Matt Clawson

@claw.dev

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work: union software developer and agitator interests: cooking, vintage electronics repair, video game history, woodworking he/him, nj

My work area showing the jig used for sawing pieces to length
Title screen for the NES release of the album "Extended Forecast," as played in a dingy basement on a Twin Famicom.
a screenshot of the Open Camera app settings showing the option for disabling auto rotation.
Photo of the entire module. The repaired areas are darkened slightly from the epoxy.
A close-up of a particle board enclosure being clamped with a caul.
Two wood blocks wrapped in clear tape and a clamp apply pressure to the edge of the rear panel. Epoxy fills the damaged area (not visible).
A video with no narration or relevant audio. It shows the arcade cabinet's speaker module box on its front face. The bottom face is barely attached to the rest of the box and is being manipulated back and forth by my hand. The bottom face was glued and tacked along its edges, but the particle board has ripped away from the glue. The particle board panel comprising this face has a split running along the thickness in the panel and has separated into several large pieces. Both sides of the module have similar damage.
A Jubeat arcade cabinet in operation. Photo credit Apetc via Wikipedia.
more bins. bigger bins. labeled "game boxes," "arcade," "JP consoles," etc
a bunch of basement shelves loaded up with various plastic bins containing video game cartridges and discs
A 3/4 angle photograph of World Cup Soccer by Williams Pinball.
Screenshot of "Treasure Mountain!" for DOS. The player character is attempting to catch an elf with a large fishing net.
A 3/4 photo of a Super Nintendo and a Nintendo 64. Each console has its respective Star Fox cartridge inserted into its cartridge slot. Resting on top of the Super Nintendo is an asciiPad controller with turbo and auto functionality.
Listing for stereo speakers on parts-express.com. The product photo is of the boxed product with all the classic 90s era design elements: abstract background, boxes of solid color behind text, multiple typefaces, and no shortage of iconography and symbols.
Marked-up photograph of the top portion of the Taxi playfield. A green arrow loops around one the ramps, indicating the location of a gate that opens to allow the ball to complete the path to the scoring target. Original photo credit: https://www.kineticist.com/games/pinball/taxi
Before photo: A System 11B 'power box' with power cable entering the metal enclosure from the top. A 'service outlet' is wired in parallel to the fuse and the RFI filter. An orange cable goes from the protected side of the fuse holder to the RFI filter.
chewed up picnic table seat
Two Johns and Marty of They Might Be Giants playing live music to a crowd.
a pixel art cat with pink fur and tan accents. they're lying down and looking up.
a bike leaned up against the fence on a bridge over a river.
Short clip of a an embedded YouTube player demonstrating an improperly-implemented volume slider. Upon hovering over the 'speaker icon' the volume slider appears, but when moving the mouse cursor to grab the slider control, the volume slider disappears.
Photograph of a white helicopter against a clear blue sky.
Map showing the circular flight path of helicopter with tail number N9BQ over the towns of Maplewood and Irvington, NJ.
Clip from the first-person action game 'Idols of Ash' with my player character hanging from a rope with a grappling hook. Above me is a centipede scurrying about. There's a structure very far away, perhaps just in range of the my rope and I start swinging, slow building momentum. I release the grappling hook in a leap of faith forward, into the dark expanse below. As I look up during during the jump, I throw the grappling hook in an attempt to grab a nearby ledge, but it misses! It looks as if I will fall to my death, but the hook unexpectedly catches a much lower ledge and I start swinging forward and up in an arc. I narrowly avoid crashing into a rock wall and upon realizing what's happened, I let out a gasp of surprise.
an unfinished footstool, loosely assembled. it has legs that bow outwards before receding into slipper-shaped feet. The rails that stretch between the legs have decorative curves on the bottom side and the start of quarter round molding along the top perimeter of the stool (I haven't yet rounded the edges over).
A screenshot from the credits sequence of the indie PC game "Idols of Ash." Text reads: made by humans using: Godot Engine Dialogic Plugin and Blender
Close up of the plane iron from a router plane. it has a secondary bevel at its very edge.
Screencap from the Godzilla Minus Zero teaser trailer with Godzilla approaching the Statue of Liberty.
before shot from above of a vintage router plane. rust is present on some surfaces and the tool is slightly dirty.
