Sorry - I don't have any leads on finding your cufflinks. We just most write about thrift store scores on Retro THIng. :) Good luck!

I don't really know what the "state of the art" is right now in Paint By Numbers software. I'd just have a poke around and see what people are using these days. It's not exactly a demanding application, so I'll bet that the old software is just as good as ever with whatever minor updates that may have happened over the last few years. Good luck!

If you were local to Chicago, I'd come pick it up. I'm afraid that the bottom might be rusting out of mine. I'm sure that you'll get some interest if you do a well-placed Craigslist ad for all all those hipsters who are looking for a cooler way to throw out their garbage. ;)

One nice thing about some chord organs is that they're simple enough inside that the mechanically inclined among us can take a shot at fixing them ourselves. In Chicago we still have a couple stalwarts who repair creaky old instruments. I'd recommend that you look into anyone who repairs accordions as the general method of creating sounds is roughly the same in chord organs i.e. air blowing across a series of reeds. There don't tend to be any electronics in a chord organ aside from the electric motor in there. If you look up an organ repair place, specify what you've got. When I was looking into getting my transistor organ fixed I found that the local folks that repair church organs don't know a lot about the electronics side of things. Good luck!

Sorry - this isn't an item that we ever had for sale. Also from my memory of using the Magic Fingers, it doesn't sound like it'll offer you the gentle rocking motion that you're after. sorry I couldn't be more helpful. Good luck!

Great way to summarize the slightly nutty history of the Wollensak name. Thanks for the assist! This email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by Avast. www.avast.com

You are so wonderful! I will definitely pursue this direction... and I'm sure my mother will want to thank you. ;)

So should I admit that I coincidentally picked up the Thunderbirds version only a few days before seeing this post. Real or not, I had to know how the stuff is supposed to work.

That wall was kind of a false wall, so there was actually a lot of room around the TV. Still not the best idea though, I wouldn't think. Yet, the TV did survive in there some 50+ years so it couldn't have been all bad. ;)

That's easy. Just ask the Magic 8 Ball.

We should totally do that, but for some reason 9 is a harder number. ;) We'll have to knock our heads together and see what we can come up with. We do have plans for some posts leading up to the holidays, so we should try to sneak in a couple of 9's.. you're totally right.

It's just simple optics, so no... there's no reason that one company's titler would be exclusive to that same company's camera. Bolex offered a couple of very elaborate titling kits that you could use with any camera. In fact, I saw some of those titlers still in use in the 90s when I was in film school! So in summary, if your camera fits on the device, and there's room enough to adjust the macro lens and get focus, you're good to go.

Sorry to hear you feel that way. Knowing Ben a little, I have to say that I'm constantly amazed at everything he's able to accomplish; his various projects, his weekly show... all in the tangled wilds of Wisconsin. :)