Nathan Strum

    Will 2021 be the first year without an Artie the Atari comic strip? Will it?! WILL IT?!!

     

    Tune into the strip tomorrow to find out!

     

    Wait... I just gave it away.

     

    Anyway, new strip coming tomorrow. Clearly I'm out-of-practice with the PR stuff.

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    2. Kiwi

      Kiwi

      Will Garfield make an appearance in it?

    3. carlsson

      carlsson

      Yeah, a new Atari console with the custom chips Garfield & Odie. Do the math!

    4. Cobra Kai

      Cobra Kai

      Have Alf appear and eat Garfield

  23. Nathan Strum

    Working from home. Using VNC over VPN so I can ARD into a computer that used to be right next to me in my office. Turning slightly to my right somehow seemed easier than all of this does.

  24. Nathan Strum

    Working on three boxes for upcoming 2600 homebrews. At least two of them involve snakes.

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    2. McCallister

      McCallister

      Ssssweet

    3. johnnywc

      johnnywc

      I'm not sure whether I should quote Indiana Jones ("I HATE SNAKES!") or Meatloaf ("2 out of 3 ain't bad")... :lol: 

    4. McCallister

      McCallister

      @johnywc  We also would have accepted "Ladders."?

  25. Nathan Strum

    Y'know, if you don't like the idea of wearing a "mask", then just call it a "face bra" instead. Problem solved.

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    2. carlsson

      carlsson

      I saw that CBC had to post an article earlier pointing out that making your own face mask from a padded bra does not make it N95 class, contrary to the myth spread by some YouTubers. It probably is better than nothing if you live somewhere where it is mandatory to cover up, but troublesome if some people think they're wearing a medical grade mask.

    3. Cobra Kai

      Cobra Kai

      Except bras go on top of the head, everybody knows that.

    4. MrMaddog

      MrMaddog

      Well that should please all those complaining boobies... ?

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