This is a follow up to my post on the Alco MSM-5a from about a month ago. This is an unexceptional mosaic readout display but the major differences, that I can tell, between this and the 5A is that this one is a little bit smaller, it cannot be easily disassembled and it includes a [...]

This is a time lapse video a made on Saturday, August 22nd from 2PM to 10PM.  Photos were taken at 15 second intervals with a Canon 5D Mark II and 24-105 f/4 L lens.  The camera was set to aperature priority at F/12 to ensure a balance between focus and sufficient light for the evening [...]

I re-discovered this game recently. The last time I played it was on my parents’ AT&T 6300 with CGA graphics!  It is actually a really good game.  It is a table tennis variation with a breakaway wall in different shapes.  Some bricks drop pill-shape items down that change your paddle size, number of balls it [...]

I have a great old photo of Minneapolis in my collection that I am trying to place a date on.  I am guessing 1930′s-40′s but I can’t tell for sure.  It appears to be taken from Hennepin Avenue from ~6th street facing southwest.  Does anyone have a better idea?

MSM-5A Mosaic Readout Indicator Incandescent Display taken apart and photographed

I love this song but until yesterday, I had no idea that this song had a music video.  Wow, it is creepy and weird, even for Daft Punk standards.  It starts out with a title slide that looks like it is straight from the 70s.  I can’t tell for sure, but it appears that this [...]

I just ordered a pair of Alco MSM-5A incandescent indicators from seller hp2114b on eBay.  In retrospect, I should have purchased all 5 so I could make a clock out of them.  The remaining 3 units sold out within half of a day after I made my purchase.  At $10/each, these things were very reasonably [...]