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  1. Unspeakable undersea creatures swimming towards the camera

    What say you?
    You of the blossoming teardrop
    You of the salamander in flight
    You of the destined footsteps in silver
    We are who you are
    And we see the clock already ticking


    Been away for a day, stayed in a nice enough hotel, not what you'd call a high-class establishment yet servicable all the same. Room was a tad small, spent most of the evening glued to the television screen.

    Mainly due to the internet I haven't watched the small screen in ...
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  2. Hardware Fixes and Mods Part 1: Replacing the NES's Ill-fated 72 Pin Connector and Disabling the Lockout (10NES) Chip. (Part 2)

    by , August 7th, 2012 at 02:06 AM (Feeble Little Timesinks)
    Alright, continuing on where we left off:

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    The old connector is off. However, before we put the new one on, we're in prime position to take care of that pesky lockout chip. Turning the motherboard over will reveal it.

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    That's it right above those two blue capacitors, the right-lowest of the chips. Disabling it it actually incredibly easy. There are a total of 16 Pins connecting it. 8 on ...
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  3. Hardware Fixes and Mods Part 1: Replacing the NES's Ill-fated 72 Pin Connector and Disabling the Lockout (10NES) Chip. (Part 1)

    by , August 7th, 2012 at 01:38 AM (Feeble Little Timesinks)
    Hey guys. I have a hobby of working on console and arcade hardware, so I thought I'd share some of the fixes and mods on the blog here.

    These aren't going to be instructibles or the like, mainly just overviews so you can see if it's something you'd like to tackle. There's tons and tons of resources out there for all of these.

    And first off, we're going to make it so that NES won't make you blow on the cartridges/wipe them down with rubbing alcohol/do the dance of the ...
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  4. Nukerjsr's Channel

    To my friends out there (yeah right), this is a friend of mine who's trying to get more attention for his vlog, please subscribe if you find anything of interest in his stuff, his primary interests are movies, music and cooking.

    http://www.youtube.com/user/Nukerjsr
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  5. What the Beast's Lair means to me

    by , August 6th, 2012 at 08:27 PM (The Dark Side of the Moon (Kieran's Works))
    Next Fic Chapter: Trinity VII: The Twilight

    Completion Level: 4 pages (approx. 40%) - obviously, I wasn't as productive today as I'd hoped to be.

    Estimated Upload Date: Wednesday at the latest


    I recently got into a discussion that caused me to summarise, in effect, what the Beast's Lair means to me. I don't generally keep PMs, so I thought I'd share it here, with all of you. Some alterations have been made to protect my correspondent, and ...
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