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Arcade Build Update 1

The History Having my own arcade machine has been a dream of mine since I was a little kid. I remember going to the local arcade as a treat when I was good, and it was like winning the lottery for me. The lights and sounds, the smell, the choices, it was overwhelming in the best way possible. I can remember playing time crisis, or DDR with fri...

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Games I need to finish or play 2019 edition

In a recent conversation with a good friend of mine, we started to discuss games were are playing or need to play. As we went on, it became very apparent to the both of us that the list is huge and keeps growing. We just never seem to finish anything, or we play a game that is to long and by the time we truly get into the meat and bones of it, s...

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Pi-hole Server is Awesome!

A friend recently asked me if I knew of a good way to block ads on his home network. At the time I didn’t, but I started to dig into it more, since this is something I have also been curious about. Ads have become more and more annoying and intrusive to our lives. The people that use them for the right reasons get a bad rap, by the people who hi...

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Website Revamp

The site was in desperate need of an update. Every day GitHub was letting me know that there were errors and risks on the site and that Jekyll was not running the best version. I finally gave in and decided to try and get this thing working to the best of my limited ability. Jekyll not running correct version This was a tough one for me since ...

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Finally An Update

I know I have not really been working to much on this site recently, but now I feel like I have more time to do so. Recently starting a new job that will do wonders for my work and home life balence should also give me some more time to work on developing. I had some ideas which I will discuss below, but nothing is sticking as out yet. Quick Dr...

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Dev Diary First Run

Dev Diary 1 Over the past few months I have been working on a new app/gaem idea with a guy from work using the Godot Engine. It has been long process and I wanted to document some of the things I have already learned and what I would change if I could go back and tell the old me about it. Git Git is your friend, but it can also be your worst ...

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Freeplay Zero Complete

Freeplaytech Complete So I finally was able to complete the FreePlay Zero build that I have been working on and I have to say i could not be happier with how it turned out. I had a few minor issues with it that I could have fixed with the use of better tools, but we will save that for the version 2.0 that I will be making. With a 32GB SD Card i...

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Freeplay Zero DIY Build

Freeplaytech DIY Kit Recently I purchased a Freeplaytech DIY Kit to turn my old GBA into a portable arcade. I am super excited about this since I can easily play all the old games on NES, SNES, SEGA, or any other system from my childhood. While the kit is coming in today I was able to snag the Raspberry Pi Zero and SD card yesterday. Progress S...

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