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Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12403528703202099867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139276.post-1156305166944906452006-08-23T13:51:00.000+10:002006-09-03T01:45:29.630+10:00

Here is a youtube video of my arcade machine in action: Putting 20 cents into the coin slot, Seeing the split screen for non-cocktail games on cocktail units, Dying on Mario, Seeing the inside, Etc. etc. Short video of Arcade Machine

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I was going to post this as I was making it, but then got caught up in it all and just ended up making it! This is my new arcade machine I built. It took me about 1-2 weeks and maybe all up about $400 (excluding the computer and monitor). I based the design on the original Pacman Cocktail style and altered a few things. Here are some pics of it in progress. The pieces before construction

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12403528703202099867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139276.post-1132563737264201742005-11-21T19:52:00.000+11:002005-11-21T20:02:17.273+11:00

Well, it is about a week left till Warwick and I leave for Japan. We are going for about 4 months to the Gala Ski Resort in Niigata. A few months ago we applied to go work there through a program called boobooSki and we were successful and are now finally on our way there! My wallet is feeling a lot lighter now after buying all the things we need to go... These include a snowboard (boots,

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Here are some movies from out latest cannoning! These are all quicktime, so you will need some kind of quicktime viewer. A performance to behold 12.3MB (QuickTime Movie) Even the best have off days 1.19MB (QuickTime Movie) Fool+Good Shot 6.67MB (QuickTime Movie) Good shot red two 2.62MB (QuickTime Movie) Woz fails to perform 2.81MB (QuickTime Movie) Woz shows his skill 2.14MB (

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You may know I like my flash animations... Well from the same people (i think) who brought us SHINBASHI, I have found another. Kikkoman Does anyone else remember Maiyahi-, maiyahu-, etc? Well this one has the same concept, take a song in a foreign language, and let it be words in your language... Yatta Anyone else got any weird ones?

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Whats the point of having a webpage if you never update it... Well I think it is about time for an update!!! It has been more than half a year since I last updated it. Just recently, I found this cool website that has this sheet music by Mozart called the "Mirror Canon". There is also a second one too. This mirror canon, is a duet for violins which can be read upside down and the right way up.

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12403528703202099867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139276.post-1092658810015764442004-08-16T22:16:00.000+10:002004-08-16T22:20:10.026+10:00

After many problems with the cannon's wiring falling off, I have finally decided to solder it together and also to make it shoot further, I have given it an extra paint job... Giving it army camouflage! I will put more photos up once I get a chance.

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Only days before our school's musical production "Barnum" opened, our lead fell and broke his arm. Sadly, this meant that we had to postpone it for a few months. However this now means that we have more time to make the production better than ever! I also have more time to learn the unicycle, which I have been practicing and become quite good at!

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12403528703202099867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139276.post-1088596197753287122004-06-30T21:39:00.000+10:002004-06-30T21:49:57.753+10:00

It is not the East or the West side... Another sign that I have too much time on my hands during the holidays, is when I start watching flash animations I find on the internet. There are always the classics (Star Wars Gansta Rap) and then there are the ones from people who must have a hell of a lot more time on their hands than I do. Take the Dopefish tribute animation for example.... The

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This is my cannon :) Now that I am on my holidays, I came up with this ingenious idea to make a cannon. After seeing my cousin's cannon, I thought to myself... I could do that, and so I did. Warwick and I were not doing much and so we suddenly found ourselves at Bunnings, buying some PVC pipes. This cannon is made from 4 PVC pipe pieces all put together with PVC glue. We also bought a BBQ

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12403528703202099867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139276.post-1088516464855928182004-06-29T23:33:00.000+10:002004-06-29T23:41:04.856+10:00

New Layout! Well, sorry to everyone who ever read my webpage (most likely not many people) as I hadn't updated my webpage since I came back from Japan. I have decided to continue writing about the strange happenings of my life again so that you may have something interesting to read again. In case you all didn't know, I am still alive after coming back from Japan and I am doing Year 12...

