Mark Hayward Is My Hero

A few years ago I hauled my Atari 2600 out of the basement. Of course the games aren’t as involved as modern video games, but some of them are still really fun, and the nostalgia is great.

Like most original paddles, mine had so much jitter to them that they were unusable. Once again, the good ol’ internet saved me. I did a quick search and found this site with fantastic step-by-step instructions on how to clean and fix my paddles. It was surprisingly easy, and I could not have figured it out on my own. Thanks internet!

I just got a new hard drive and it didn’t come with a stand so that it could sit upright on my desk… fortunately I eat a lot of pizza.

Actually, I save these little pizza tripods for displaying my spin-top collection, and most of them I got, unused, from a friendly pizza shop.