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tilemaker

Whatchu lookin' at, Doosh?!

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Harry Williams

Music:

Guided By Voices

Books:

...smell bad

Heroes:

Anyone who worked in the pinball industry

My Blog

PONG

Although I've never seen an actual upright of this, my brother did have one of the many alt-brand copies that sported just the off/on switch, two knobs, and a TV hookup. I can't distinctly remember pl...
Posted by tilemaker on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:21:00 PST

CENTIPEDE

I decided to buckle down and make a series of lil' arcade cabinets. First off the production line is Atari's Centipede. I'm doing a total of 10... anyone with a favorite they'd like to see built, let ...
Posted by tilemaker on Mon, 12 May 2008 05:04:00 PST

It finally happened...

...I'm building a new lamp, and in the process of trying out a circuit i guess i wired something wrong...long story short, the resulting electrical short blew the prongs off of the toggle switch I ins...
Posted by tilemaker on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:33:00 PST

New lamp

This was made from a Virtis solution filter found at a flea market in dear, dear Ohio. It was really difficult to clean out....
Posted by tilemaker on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 03:46:00 PST

Oh Boyeee!

For those in Indy, my little spark plug book is being shown at the Broadripple arts center on Dec. 14th through February, I think. It's part of the student show. So come out and watch me be uncomforta...
Posted by tilemaker on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:01:00 PST

Little Brothers

I found out today, a week too late, that the hallowed Columbus, Ohio venue Little Brothers has closed. LBs was the site of my first 18 and up show, as well as numerous other awesome performances (DFA1...
Posted by tilemaker on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:37:00 PST

New Book!

It's all about them spark plugs....
Posted by tilemaker on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 03:49:00 PST

Mini Hi-Fi

Cardboard + Glue x Black & Silver Sharpie...
Posted by tilemaker on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:31:00 PST

Reading in decline

I work at a bookstore, so maybe I'm biased. Especially when it comes to articles like this.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20 07/01/19/AR2007011901361.html?sub=ARI remember being i...
Posted by tilemaker on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:00:00 PST

No. 2...

My second mechanical child. Gottlieb's Duotron, 1974...a big festering mass of switches and relays. I've almost got it scoring properly, and a full game is possible with some scoring anomalies on the ...
Posted by tilemaker on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:30:00 PST