Jeri Ellsworth and a Snowday

As I got my 5th or 6th snow day cancellation, I meandered around the house. Doing my usual, get a cup of coffee, sit on the recliner and start up the Vaio. I logged onto my Blog-lines Feeds and read my chosen blogs. I have become a real fan of Make Magazine.  If you are not familiar, Make is composed of articles showing hacks, tips  and the construction of a variety of things.  I came across the "Macgyver of the Day" column.  This week's column featured Jeri Ellsworth, the maker of a computerized joystick.

According to Wikipedia...
Jeri Ellsworth (born 1974) is an American entrepreneur and self-taught computer chip designer. She is best known for, in 2004, creating a Commodore 64 emulator within a joystick, called Commodore 30-in-1 Direct to TV. The "computer in a joystick" could run 30 video games from the early 1980s, and was very popular during the 2004 Christmas season, at peak selling over 70,000 units in a single day via the QVC shopping channel.^[1]

 

Pictured above: Jeri Ellsworth showing her homemade (working) Nintendo purse at a semiconductor show the same day as a roller derby event she skated in. (Make Magazine Online Blog)

If you go to YouTube and search for Jeri Ellsworth you will find a myriad of videos put out by this hacker of  computer chips, pinball aficionado and videographer. 
Check it out if you like hacks and such.