using a chisel to chop off chunks of wood from an upside down leg that's mounted in a vise
close up of wood shavings on a workbench.
holding a small box. label reads "Silicon Metal. Fintech Co., Santa Fe, NM"
An American woodcock walks among English ivy and fallen leaves on the ground. As it moves, its head remains stationary while its body undulates.
A small, round bird with a long beak bird sits among ground-covering English ivy and fallen tree leaves.
Screengrab from Matthias Wandel's list of YouTube channels he follows: "Politics: Jordan Peterson, Bret Weinstin, Eric Weinstein, John Stossel"
A photograph of a ~3ft x 2ft wooden table with a circular saw mounted on the underside with the blade protruding ~3 inches above the table's top surface. For some reason, the cord comes up through the table through a hole.
An Xteink X4 eReader held up in front of a desktop computer monitor. On the computer screen is a browser showing the progress of a firmware backup.
3/4 angle view of a butcher block counter top during the finishing phase
A wooden table set up for electronics work with a soldering iron, fume extractor, parts drawers and mat.
a broken-off screw head sits next to the remainder of the screw embedded into the wood.
a small pile of canned Cougar Gold cheese wheels sits next to a vacuum packed bag of ghost pepper cheese chunks.
A Windows error dialog stating "Outlook is having trouble starting. How about starting with essentials only?"
A screenshot of the Bandcamp collection view, showing 16 albums: Lion Heart: A Tribute to Masashi Kageyama by GameGrooves Charity Says Goodbye by Sabrepulse rhythm pools 01 - naissance by 2 Mello EU EP by twisted teens What Will Happen If We Stop? by Fugitive Bubble Hopscotch Fever by Artificial Go Lucky Number by Optic Sink Split With Turnstile by Citric Dummies Musical Chairs by Artificial Go Turnabout Memories by Steel Samurai Show Me The Blueprints. by Days N Daze FEBRUARY 2026 DOUBLE A SIDE by Ted Leo & The Pharmacists Hurracan / Eve by Sabrepulse Live Archive Vol. 1: Going to Princeton 10/20/24 by the Mountain Goats Born to run by Sammy Kay Dot by Vulfmon
A screenshot from the computer game "Odell Down Under" featuring various sea life, including urchins, sea grass, and a shark!
The fictional SUPERDANA Power Strip Surge Protector with 66 AC Outlets (plus 12-14 USB Charging Ports).
screenshot from the Nintendo online store checkout flow with a thumbnail picture of the Switch Virtual Boy accessory stretched out horizontally
A lo-fi 'Kermit the Frog' skin for Minecraft. The eyes are drawn on the 'hat accessory' layer so that they float slightly in front of the face.
A screenshot of Minecraft Beta 1.2_02 from 2011-01-25. Deep water is in the foreground with a rocky beach in the distance. The player avatar's green fist is visible in the lower-right corner of the screen.
Matt circa 2007,, with a shaggy haircut and regrettable choice of shirt, jamming a wire into the 24-pin connector of an ATX power supply, presumably to test its operation?
A raised garden bed with pepper plants pruned down to their stems. Two ghost pepper plants remain with fruits still ripening.
Matt wearing a banana costume, sitting on a folding chair on the front stoop. He's got a CRT set up and playing Castlevania III. On the steps are two plastic skeletons, one is wearing a Streetlight Manifesto shirt, the other a checkered shirt.
PlayStation 2 Anthology Vol. 4: Collector's Guide with FFX Dust Cover This particular volume lists all of the games published for PlayStation 2 as a veritable encyclopedia. With this guide, you will: Easily find the territory where a game has been marketed (Japan, North America, Europe) Be able to visualize your collection at a glance using a checkbox system
A newspaper box displaying the front cover of Mountain Express with the headline "Boy Vs. Trash."
PUP & Jeff Rosenstock - A CATACLYSMIC RAPTURE OF FRIENDSHIPNESS Saturday, September 13 @ 6:30 PM Brooklyn Paramount 385 Flatbush Ave. Extension, Brooklyn, NY, 11201
Front cover of "Game Player's Strategy Guide to Game Boy Games" Vol. 2 No. 1 featuring Dr. Mario, Godzilla, Sword of Hope, Bubble Ghost, Chase HQ, HAL Wrestling, Mr. Chin, NBA All-Star Challenge, and Wheel of Fortune. The cover art is a spoof of Dr. Mario was a Game Boy wearing a stereoscope chasing after viruses while holding a bottle of pills.
The Kaypro II sitting on a concrete floor, powered on. The green monochrome CRT reads: * KAYPRO * Please place your diskette into Drive A
The rear end of a Kaypro II portable PC as found in an e-waste dumpster. It is dirty but in decent condition.
A fall picture taken in the Catskills. Sunlight shines through golden leaves, casting shadows on the leaves and rocks on the forest floor.
An email from "The Home Depot" with subject line "You recently bought Everbilt M6 1.0 Zinc Plated Steel Metric Hex Nuts 2 per Pack. Tell us about it!" The body of an email asks for a review and includes a large photograph of the item, an M6 Zinc-Platted Steel Hex Nut.