deskthority

What about this? It was taken through my window screen. I'm unsure if people think this makes it interesting or annoying. upper window screen.jpg Before anyone says, "don't film vertically, asshole!" I did this deliberately. I thought the vertical cloud patterns were more interesting than the horizo...

What about these:


Yes, they're somewhat boring, with accurate real-life colours, too centred and not using the "Fibonacci Ratio".

Maybe there are not enough keyboards in the shot. What about this:

Ha! Nice work. You were close. 8-) The first phone is Stromberg Carlson, not Bell, the IBM terminal is 3279_2C, the Kaypro is a "New 2" (strange Kaypro naming), not 4. On top is an Atari 600XL. (under the table is a barely visible NeXTstation, unseen: TV from Blade Runner and TRS-80 Model III with U...

This is my computer room, as it looked back in 1938. Yes, we had computers, lava lamps, all the modern stuff... but everything was frigging sepia coloured. I remember it was such a relief when life went full colour.

If you bought a beamspring for $60 I guess you were collecting vintage hardware back when people thought it was worthless. I didn't say I paid $60, but that was the average price at the time. I was in Canada, so it cost 5 times the price. ;) Actually, it was the first APL version I ever saw on eBay...

Also, this guy visits me regularly: https://deskthority.net/download/file.php?id=55345 He's not a pet. He's a wild squirrel who found out how to come through my screen door, come upstairs to my computer room and ask for some nuts. Just yesterday, he ran all over my Amiga 500, my Victor 9000, Atari ...

I saw mention of a Measurement Systems trackball in the great finds board, and being who I am I spent the next few hours comparison shopping. After purchasing a completely different device (A RAM Optical Instrumentation control panel), a seller of a significantly cheaper Measurement Systems ball te...

Oh, you kids.... I first tried Alps in 1981, on a TRS-80 Model III. I liked it, but was disappointed the keycaps didn't have any symbols on the front, like the Commodore PET.

Maybe some day an alien will come down, take that guy back to his home planet and say to his friends, "Hey, look! I found this primitive life form. I think I'll take off his appendages, put magnets on them and stick them to my plasmorb containment unit."

Well, it seems that in the end my opinion is the second most unpopular in the whole country. Goodbye, stupid light blue and white nation, I will never be part of your pit of shit and depression, your ideas don't represent me. [/img] When you said stupid blue and white country, I thought you were ta...

First they take away the beam springs with solenoid, saying "Nobody needs a solenoid these days!" Next, they take the regular beam springs, then the pingy Alps, then all clicky switches, then linears and finally the rubbish rubber domes. Next thing you know, were in a God-damned touchscreen society ...

Nobody else is posting photos?

Here's another - a somewhat evil looking blue jay, looking in my window. (actually, not a bad guy)

Well when I took that photo of Hitler, I was very young. Also, I was originally standing to the left to centre it, but Hitler said something like, "Get out of my line of sight, you little wiener schnitzel!" (...or something to that effect)

Ah, ashtray - what a lovely flavour. Other favourites include tar paper, burnt rope and of course, trampled sod.

I don't think Pulp Fiction is a good movie. The Bruce Willis revenge part is okay, but the rest is just scummy drug dealers shooting each other, why should I give a shit? Because I don't, I don't give a shit. Did you know "shit" in France is called "royale with cheese"? I couldn't even get through ...

Apparently, American beer is far worse than Canadian beer (at least that's what every Canadian says). Thankfully, I've never tried American beer.

Here's an unpopular opinion: I hate beer! I don't know how people can drink that crap. It tastes like carbonated puke, filtered through a dirty sock. (....don't ask me how I know what that tastes like) The annoying thing is that "having a beer" is a social thing - just like "going for coffee", anoth...

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17 Oct 2019, 17:02

That Hitler car is blocking the view of the beautiful beach !

Yeah, Hitler cars will do that.

Here's a picture of a Hitler car blocking a view of Hitler.

For the seagull picture, I would blur and darken the background more as it is busy and bright. The seagull should be brightened to bring out the feather details with a vignette blur to bring focus to it. Yes, I agree about brightening the seagull. As I said, it needs shadow highlights. And it's int...

What about this little guy?
...or this guy here?

Before anybody questions the bright colours - yes, it's autumn in Canada and those bright reds, oranges and yellows are real - and the early morning sun is highlighting it.

I thought I'd start a thread about photography. It would be nice to be able to post a photo and ask real photographers (or people who pretend to be real photographers) their opinion about if the posted photo absolutely sucks or not. I won't (and I hope others don't) take it personally if the photos ...

Soylent green is people!

When I eat people, I prefer the unprocessed free range kind. It's better for you and much tastier.

For your question "What factor was the biggest driver to you getting your first mechanical keyboard?", you should have something like "It came with the computer". There was a time when nearly every computer came with a mechanical keyboard. I never even saw a non-mechanical keyboard until the 90's. (...

I take it they never try to infest your foodstuffs? Just a general nuisance? They don't go anywhere near my food, just to the windows or the brightest light source. At least that's one good thing. If these were the kind of flies that land on food, I'd go berserk, grab a machine gun and trash the pl...

These aren't the regular green blowflies that live off rotting meat or piles of shit. No, these bastards don't eat anything. They just look for a warm spot to spend the winter. They can squeeze into little tiny gaps and work their way to the attic, then come down through any little microscopic openi...

I came here to read about house mites, but the posts are missing. What happened? I'm not sure about house mites, but I've got a severe problem with motherfucking cluster flies. I'd never even heard of the bastards before I moved to this place. They invade my house in fall and come out all winter lon...

My cheap Ikea knife is as sharp as those expensive knives. The only difference is how often you need to sharpen. Unless you are a chef and do lots of cutting, you don't need an expensive one. Oh yes, I do. I need an expensive one. I want to be able to look down at my knife and say, "Holy shit! This...

I have never in my life owned a keyboard with a Windows key on it.