Nerdbloke

The second coat of black paint went on this afternoon. As things were moving along quite nicely I started thinking about the side art I wanted to get printed. I went to localarcade.com only to find they’ve been shutdown due to spam-related activities!

Luckily google came to the rescue and found http://vectorlib.free.fr/ – they had exactly what I was looking for. Adobe Illustrator versions (vector graphics) and all.

I have started painting the arcade machine. I had a first draft attempt at the undercoat this afternoon. I have to flip the top half over tomorrow to finish. It’s quite hot at the moment (low-to-mid 30 degrees Celsius) so I shoud nearly be able to put the first coat of black gloss on tomorrow afternoon…

http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2009/12/-the-usb-flash-drive.ars

As much as I loath Paypal it seems they are providing some good service in the small business eCommerce sector.

ArsTechnica has a write up in November ‘09 about how to start using Paypal as a free eCommerce vendor.

Every kid loves paper planes right? The other day my little girl was watching the “big kids” at her after school care compete in a paper plane competition.

Today I found the paper plane that absolutely rocks.

Well named – the “Sky King” flies straight and true. I gently tossed it from my desk out my study door and it flew 20 feet and only lost about 1 or 2 feet in height when it slammed into a wall. Sturdy construction, slightly nose heavy and good lift let it repeat the process.

Instructions here: http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Fold_Your_Own_Sky_King_Paper_Airplane