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Odd Display Issue in Gottlieb Haunted House pin
So I was helping a friend with his Haunted House (HH) pin. The bottom playfield stopped kicking the ball back onto the main playfield, and the two right score displays and the center credit/ball display would distort on a cyclic basis – they would show all segments in a flash-flash-pause, flash-flash-pause pattern, and this happened…
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The Dangers of Education via Meme in the Age of Social Media
Anytime remember when memes used to be used strictly as form of entertainment? Those of us that have been around remember favorites like the Zero Wing “All Your Base Are Belong to Us,” Ermahgerd, Overly Attached Girlfriend, etc. Sites like 4Chan were never-ending sources of new and old material (usually old). But everyone was in…
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Why do Deaf Noises Make Some Hearies Uncomfortable?
Why hearing people are sometimes uncomfortable around deaf people.
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SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 and how a Little Knowledge is Dangerous
So I got into a unnecessary discussion with someone about the correct usage of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 – they were using them interchangeably (and actually also confused COVID-19 and the earlier virus name of 2019-nCoV) and also using them to refer to things that were prior to when the official names were coined by the…
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Idiot Republican/Rightist BINGO!
First off, do not get me wrong… …not all right-leaning or self-describing republicans are idiots, But recently there seems to be in influx of them that are making their presence known on Social Media sites, even though I do not recall anyone really asking for them. Combine that with a MAGA hat, which they often…
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Telemetry and Telecommand for Modern Pinballs
I just sent a message to Stern Pinball asking about the possibility of adding some kind of WiFi support to their pins. Not for player-related things, but for maintenance and servicing. For example, I think it would be a good idea for a connected pin to be able to asynchronously notify you if something goes…
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Lithium Battery Replacement for Williams and other CMOS Systems
So you have decided to reduce the risk of battery leakage damaging your precious Williams arcade or pinball board by replacing the existing AA batteries with a lithium (CR2032) replacement. Great! Lithium batteries like the CR2032 tend to leak much less than alkaline batteries so this is a good generally a good idea. Note that…
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So-called Web “Developers”
So, I have been seeing this more and more. I see the term “Web Developer” being applied to anybody that can do basic HTML5 and CSS scripting. Even worse, I see the term being applied to people that do not know enough to understand how the back end works, or cannot even spell LAMP. If…
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Sanyo 20EZ Video Inversion (Parts Kit) Searchable Page
On Bob Roberts site, there is (or was, if the link is broken by the time you read this) a scan of a page that details how to add the missing parts to the Sanyo 20-EZ monitor chassis to allow it to perform video inversion. Since the page was scanned and not run through an…