Dang. I could not get the Vimeo link to post. Thanks for posting this. I cried this morning. This will be number one in a few days. Well spotted.

Fun pass is a smokin' deal! Caine's my hero.

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I just showed this to my 10th grade class. At the start I told them he'd raised $7300 for his scholarship fund, and by the time we'd finished the video, ten minutes later, it was up to $8300, so this is a great story in the making.

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I used to make little "pinball" machines at his age, with box-tops, elastics, pencils and marbles. But this kid is an imagination god!

cynicism levels dropping.
faith in humanity....restored.

You can donate a dollar to his college trustfund at cainesarcade.com (goal $25,000)

One thing his arcade has over modern commercial arcades?

Fun games.

I love his fun pass security set up.

A future *engineering star, please please please.

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This is freaking AWESOME. These are not tears.

Stories like this challenge my well constructed and (almost) impenetrable cynicism. It feels good.

>> ^TheSluiceGate:

I used to make little "pinball" machines at his age, with box-tops, elastics, pencils and marbles. But this kid is an imagination god!


When I was in fourth grade for a class project, I made a computer out of cardboard with scrollable screen with a wheel or something. It was based on my real Apple //c.

*kids

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I did the same thing with a classmate around 2nd grade. We made "computer games" by drawing on cards and taping them to the "screen" and then trading them. Can't figure out why no one else wanted in on that action. What's so great about kick ball anyway?>> ^ant:

>> ^TheSluiceGate:
I used to make little "pinball" machines at his age, with box-tops, elastics, pencils and marbles. But this kid is an imagination god!

When I was in fourth grade, I made a computer out of cardboard. It was based on my real Apple //c.

Funny,
I did the exact same thing, with wood planks, elastic bands and laundry pins.

>> ^TheSluiceGate:

I used to make little "pinball" machines at his age, with box-tops, elastics, pencils and marbles. But this kid is an imagination god!

The dad is a role model for supportive parenting

Love, Encouragement, and belief - even giving over part of his shop to his kids dream.

His dad reminds me of Mike from American Movie!! Anyone...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181288/



damn im good

Why is this not #1 yet?!? Come on Sifters, get on it!

>> ^Lann:

I did the same thing with a classmate around 2nd grade. We made "computer games" by drawing on cards and taping them to the "screen" and then trading them. Can't figure out why no one else wanted in on that action. What's so great about kick ball anyway?>> ^ant:
>> ^TheSluiceGate:
I used to make little "pinball" machines at his age, with box-tops, elastics, pencils and marbles. But this kid is an imagination god!

When I was in fourth grade, I made a computer out of cardboard. It was based on my real Apple //c.



I used to sew black ninja-suits for my TMNT figures.

this video totally made my day.

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Just passed $60K>> ^sbchapm:

I just showed this to my 10th grade class. At the start I told them he'd raised $7300 for his scholarship fund, and by the time we'd finished the video, ten minutes later, it was up to $8300, so this is a great story in the making.

I'm bawling. #1 please.

Wow. Nearly 70K now. And someone donated a vintage arcade machine for his arcade too. Too awesome for words.

Anyone else feel that this was soooooooo stereotypically Mexican?? I sense a strong DIY-build-EVERYTHING-out-of-ANYTHING-attitude-to-stretch-the-budget-mentality from his parent. I know that few of my Hispanic friends often like to make their own wallets out of folded duct tape and sewing their own clothes to make it look unique.

What I'm saying is that if this kid was born in the suburbs of Palo Alto going to an Apple Inc. funded school, he would've had better equipment and resources to play with and probably was in line to be the next Bill Gates.

Speaking of fun passes...
This girl once...
Oh, nevermind....

Up to $82,710.00 now

95 k now

that kid is almost making CEO amounts of money per hour

Just cracked $100K!!!

I hope his dad gets some of that moolah, after all, it is on his real estate :3.

No but srsly, Dad did good. Can't imagine there are a lot of people that would let their kid build all over their shop front.

[Edit: Nvrmnd. This is a cynicism-free zone! Enjoy your day!]>> ^legacy0100:

Anyone else feel that this was soooooooo stereotypically Mexican?? I sense a strong DIY-build-EVERYTHING-out-of-ANYTHING-attitude-to-stretch-the-budget-mentality from his parent. I know that few of my Hispanic friends often like to make their own wallets out of folded duct tape and sewing their own clothes to make it look unique.
What I'm saying is that if this kid was born in the suburbs of Palo Alto going to an Apple Inc. funded school, he would've had better equipment and resources to play with and probably was in line to be the next Bill Gates.

Thank you for posting this, it makes me feel human again.

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$130K. It will crack $200K easily as this filters through the interwebs. That should get him a masters.

>> ^dag:

$130K. It will crack $200K easily as this filters through the interwebs. That should get him a masters.


...but then, you have to remember he'll be graduating Class of 2021. $200K won't do shit.

God damn, I'm such a fucking cynic.

That's only nine years. It'll do plenty, and more if he does better than leave it in a cardboard box.>> ^Payback:

>> ^dag:
$130K. It will crack $200K easily as this filters through the interwebs. That should get him a masters.

...but then, you have to remember he'll be graduating Class of 2021. $200K won't do shit.
God damn, I'm such a fucking cynic.

>> ^messenger:

That's only nine years. It'll do plenty, and more if he does better than leave it in a cardboard box.>> ^Payback:
>> ^dag:
$130K. It will crack $200K easily as this filters through the interwebs. That should get him a masters.

...but then, you have to remember he'll be graduating Class of 2021. $200K won't do shit.
God damn, I'm such a fucking cynic.



Oh, I don't know, his current portfolio of cardboard futures seem strong...

Truly amazing story. That kid will never see any of that money.

The story continues!

http://videosift.com/video/Caines-Arcade-Chapter-2

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