BoltBait's Blog

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November 22, 2024 - Backyard Project
 

After my house burned down in the Caldor Fire, I bought a house in Roseville, California. It was new construction and therefore did not have a finished backyard. One of the things you agree to when buying new construction is to do something with the backyard within the first year. Here's what I did.

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August 30, 2024 - Racecar Simulator
 

Ever since I built my virtual pinball machine, I've wanted to build a racing simulator arcade cabinet. I finally moved from an appartment into a house (with garage, yea!) so I started planning my next project. I decided on a dedicated racing simulator.

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August 17, 2021 - Caldor Fire
 

On August 17, 2021, the Caldor Fire ripped through my small community and burned my house and garage to the ground. The family and pets are safe, but we lost a lifetime of trinkets and memories.

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May 31, 2018 - Virtual Pinball
 

I've always been a big fan of pinball. As a kid, I played way more pinball than video games. I'm not sure what it was that drew me in, but I was hooked from the first play. I've always wanted to own a real pinball machine but never had a spare $5000 to buy one. Recently, I learned that you could buy a virtual pinball machine for $5000 that had hundreds of games inside it--and the games are faithful recreations of all the old games I remember playing as a kid. But, I still don't have $5000... Come with me on a journey to build my own virtual pinball machine for as close to $550 as I can get.

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