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Donald Brown has been programming Macs since 1984, been taking digital pictures since the first consumer Casio camera, and playing with gadgets since he got out of his crib.

You can see his website at EamonTales.com

A current passion is creating Home Arcade machines. You can see his arcades at Domesticated Arcades

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Mini-Wurlitzer Bubbler (Final) : The Mini-Wurlitzer Bubbler is now finished. I had to power down from a 2.4GHz Pentium 4 to a 1.8 Celeron due to power issues.

Mini-Wurlitzer Bubbler (Final)

The Mini-Wurlitzer Bubbler is now finished. I had to power down from ...

Updated: Jan 24, 2004 5:30am PST

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This is the Living Room Arcade. When closed, it looks like any other cabinet in the living room. But, when open, it can play arcade games on the PC, or GameCube or XBox games routed to the monitor. You also have access to the keyboard and mouse routed, the arcade controls and keyboard tray both pull out for use.

It borrows a great deal from the Secret Arcade.

This was T.C., the youngest of my previous generation of cats. Poor T.C. was always very timid. But eventually, she did come to trust me.

When the cats arrived in my house, they immediately took to the old cat tree. Resting, watching outside, watching me, and apparently a conversation nook too.

This was Banshee, a cat that graced my house for several years. Very laid back cat, loved to cuddle--but was a real clown when the mood struck him.

This is Odis, the one who sees my camera and decides to show off instead of running and hiding. He's positive that my root beer would be tasty, but he's never had any.

The alligators are well-fed. The facility is also a fish farm, the water heated from hot springs on the property. Alligators make good garbage disposal units for fish farms.

This was my first arcade cabinet I built, and the only one I didn't design. It's a cocktail style, two people can sit down and play.

This is the Desktop arcade, one of the simplest arcades I've seen. It can be created in a single weekend.

This is the Wurlitzer Mini-Bubbler, an 18" replica of a Wurlitzer JukeBox, complete with neon lights and bubbling tubes. But it only has a Radio and a CD player.This is the Wurlitzer PC.

This is the new cat furniture, with a swinging tube. Not a big hit with the cats, but Odis tried it out.

This was supposed to be a picture of the second generation of cats. Unfortunately, Milo decided to hog to spotlight, and I've never gotten them together again. The one group picture I've got was put together in photoshop.

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General Pictures : Just some random pictures

General Pictures

Just some random pictures

Updated: Jan 24, 2005 8:35am PST

Ebony & Ivory Rebuild : While I'm happy with the hardware in the Ebony and Ivory project, I'm rebuilding the case. It will be made of wood, stained. Half will be stained with a very light stand, the other with a very dark stain. It will also be thinner.

Ebony & Ivory Rebuild

While I'm happy with the hardware in the Ebony and Ivory project, I'm ...

Updated: Feb 26, 2004 6:56pm PST

Ebony & Ivory : This is a project in development.

It will have two computers inside its case, a Macintosh and a PC. Can a Mac and PC be put in one cabinet without blowing up? We'll see.

This is a project in development. It will have two computers inside ...

Updated: Feb 14, 2004 6:53pm PST

Lite-Brite PC :

Updated: Feb 08, 2004 2:27pm PST

Mini-Wurlitzer Bubbler (Final) : The Mini-Wurlitzer Bubbler is now finished. I had to power down from a 2.4GHz Pentium 4 to a 1.8 Celeron due to power issues.

Mini-Wurlitzer Bubbler (Final)

The Mini-Wurlitzer Bubbler is now finished. I had to power down from ...

Updated: Jan 24, 2004 5:30am PST

Travel Pictures : These are pictures from trips I've taken recently

Travel Pictures

These are pictures from trips I've taken recently

Updated: Jan 13, 2004 1:44pm PST

My Cats, old and new :

My Cats, old and new

Updated: Jan 13, 2004 1:41pm PST

Nature Pictures : While I'm mostly an indoors kind of guy, sometimes I do make it out into the great outdoors, or at least the great backyard.

Nature Pictures

While I'm mostly an indoors kind of guy, sometimes I do make it out in ...

Updated: Jan 13, 2004 1:40pm PST

Arcades : These are arcade machines that I have created. All were created in my workshop, made from wood. Most have computers in them to make the games play.

These are arcade machines that I have created. All were created in my ...

Updated: Jan 04, 2004 12:38pm PST

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