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Category Archives: Oakland

ROMs Dumped and Confirmed

Well, they’ve been dumped. And just about everything here is what I thought it was. The boner is still raging. The entire kit and kaboodle of these roms can be downloaded from my server here. This file includes all the Coleco games, and the 10, yes 10 revisions of the Cabbage Patch Kids game for [...]

Update on the ROMs

Tomorrow they will be dumped. Tomorrow night, we should know. We’ll probably need some help analyzing the data, but I’ll post it all here. I can’t say that I will get it all posted by tomorrow night, as I have a dinner engagement at Tommy’s Joynt. But after that, the data that is recovered will [...]

Most Legendary Haul at the Flea Market

Today, we went to the Laney College Flea Market. As usual. I know I’ve written about the amazing things I’ve found at this swap meet. In the past, I got a Game & Watch, and oodles of rare old console games. But today, I found a never published Atari game. I am not kidding. This [...]

Re-Make This Weekend

The ACCRC is having its second annual Re-Make event this weekend. On Saturday, it’s “Bring us your crap” day from 10 AM to 5 PM. Bring us your old projects and junk that you just don’t have the time to fix. Then, on Sunday, we’ll be opening the door to a bunch of preselected Makers [...]

Great Haul At the Flea Market

I hadn’t been to the Laney College flea market in a couple of months, mainly due to the rain and the fact that I’ve been wicked busy since the year started. But yesterday, I went over and checked it out. good thing too, as the next two weeks are going to be no-flea-market weeks since [...]

Broken Parking Meters

Last Friday, Oakland art night, we wandered down to the Oakland Museum. There were a bunch of broken parking meters along the way. Someone really went to town on a whole street full of them. Naturally, V and Chelsea did too.

Van Kleef’s Bass Night

This Thursday, March 13, Van Kleef’s is having a representative from Bass beer in to say “howdy.” That means $2 Bass!

The Buzz-ards

V and I came up with a name for the art scene folk in Oakland.  For those not in the know (As I so often say) there is an underground art movement in Oakland, centered around 23rd and Telegraph. There are a couple of galleries in this area, like 21 Grand, Rock Paper Scissors, Esteban [...]

Martin Webb’s Show at Sabar

Martin Webb is a British artist, and a charming fellow, who’s lived in the US off and on for the last 5 years. He’s worked in a  number of mediums, and has even taught art before. But he recently got a day job spreading concrete patios and flooring. He took a liking to the material. [...]

Oaklandish Capture the Flag Rules

I hope they are still able to do it next time, but the Oaklandish capture the flag game is phenomenal fun and great exercise. It draws a hell of a lot of odd stares from security guards, passers-by and police officers. And it’s getting quite popular. The game is played, usually, at 8:30 PM on [...]