Pictures of the family playing Pac-Man and Pinball. It was cute how Samantha and Lucas took turns playing while standing on the step stool. And you can’t see it because they got cut off, but if you click on the first picture you will see Lucas and Grandpa Dave playing Pac-Man and Pinball side by side! 
Update (Dec 8, 2009): The author of this plugin released his official Auto XFN-ify 1.2 update which includes my updates.
I noticed a link to my dad’s site was missing the XFN Parent icon. Looking at the code I saw references to xfn-parent.png, xfn-child.png, and xfn-spouse.png, but those images were missing in version 1.1. After some searching I found this guy’s site. I don’t know where he got them from, but on his server he had the missing images!
So, I updated my copy of Auto XFN-ify, and have submitted this update for the original author to review and publish to the WordPress plug-in directory.
Changelog:
I tested it on my WordPress 2.7.1 blog and it works as expected. Enjoy! 
Download: Auto XFN-ify v1.2 (unauthorized update)
After my success with bringing a Galaga 3 (Gaplus) cocktail back to life, last month I have been on the hunt for another good deal on a project game. Well, that hunt ended today with the purchase of a Pac-Man (PM) upright. The seller also had a Space Invaders Deluxe that he wanted to get rid of. I didn’t especially want it, but I got it cheap and ended up paying $180 for both. And to top it off, he delivered them to my garage for me!
The seller said neither game has worked in about 4 years. I tried powering on the Pac-Man and it did nothing. But it was missing a fuse so I expected as much. 
I haven’t tried powering up the Space Invaders Deluxe yet, but by the seller’s description it may just play blind.
Upon further inspection, I found an interesting small board hanging inside the cabinet and a bag of parts in the cabinet. As it turns out I got a bonus ABC Diagnostic and Repair Kit from TwoBits.com! This is a $100 kit!! The way I figure it, if the kit fixes Pac-Man I essentially got the Pac-Man for $50.
Assuming I can get the Space Invaders Deluxe working I am going to need a bezel/marquee glass. If anyone has a source for one, let me know.
The first name on the TwoBits’ receipt is different than the seller’s. And since the seller said the games were at his mom’s house made me think the games were his dad’s. So I won’t get any more answers out of him about their repair history.
The batteries on my camera died, so I will have to take pictures to share tomorrow. Here are links to the photos.
Album: Pac-Man
Album: Space Invaders Deluxe