NB Miata project – Purchasing a Mazda Miata

William Quade on September 19, 2021

My last post covered my experiences with my first project car, a 1987 Honda Accord. At that end of that post I mentioned that I purchased a NB Miata to replace it. Today marks six months since purchasing my Miata so I thought I’d start a series covering my experiences owning it.

This is an introductory post where I cover what a Miata is, why I chose it, the original condition, and how I prepared the car for what was to come. I have several other posts that I’ll be publishing in the near future covering the first six months of ownership. [Read More]

Ten months with a 3rd Generation Honda Accord

William Quade on July 11, 2021

I have a lot of work in progress posts for video game console modding topics, but I thought I’d go ahead and share an unrelated project I worked on last year. Expecially considering that my last post was nearly a year ago (I’m still alive, and the store section on this website is still active). That project is a 3rd generation Honda Accord, a 1987 model year car in particular.

The search for a project car

I have always been interested in cars and spent a lot of time when I was younger playing car racing video games. A project car to tinker on was on my mind, but it wasn’t until I moved out on my own in 2019 that I even really had the opportunity to purchase a project car of my own. I already had a reliable daily driver that didn’t need tinkering, and also didn’t have the garage space living with my parents. [Read More]

PS1Digital first impressions review and installation – PS1 HDMI

William Quade on September 26, 2020

This month the first generally available batches of PS1Digital kits were sold and I managed to get one. I thought I’d go ahead and write up a short review covering my first impressions and installation experience.

For anyone who is interested in the PS1Digital but doesn’t feel comfortable installing the kit themselves I will be providing installation services.

PS1 video output options

One of the challenges that users of old video game consoles experience is connecting them to modern TVs. Most new TVs don’t support the video signals coming out of old consoles, and if they do they can be prone to bugs and glitches. There is also the fact that a lot of times the analog video signal itself just doesn’t look so great. [Read More]

Windows 7 gaming PC build – Windows through the ages

William Quade on September 8, 2019

Windows 7 was an extremely successful operating system. It took a lot of the more modern features of Windows Vista, refined them, along with bringing many new features that are still here in Windows 10.

Many people still use Windows 7 at the time I’m writing this post, but the operating system is quickly approaching the end of its life. Free extended support is ending in January, and the 10 year anniversary of the release of the operating system will be in October.

Because of that I thought it would be a good time to put together a period correct Windows 7 gaming PC and document it on my website. [Read More]

August update 2019

William Quade on August 4, 2019

It has been a while since I last made a blog post (it’s quickly approaching a year). I’ve primarily been improving the PS1 and PS2 modchip guides. I have also been keeping up with my eBay store and the store on this website. In this August 2019 update I’m writing about what my plans are for this blog in the coming months.

Guide update

I have been working on comprehensive guides for PS1 and PS2 modchips. They are to help others get information about chips, and how to install them. It makes more sense to put installation instructions into more static pages instead of chronological blog posts. [Read More]