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Giant Robo aka Jonny Sokko & his Flying Robot

Roy — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:26:11 +0000

I just discovered this on Hulu last night!
I am a Kaiju and tokusatsu fan, but this ,the father of all suitamation tv shows, has escaped me.
Giant Robot fights Monster, rinse & repeat.
The acting is over the top, the special effects are cheap, and the plot is pure sci-fi camp.
I LOVE IT!

The series was out of copyright for a while, but MGM got the rights to it and it’s all on Hulu.

And check out Dr. Botanus, aka Father of Destro. What were they thinking?
On that note, the badguy terrorist group on the show, “The Gargoyle Gang”
seems to have been the inspiration for much of Cobra on G.I. Joe.
Masked Blue Leader, Silver Faced minion, and the footsoldiers can’t aim.

Dr. Botanus, I presume?

This is why the internet is awesome. Here’s to you Reuben Guberman, whoever you are!

NOW WITH 3.0 !

Roy — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:58:53 +0000

Kickin’ it with WordPress 3.0.

Lucio Fulci’s “Zombi” showcased in Toshiba Laptop Commercial

Roy — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:44:37 +0000

One of the strangest scenes captured on film, now shilling for Toshiba.

edit:
And there’s shirt to commemorate it?

Schylling Accordion Teardown & Repair

Roy — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:47:19 +0000

I picked up a Schylling toy accordion at a yard sale in 2008.
I had seen these in gift shops and toy stores for ages,
and when the price was right ( 3 bucks! ) I snatched it up.

The previous owner was a kid ( who was running the yard sale! )
and it already had some wear on it.
I have a toddler and he put it through even more use,
until eventually it stopped working.

It no longer played any notes and had something clunking around inside.
So I decided to fix it. First, I had to figure out what was keeping it together.
I unscrewed the hand straps but that wasn’t it.

Then I opened the Bass key section thinking I could get in that way.
No, but I could see the bass pallets over the reed holes on the other end. :

From Schylling Accordion Teardown & Repair

There were however simple little threadless bolts holding the bellows to the piano section.

Little bolts in a paper cup and some tines and leathers:

From Schylling Accordion Teardown & Repair

Upon first opening, the loose “harmonicas” I found (aka Reed Ranks) :

From Schylling Accordion Teardown & Repair

The padding was falling off from wear or the loose ranks banging into them :

From Schylling Accordion Teardown & Repair

Bass Section :

From Schylling Accordion Teardown & Repair

Loose Reeds. Not to be confused with Lou Reed. :

From Schylling Accordion Teardown & Repair

Gasket rotted away & loose fasteners :

From Schylling Accordion Teardown & Repair

Broken Reed Rank :

From Schylling Accordion Teardown & Repair

Worn leathers & broken tines :

From Schylling Accordion Teardown & Repair

So I took some Elmer’s glue & reglued the leathers & reglued reed to the rank :

From Schylling Accordion Teardown & Repair

Some tines are still missing, but that sort of adds to the honky tonk.

Refastened the Reed Rank & some leathers still worn out, but attached:

From Schylling Accordion Teardown & Repair

Bass Reed Rank fastened on :

From Schylling Accordion Teardown & Repair

I also replaced the rotted gasket with a rubber band :

From Schylling Accordion Teardown & Repair

Now it plays pretty well. I’m pretty good at the intro to “Smoke on the Water”!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accordion

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-02

Roy — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:35:00 +0000

RT @beerad: RT @crowdSPRING: 66 Excellent Photoshop Web Design Layout Tutorials – http://bit.ly/4NwWOs #
RT @DesignerDepot: Designing Websites for Kids: Trends and Best Practices http://bit.ly/7Dgs0D #
@cabbagepatchlid what did u pick up? Anything good? in reply to cabbagepatchlid #
Gameloft is havin a sale, got @TS_wirelessgame for .99! Now if only I could get my money back from McG & T4. #
Old School Sesame Street never fails to make me smile #
If I could combine urbandead w/ a #unity3d interface, I think I’d have a perfect zombie game. Gotta get codin’ #justsayin #
Looking up scifi for 2 – 3 year olds. Mine’s seen E.T., Totoro, & Buckaroo Banzai. Likes Robots, Spiderman, & Curious George. #
RT @universalhub: The trafficcam you want to watch now: I-84 at the turnpike in Sturbridge http://bit.ly/55g9pQ #
Celeb Doppelganger! @LevenRambin: This resemblance thing w/ Emilie de Ravin has gone TOO FAR I’m ID’d in promo photos with Rob Pattinson. #
Found this http://bit.ly/8BrSXZ abt a clogged garbage disposal. Talk abt crowd sourced help! Invaluable knowledge. Fixed! #
B4 I even get inside @ home depot:” Can you tell me how much these wreaths are?” it’s all about the orange vest http://twitpic.com/qwcmv #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-25

Roy — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:35:00 +0000

RT @Syfy: I’m giving away Syfy movie DVDs (Pterodactyl, Manticore & Crimson Force) to 3 random people who RT this note by noon ET 11/25 #
Huzzah! @universalhub: Photo of the West Roxbury space that will become a Panera Bread http://bit.ly/2BQhu4 #
rocking @deastro grower ep #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-18

Roy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:35:00 +0000

Now if I smell something funky, the question is “Which kid pooped?” #
Jeremiah Simonds! 8 lbs 2 oz born early this morning! http://twitpic.com/ps8ow #
Making found object collage at the playground this morning : http://twitpic.com/pnhyu #
I lasted 372 days and covered 1967 miles on The Road. Can you do better? #
http://twitpic.com/p57uy – Whoa, I broke the survivetheroadgame.com The Road is busted. Can you do better? (or debugger?) #
I lasted 121 days and covered 1175 miles on The Road. Can you do better? survivetheroadgame.com #
found some bugs in survivetheroadgame.com. Exploiting them helps a little bit. Not much, haven’t survived yet. #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-11

Roy — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:35:00 +0000

@TaraBusch Red Dwarf? in reply to TaraBusch #
RT @somebadideas: James Franco doing a kind of postmodern stunt by taking a part on General Hospital for a few weeks?! http://bit.ly/1tWW1y #
Watching Anne Of Green Gables. I’m pretty sure she was the emo kid of her day. #
Scanned some slides I found on the sidewalk. Mostly 1970′s Roslindale. Vintage Google Street View. http://bit.ly/ltvmh #
finally ripping some old vinyl. A-Ha, New Order, Michael Jackson, and various sundries #
Off Road Velociraptor Safari? DON’T MIND IF I DO! http://raptorsafari.com/ #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-04

Roy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:35:00 +0000

Kyle Reese in Terminator: naked & steal a hobo’s pants, Nikes & a shotgun. http://twitpic.com/njzq9 #DIYcostumes #
http://twitpic.com/njsl6 raiding the candy jars at brickyardvfx #

I play games to break them

Roy — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:42:35 +0000

Detonating a 6 car pile up on the highway & a Hoopty Hydraulics jump glitch.

Soundtrack by http://www.bradybunchshrine.com

Gangstar is a pretty impressive iPhone game. Basically GTA clone for a mobile.
PROS: Driving off the ramps and bailing out of burning vehicles.
CONS: Disappointed that Gangstar can only have 6 onscreen vehicles at once.