Purpose of the blog revisited

You might have noticed a dearth of family related stories lately. That's because, as mentioned earlier, I'm on Facebook now. I was iffy about publicly posting so much information about my family in the first place. Now Facebook has become the default place to post photos and keep people updated. This is because 1) I (theoretically) control who sees the information and 2) it's been much easier to get people to look at things there than to coax them to my blog. I'm still considering whether I should cross-post the blog to Facebook.

So, what will you find here? Well, it's still the home of the Rom blog. I'll also use it to rant on those rare occasions I feel something must be ranted about. And, as I said originally, I'll be going back and posting pre-blog items here.

And that's what I've spent this evening doing. First, there was the "thoughts and tips" section of my home page. That's now done, although I had to guess at some of the dates. Then there was a couple Usenet posts about collecting video games and a Weird Al concert I wanted to preserve. That's now done, too. The links to them can be found below. I've turned commenting off for these back-dated posts, so if you want to comment on them, do it here.

• 28 Nov 1994: Finally found my gold mine!
  
• 1 Jun 1995: Tip of the Moment (cat in bushes)
  
• 10 Jan 1996: Tip of the Moment (company in the red)
  
• 30 Jan 1996: Thought (blank disk)
  
• 10 Feb 1996: Thought (babies don't take holidays)
  
• 26 Feb 1996: Thought (fortune cookie)
  
• 13 Mar 1996: Thought (Bad Hair Day)
  
• 12 Apr 1996: Tip of the Moment (laser surgery)
  
• 20 Jun 1996: Tip of the Moment (washing machine hoses)
  
• 01 Aug 1996: Tip of the Moment (second opinion for cars)
  
• 2 Dec 1996: Thanksgiving finds (Goldmine lost)
  
• 15 Apr 1997: Tip of the Moment (tax withholding)
  
• 1 Sep 1997: Thought (leather leisure suit)
  
• 16 Mar 1998: Tip of the Moment (holes in walls)
  
• 25 Aug 2000: Weird Al concert report: Birmingham and Bermuda (LONG)
  
• 21 Feb 2001: Tip of the Moment (battery springs)

A look at a Rom that wasn't

Back in 2000, thanks to Usenet, Rom, Spaceknight Revisited posted a bit of information of a circa 1998 proposal for a return of Rom by Benny R. Powell and Jim Calafiore. Well, right now you can find a page of Calafiore's art of the redesigned Rom on eBay! Frankly, I'm not sure Rom's the same with fingers, but I'll let you judge it for yourselves.