Madison Rye Progress

@makyo

Author, Beat Sabreuse, Skunks

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Recovering techie with an MFA, working on like a kajillion writing projects at once. Check out the Post-Self cycle, Restless Town, A Wildness of the Heart, ally, and a whole lot of others.

Trans/nb, queer, polyam, median, constantly overwhelmed.

Current hyperfixation: SS14

Skunks&:

⏳ Slow Hours | 🪔 Beholden
🫴 Hold My Name | ✨ Motes
🌾 Rye | ★ What Right Have I
🌱 Dry Grass | ⚖️ True Name
🌺 May Then My Name

Icon by Mot, header by @cupsofjade

Madison Rye Progress @makyo6/7/2023, 4:21 PM

danbo @danbo

danbo @danbo6/7/2023, 10:01 AM

early 2000s pc desk buyer's guide

When purchasing a desk for the family computer in the early 2000s, make sure to look out for the following features:

As many drawers for curios, knick-knacks and doohickeys as possible -- ideal for storage of expired batteries, webcam instruction manuals and defunct travel currency
A small enclosed cupboard-style space for the PC unit, keeping thermals in that toasty sweet spot while ensuring cable management is annoying
ShinDestroyer™ technology, commonly a random wooden shelf, to keep the long-legged members of the family from feeling too good about theirselves
A pull-out tray for the keyboard and mouse (do NOT get one that can extend too far! ideal travel distance for the pull out tray is between 1 and 3 inches, thus protecting the function keys from actuation by errant falling objects)

Madison Rye Progress @makyo6/7/2023, 4:21 PM

No joke, having divorced parents and then getting my own computer one Christmas meant that I had exactly those three desks. Mom/stepdad had the curved front one, dad had the shin destroyer, and I had that ridiculous particleboard one with the 'we gave you more space for when you write things by hand' keyboard level.

#and they were all three of them garbage

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An Adorable Sergal @adorablesergal6/7/2023, 3:51 PM

Damn, I legit miss the aesthetic tho :(

Ackart @Ackart6/7/2023, 4:14 PM

The hutch is REQUIRED

ahundred T. wolfsatyr @wolfsatyr6/7/2023, 4:30 PM

oh hey i have the same scanner. it's not like scanners have changed a lot in the last twenty years so as long as it still works

@rohit6/7/2023, 5:31 PM

Unironically miss this.

Pile Of Garbage @garbo6/7/2023, 6:08 PM

imo in those days the desk was optional

@flintlock-media6/7/2023, 6:39 PM

This brings back so many memories. I miss this furniture.

「Ｂｅｈｅｍｏｔｈ」@Behemoth6/7/2023, 7:09 PM

Ahhh, it makes me so nostalgic. I looked for one of these when I was desk shopping last year, but you have to like go to a proper cabinet company and pay thousands of dollars for 'em now.

Caro @caro11/9/2023, 12:43 AM

i want one i want one i want one i want one i want one

Michaela Sue @beige-alert11/9/2023, 1:56 AM

In the late80s/early90s I had one of the narrow ones (for dorm space) with the keyboard tray and printer drawer/knee-bruiser. But these days I have the very same plain white flat desk that the 8-bit NEC-PC8000 sat on when I was a child! It's a good table!

Brian Danger Hicks @ckape11/9/2023, 3:26 AM

My dad still uses the custom computer desk he mad back in the '80s for his original IBM PC. Very similar aesthetic but exposed plywood instead of laminated particle board. No actual drawers or doors, and it was before the invention of the keyboard tray, but it did have plenty of shelves (one of which was designed to house the 5.25" floppy drives) and a flip-up surface over the printer.

Unfortunately, the balsa scale model he built to mock up the design is long gone.

cyberdoe systems @onethirdxcubed11/9/2023, 4:37 PM

Must be As Shallow As Possible. 24" deep is Decadent. Ideally the CRT will be hanging over the front edge. No you're not supposed to be able to do your homework here
Must have Imitation Oak Finish.
Must have a crackly plastic mat for your office chair, or a Shaker style kitchen chair that won't slide on carpet

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