Arcade cabinets and emulators were the topic of discussion on slashdot recently when they linked to Aaron Mahler's site.

Aaron has thoroughly documented his project and its one of the most well done and updated online resources on the subject. I'm particularly impressed by how he wired his control panel so nicely. He's as free with the wire as I was although I don't think I used nearly 200 feet - maybe 60.

In the discussion, I came across a couple of links that ought to be of interest if you are planning on doing a similar project:

• This project has inspired me to thinkg about putting some artwork on my cabinet. I've been contemplating leaving it as bare wood but some nice retro aracade artwork really improves a project.
• I plan on grabbing some from Classic Arcade Game Art although I'm not sure how I'll get this onto the wood itself. Maybe print it at kinko's and use some adhesive to put it on nicely?
• Oscar controls has a whole ton of useful artwork for control panels and marquees.

Came across an interesting tip today that if your x-box magazine demo cd doesn't work you should boil it. Back in my day we had cartridges and if they didn't work you blew on the connectors. And we liked it!

Hopefully it won't get worse before it gets better. I'll give my dad and aunt another call this weekend to get their perspective on the situation.

Sanchez de Lozada, a 73-year-old U.S.-educated businessman and one of the wealthiest people in the country, is disliked by millions of Bolivians who see him as a "gringo" out of touch with the needs of South America's poorest country.\ A U.S.-led effort to eradicate coca, the raw material for cocaine, and an unpopular plan to export natural gas sparked the unrest in the landlocked nation of 8 million mainly indigenous people.

Bolivia Gov't Coalition Falls Apart, Protests Rage