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The state of arcade gaming here in the Seattle area, part 3

August 29th, 2007 · No Comments

Continuing on…..
Seattle Waterfront Arcade
Because of this particular arcade’s proximity to a lot of Seattle’s tourist attractions on the waterfront, I suspect that local arcade game enthusiasts may not know about this one or want to deal with parking down in the increasingly popular area (according to a new report Seattle now ranks ninth in the […]

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a first impression of the new Comcast DVR / program guide

August 14th, 2007 · 1 Comment

It was heralded over postcards, a voice mail on my home phone, my cable box messages…. the new Program Guide and DVR interface is now on my Motorola cable box here in Seattle!
Let’s get this out of the way. I hate, hate, hate this box. It’s incredibly flaky to the point that I […]

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The state of arcade gaming here in the Seattle area, part 2

August 13th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Continuing on my thoughts about places to play arcade games here in Seattle…. some thoughts about a place near Eastlake…..
Jillians’s Billiards

This establishment seems to be primarily known as a place to play pool, but they have a decent selection of arcade games. They have a wider variety of games than the others listed - […]

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The state of arcade gaming here in the Seattle area, part 1

August 10th, 2007 · 1 Comment

The recent launch of CrankysArcade’s Blog about arcade games at IGN.com had me thinking about the last few times I’ve been out to a video arcade! Growing up there were places out in suburban Seattle that I went to several times a year; one was called “Zones” I think, the other was the “Fun Plex.” […]

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Save the Red Panda….!

August 8th, 2007 · 51 Comments

As a nice gift, my girlfriend Laura adopted a Red Panda for me from the kind folks at the Red Panda Project. Her name is Sanju.
I personally prefer the Red Panda over the “classic” Giant Panda. There are two at the Woodland Park Zoo that we visited on a sunny day last weekend. They’re […]

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the Seattle air conditioner myth

July 24th, 2006 · No Comments

To quote a great man - “secrets and lies… why is it always secrets and lies?”
As readers would note, I did not blog this weekend. I feel like I had a great reason not to; it was Extremely Hot here in the Seattle area this weekend, with temperatures reaching in to the high 90’s. Yes, […]

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