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12403528703202099867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139276.post-1070843177237194772003-12-08T11:26:00.000+11:002003-12-08T11:27:17.733+11:00

Yesterday was the Japanese Language proficiency Exam which I took in Shizuoka City. Carly also took it in Tokyo but she was taking the 2nd level... Whereas I took the 3rd. A 3 and a half hour exam took about 6 hours as they had hour breaks between each section of the exam.. They should have just run it all at once! I think I did ok, but there was a few q's that I couldn't answer properly :S After

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Hey everyone! I don't really have access to the internet at all anymore. School is just about to finish, and I have about 35 days till I come home... If there is anything really important to send to me, send it to my mobile phone on bodie@c.vodafone.ne.jp this can only read like about 300 characters, so if you do write a mail, don't make it too long. Yesterday I sent two boxes home so I

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Just recently I went on the Rotary Autumn Tour to Hiroshima, Nara and Kyoto. Following the trip we all went to the District conference in Koufu. On the way we stopped by Himeji Castle which is one of the largest castles in Japan (the largest?) and took a tour inside the castle to the very top and all the way down. The stairs in the castle are very steep and there was many times hitting our heads

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12403528703202099867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139276.post-1067345629004232072003-10-28T23:53:00.000+11:002003-10-28T23:53:55.013+11:00

Today was the "Sweet Potato Party". Every student went out onto the baseball field to their home room's position to set up a fire and get ready to do some sweet potato cooking! Seeing as this was the whole school, there was toooo much smoke coming from everyone's fires and so my eyes were watering for most of the day. Some people had set up a little fry pan over their tins filled with fire and

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Yesterday we had an earthquake drill at school (as opposed to the normal fire drill). We had to all get under our desks while the 'earhquake' was happening then all the students had to fit down the stairs... I think if there was really an earthquake I'd be in trouble as I am on the 6th floor of the building (top is 7th) and it takes a long time to get down by stairs....

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12403528703202099867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139276.post-1065362296669907092003-10-05T23:58:00.000+10:002003-10-05T23:58:16.856+10:00

Mark!!! I have now done the Mt. Fuji photos. Took my time, didn't I! Just click the photos button on the left hand side to get there. Over and out!

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mail is stupid again. mail mattbode(at)optusnet.com.au instead please! (change at (just in case of spam ppl are listening into this page))

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My parents were here and are now gone and things are getting back to normal again! The next few blogs will be written by my mum :) Thanks mum! (She wrote them down in a book as we were on our travels).. Now I just have to wait for her to type it up.... as she is soooo slow :P (Probably the same time as it takes me to remember to write blogs!).

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Trip to Itami As Maroondah was coming to Hyogo prefecture's Itami for 2 weeks, I thought I should pay them a visit and also catch up with all the people I knew from Itami. I was told that I was welcome to stay at Takeshi's house (Takeshi who stayed at my house in Australia, and I stayed at his house when I went to Itami 2 years ago). I wanted to get as much time as I could there, but since I

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12403528703202099867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139276.post-1064363316118629382003-09-24T10:28:00.001+10:002003-09-24T10:31:56.683+10:00

Stay tuned for Mt. Fuji trip photos (Mark sorry, I will get there soon!) In the next update: - Photos - Going back to itami to see: - Maroondah Kids - National Boys Choir (met them on the street) - Friends from Itami - Universal Studios Japan - The upcoming trip of the parents to Hamamatsu (Saturday)

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Mt. Fuji ----------- Before the great expedition to the top of Fuji, we had a two day Rotary Orientation Camp at Gotenba. At the camp we were able to meet all the new exchange students (as all the other students except for Mark and I had gone home) and also the Rotex from this year (Ex-exchange Students). It was another lot of speeches from the Rotarians and a lot of sitting around and

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The next post will be some photos and a story about my Mt. Fuji trip! But first, I will bring you up to date on other important matters! On Thrusday night, I will be coming to Itami to say hello to Maroondah and all the people in Itami. I had a look at how I can get there, and I can go by shinkansen, but it seems like it is going to cost about 8500 yen one way.... well it is a sacrifice I have

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12403528703202099867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139276.post-1061976738457192572003-08-27T19:32:00.000+10:002003-08-27T19:32:18.413+10:00

I am truly sorry for not writing much in here, but I have no excuse but just being forgetful. I'll bring you up to date on what has been happening lately. Please enjoy my Tokyo Tale!

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