#cheap computer

[someexistite]

I got a working computer from the thrift store for $6.25 USD (including tax)

specs for nerds:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz

1 GB DDR2-800 SDRAM Non-ECC RAM

256 GB HDD

Windows 7 Professional (according to the sticker on the side, it originally has Windows XP Professional)

CD/DVD drive

Intel DG33FB motherboard (I found a manual for it on the CIA website)

things that don't work:

CD/DVD drive (wasn't plugged in, the sata cable going to it was plugged into another sata port on the motherboard) (when trying to open the tray, makes two clunks then gives up)

Audio (doesn't detect any speakers)

Network (no WiFi antenna, my USB TP-Link refuses to work, I haven't any ethernet cables)

CMOS battery (thinks it's currently 2006)

[youre-dreaming-302]

More Photos from my digital camera (7.2 megapixels)

[amoddities1]

I love this computer! It's set up as a gaming PC but I bought it for video editing. For the price it's amazing! I definitely recommend it for anyone looking for a very strong computer at a very good price!

[3liza]

????

[piratesexmachine420]

*Guy who has so many computers voice* I need more computers

MORE

[softcorecurcits]

Computer adopts!

EDIT: ALL SOLD TYSM!

[isa-ah]

i have a bunch of sewing supplies that range in price from like fifty cents to eighteen dollars on a wishlist. what if i offered doodles to people who snagged an item...?

[pocketfroggy]

[rockethorse]

My 10-year-old computer died, my new one finally arrived, and you'd best believe the first thing I did is install TS2. I still need to get my old files off my old hard drive but I'm finally biting the bullet and installing the Ultimate Collection rather than trying to reinstall from disks on Windows 11 and ... I wanted to weep lmao. Everything loads so FAST it almost scares me. I thought I was used to the game loading fast when I took out all my CC, but that's NOTHING compared to this. Fully optimised TS2 on a modern computer is frightening

It's also a good opportunity to start my DL folder from scratch with a better organisational system and being stricter about what I know I will/won't use. Challenging myself to CC-free builds has pushed me even further into a MM-game and now I'm embracing it. Like, I'm flirting with the idea of not having reflective pond water? Just changing the colour, but keeping the slab-o-blue vibe? Who am I? Beach lots would look ugly as hell but maybe I can make it work.

Anyway, a very exciting new development in my Sims career :)

[pochapal]

girl who is not going to be okay (the circuity in my laptop's motherboard has died so now i am without computer)

[ahoneesan]

i wish rent wasnt real so i could spend all day working out and podcasting and planning out my stories

[ninoochat]

I feel dirty everytime I reblog an old post but like, there's new people! I wanna show them my things! I made the things and I love them! Pls look at my things that I love very much!

[tj-crochets]

Crafting update: I had the day off work, so I ran some errands and overdid it enough that my heart rate was acting up, so I decided it was a "sit and crochet" kind of day, except I overdid that too so now I have an almost-finished crocheted cauldron and a blister attempting to form on my finger, so no more crochet for me for a few days lol

[softcorecurcits]

More Computer Adopts

1 and 4 have been sold

I really like making these so also open for PWYW customs if people are interested (give me a mood board, theme, keyword, or general idea, if you want something super specific please pay $15 or more).

Comment or DM me to claim.

[iztarshi]

Little Boxies and Biology

Who wants to see me put way way too much thought into how mutant turtles would work? Especially since if I could draw them I would probably throw half of this out the window to make them "look right".

But I have been looking at human skeletons, turtle skeletons, and people moving in full plate armour today, and this is how I imagine my turtles working.

Carapace

Arches out from the top of the shoulders and rounded shape all the way down

Sides bend forwards enough to touch the plastron for a short way above the waist

The spine is only fused with it for the length of the ribcage, below that there’s a short length of flexible spine arching in while the shell still arches out

The ribs are completely fused with it

The pelvis is completely free inside it, but still encased by it, allowing flexibility in the hips

It’s hard to sit up straight instead of lounging because they’re really sitting on round carapace more than butt

Plastron

A solid plate from just below the shoulders to the waist, covering the rib cage and allowing space for the arms to move

The width of the plastron between the shoulders does mean they’d have trouble with a two handed sword, for instance, since their arms have trouble moving close together right in front of them, and this is why the only two handed weapon among them is a bo which can be used with the hands at each end

The box turtle plastron hinge sits right on the waist, like the transition from breastplate to fauld in plate armour

There is another solid plate covering the pelvis below the waist

Bridge

The bridge is ligamentous, holding the plastron and carapace together as with strong elastic

The ligaments are longer and more flexible between the bottom plastron plate and the carapace, letting the hips move more easily

The turtles did need to do flexibility training to get their bodies able to bend for some moves, and they can sprain their bridge

It’s usually Leo (overdoes training) or Raph (wants to get training over with and doesn’t warm up) who end up with sprains

Organs

The lungs are high up in the curve of the shell

The guts usually sit in the pelvis like they would in a human, but they can be squished into the curve of the shell to make room for the legs when a turtle goes into their shell

Being inside a shell is kind of like being in the fetal position if you could push your organs out of the way and into a backpack you’re wearing

The cloaca is on the tail and with the hips enclosed they have to extend it (like real turtles) to excrete, they carry their tails tucked in otherwise

Between turtle omnivorousness and human omnivorousness they can digest almost anything

Limbs

Pretty much like human limbs

Their shoulder ligaments can stretch more than (most) humans to let them get their arms inside their shell, ie, they’re double-jointed

For some reason the front feet to hands mutation went a bit weird - they have the classic tmnt three fingers, but it’s because their feet didn’t separate into fingers properly, both fingers on their hand have two sets of bones inside

Same for the back feet to feet, although they only had four toes there to begin with so they don’t have a back thumb

People who know more than me about turtle biology are welcome to tell me why this wouldn't work, although I do know I'm pushing it with things like how much room the limbs would take up inside the shell. I'd like to know more, tbh, and should probably get an actual book about box turtles instead of wandering the internet.

[gynandromorph]

i've sketched 20 pages now and i'm on scene 3... it's moving faster than expected, but i shouldn't kid myself; getting the print version itself done will take much longer. the page that i drew today is clean enough that for the digital version, the sketch will just be the lines, so it only needs some color. but the relining of the print files... and then the coloring... it hasn't worked well in my favor, because there are little bits of white space around the white spots where the old lines were when i sized up the file. like this:

(i had already colored in the white artifacts for a decent amount of the face, they were all over every edge of every line, though.) it'll make the process even more time-consuming. i'll continue to try to figure out a streamlined process for working on these print pages.