sharksonaplane

sharks + planes as formerly seen on Twitter

@sharksonaplane

Sharyna Tran

Sharks are cool and comfortable!

Elden Thing | Back & Body Hurts Platinugggggh Rewards Member

Profile pic and banner credits: sharkaeopteryx art by @superkiak! eggbug by eggbug! Mash-up by me!
[Alt-text for pfp: a cute sharkaeopteryx sat on the ground with legs out, wings down, jaw ajar, and hed empty, looking at eggbug and eggbug's enigmatic smile.]
[Alt-text for banner: a Spirit Halloween banner with eggbug and the sharkaeopteryx that Superkiak drew for me looking at it with inscrutable expressions]

I'm a Vietnamese cis woman born and currently living in the U.S. You may know me from Sandwich, from Twitter or Mastodon (same username), or on Twitch as Sharkaeopteryx. I do not have a Discord or Bluesky account.

Ask me about language learning/teaching, cooking/eating food, late diagnosis ADHD, and volunteer small business mentoring. Or don't, I'm not the boss of you.

I think people deserve to be young, make mistakes, and grow without being held to standards they don't know about yet and are still learning. So, if you are under 22, please don't try to strike up a friendship or get involved in discussions on my posts.

Please don't automatically assume I follow/know/co-sign someone just because I reposted something from them—sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. Also, if you think being removed as a follower when we're not mutuals is a cardinal sin, please do not follow me.

log inask
🐘Mastodon
search for @sharksonaplane@mastodon.sandwich.net and hit follow if you want
Hang out with me on the Auldnoir forum! (you can DM there!)
discourse.auldnoir.org/
Sign my Cohost yearbook 📝
recocards.com/board/cohost-yearbook-sharksonaplane-94772758696c
Follow me on Twitch
twitch.tv/sharkaeopteryx
Add my RSS feed (not working yet but I'll get to it!)
sharkaeopteryx.neocities.org/rss.xml
My Throne link
throne.com/sharkaeopteryx
My Ko-fi link
www.ko-fi.com/sharkaeopteryx
sharksonaplane
@sharksonaplane
hydrochaeris
@hydrochaeris
danbo
@danbo

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)
hydrochaeris
@hydrochaeris
This page's posts are visible only to users who are logged in.
log in
You must log in to comment.

in reply to @danbo's post:

beige-alert
@beige-alert

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!

login to reply
ckape
@ckape

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.

login to reply
onethirdxcubed
@onethirdxcubed
  • 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
login to reply
Pinned Tags