Hi!

5:40 AM and I can't go back to sleep. Last night was very exhausting. I participated in a two hour gym session with Phil and then a few hours of basketball with the high school gang. The body is currently pretty sore and my left ankle is very stiff. Feels good though in a way.

I'll later post pics on a small side life project in progress. Gonna go watch a show.

LATER:

Bought a decent arcade stick. Then I bought higher quality buttons for replacement. I used a dremel to grind away some metal plate so the new buttons could fit. Also, there were small plastic tabs on the button that had to be grinded away.

Then I soldered the buttons onto the original pcb board. Overall, I'm happy with the work except that for some reason, two buttons register as the same button on gaming softwares. Looking on the board, the work seems fine and the board is decently clean. I think i'll desolder and resolder thoese buttons with less solder.

After that, half of the work is done. Now, I'm waiting for my replacement joystick to arrive.