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A Decade of www.irace.net

Posted by spblat on August 18, 2006 09:13 PM

www.irace.net came into existence on August 23, 1996, ten years ago. Since then it has not evolved into a powerhouse of a blog, nor a daily destination for my many thousands of fans. So on this truly august occasion, I present this timeline documenting the history of the site (and the others that have popped up in our lives since then).

See The Timeline.

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Back in the Truck!

Posted by spblat on August 16, 2006 08:47 PM

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Finally got off the pavement after moving to Oregon nearly a year ago. Click on to see a short video from our trip down Molalla Canyon. The trip was interrupted before it even started by an amazing RC Airplane event.

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MAME Madness

Posted by spblat on December 4, 2005 12:57 AM

I've been a busy boy.

Bought an old Tempest that had been converted into a Mat Mania. MAME conversion in progress. Click the first pile for photos.

In the final shot in the above set you'll see my carefully designed control panel (here's the drawing itself, 150dpi, visio available upon request). Once I'm done installing the control panel and other hardware, it'll be time to get Laura to help design the cabinet. I'd like to use some or most of these classic images as part of the design. Click below for more--how many of the games do you recognize?

Future updates on this project won't be posted here. Look at http://irace.net/mame for more details.

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Let's Get Muddy!

Posted by spblat on January 23, 2005 10:59 PM

Well that was fun! The four of us and twelve complete strangers took our seven 4Runners out to Anza Borrego for a day of goofing off. I got to be a pretty cool dude for pulling chiefiji out of the dirt when he got stuck early in the day. Me and my lifted, revo'd 4Runner are invincible! I've never been stuck! (Well, except that one time in the Bronco...)

I've pulled friends out of trouble at least four times (including today). Today I was rescued big-time by my new friends at T4R.org. Thanks guys! Let's do it again soon!

See the video. Or click below for a few photos.

Here's a map showing where we were.

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Thanksgiving 2004

Posted by spblat on December 16, 2004 09:59 AM

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Instead of romping in the trucks this year, we celebrated my dad's 60th birthday with a few days on Lake Mead. The usual crew (Will, Heather, the kids, Will's parents, Peter) was joined by Grandpa Bill and Aunt Kathy. It was an absolute smash. Happy birthday dad!

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Welcome Zachary!

Posted by spblat on May 18, 2004 09:38 PM

Zachary William Brown joined our family recently. Last week Heather went out to Chicago to meet him and help Alison and Tom out.

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Anza Borrego Springtime Quickie

Posted by spblat on March 22, 2004 12:08 PM

We had a fabulous weekend bumping around Anza Borrego with the new YJ.

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As for me, I learned this weekend that nothing in life prepares you for the experience of driving through Anza Borrego in a topless Jeep, seeing the ocotillos in full bloom, all while listening to Joe's Garage on the stereo.

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Snow!

Posted by spblat on February 21, 2004 09:14 PM

Tammie and Ray across the street took their kids up near Big Bear today, and came back with a vanload of snow.

Naturally, a snowball fight ensued.

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Be Very Afraid

Posted by spblat on February 19, 2004 05:29 PM

Does this mean he's growing up?

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Meccacopia Again

Posted by spblat on February 15, 2004 05:57 PM

We had some fun Valentine's day with the Schawackers.

We didn't get into any trouble like last time (or that other time), but near the end of the trip we got a little frisky, bouncing and sliding around in some open space.

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Howard Dean Spblat Remix

Posted by spblat on January 26, 2004 10:13 PM

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A week ago tonight, Howard Dean suprised and shocked the political world by actually showing some emotion. His over-the-top "hooting and hollering" (as he later referred to it) was truly an awesome spectacle, and has inspired dozens of audio remixes.