#analog pads

[lochemp3]

Up on my SoundCloud now! If you give it a listen let me know what you think!

[teaboot]

YOOOOO CHECK THIS SHIT OUT I FOUND BATTERY-OPERATED AM/FM RADIO HEADPHONES

I’M NEVER USING WIFI DATA SPOTIFY ITUNES YOUTUBE MUSIC APP SHIT OUTSIDE MY HOUSE EVER AGAIN

[ninjaveggies]

[serpentface]

Retconned Wardi firearms- a basic handgun, a highly decorative ceremonial handgun (belonging to Faiza), and a lance-gun.

Gun tech has officially been nerfed down to hand cannons (press F) (this has been a long time coming but I'd been fallacy of sunk costs-ing myself out of retconning).

Handguns are held similarly to a shotgun, with the butt pressed into the user's shoulder, one hand gripping under the barrel, and the other free to ignite the gunpowder. These represent the most advanced firearms in contemporary usage, both in make and in their use of uniform iron projectiles built to match the gun's bore for greater range and efficiency. Lance-guns are the more basal form, usually larger and mounted with the pole held over the shoulder, and are most effectively used by two people (one to hold and aim, one to light the gunpowder).

The spread of firearms is currently mostly limited to the Eastern Inner Seaway peoples (with some additional distribution via overland trade), and actual manufacture of hand cannons and gunpowder at Significant scale is limited to the region's core powers.

The reason for this limited spread is partially due to specific elements of the technology's history. Gunpowder was first synthesized by Burri alchemists and considered to be the discovery of the legendary divine weapon + solar fire of the deity Inanariya, and its formula (along with techniques for ideally refining its components) remained a closely guarded state secret. It was used predominantly in priestly contexts to generate flame and explosive sounds (in conjunction with earlier practices of generating multicolored flames with use of other chemicals), then integrated into combustible weaponry in the forms of fire lances, which would eventually develop into early handcannons.

The treatment of gunpowder as a guarded sacred or semi-sacred substance continued with Wardi adoption, where knowledge of its making is considered a closed rite. It's name (inya tsatsul or just tsatsul, a derived adoption of the Burri iñazatsūya) still reflects a divine solar association (the Burri word means 'sun's thunder', the Wardi 'inya' invokes the sun, 'tsatsul' is an adapted loanword and has no meaning independent of the substance itself), though its priestly use is now predominantly associated with the firearm'ed Odonii (rather than priests of the solar Face Inyamache). The composition of gunpowder can no longer be regarded as a Secret by any means, though efforts to obscure the methods of its creation are still moderately successful and has kept knowledge of gunpowder manufacture more limited than the total sphere of firearm usage itself.

The actual strongest limiting factor of firearm usage is the rarity of natural saltpeter deposits necessary for making gunpowder. The practice of actively producing saltpeter via nitraries has not been developed anywhere in the setting, and all is instead obtained via natural sources. These sources are rare and limited within the current spread of firearm technology, and result in gunpowder being a limited and expensive substance to produce. The weapons themselves are also very expensive to manufacture (a good quality steel SWORD is far too material-cost prohibitive for most people to own), particularly high quality firearms designed for use with standardized ammunition.

These guns are also very basal, and logistical difficulties in their use (weight, very slow loading and firing speed, high visibility, Relatively low reach and accuracy) along with the restrictive cost of production has kept firearms far from rendering conventional weaponry, armor, and projectiles obsolete (even within the societies that have access to them). They are still, however, very devastating in use within their contemporary context, particularly in that high quality guns have a longer range than the best arrow-based projectiles, and utterly negate most contemporary forms of armor at close range.

[quinnmilfilm]

Canon AE1 / Kodak Gold 200

[bunny35mm]

durham botanical gardens // may 2025 📸 canon eos 1000f 28-80mm 🎞️ kodak gold

[ambernim8]

On this blog 8 is a special number...so in celebration of reaching 8 followers (hi @vividthembo <3), I wanted to share a little something in thanks!

Here are eight pictures from this past month of my writing journey, as you can see my writing emotional support cat, Mr. Loaf, is a central figure. Indispensable. Nothing like purrs and soft pets to quiet any doubtful thoughts <3 Also indispensable: my Sun-Beam electric heating pad, so comforting! Of course not much outlining would get done without a guide, so I have my favorite craft books at the ready: SAVE THE CAT! WRITES A NOVEL by Jessica Brody & How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method, by Randy Ingermanson. I am always drinking water or tea, my new favorite cup from Daiso reminds me to take breaks so I don't get too carried away...how kind :) I am still at ground zero on my novel project: Follow Me, but as I stumble my way through outlining, I find that I enjoy pen to paper the most?? Totally unexpected for me, as I only write by keyboard. What do you usual need in your writing space? Anything super indispensable for you?

Thank you to everyone who has hit follow, I really appreciate the support and your company! See you all next time!

Later, lovelies! xoxo

[flexidisk]

Taking a break from gearhead stuff to remind everyone I still love robot shenanigans. Here’s Lucas bench pressing Zeke lmao. (Zeke absolutely loves this).

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D-Pad Chad. Resembling a cross between the Wonderswan and Sega Nomad, his weakness must of course be that he runs on 6 AA batteries and runs through them in about an hour.

[qwuilty]

I dont watch much American dad but I'm playing around with klaus as my hc voice for Scott and I'm obsessed with the little cowboy outfit they gave him in one of the episodes so

[silleypuppet]

Worst hyperfix ever it's so over for me

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got a new toy today

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to all my fighting game players out the my tip is to find a partner with a dick so you can practice your motion inputs even when they wanna get down and dirty

don't stop the grind

[strifethedestroyer]

my brother got a hacked psp for his birthday today and i stole it before going to bed and played tekken dark resurrection until almost 1 am. strife w

[quinnmilfilm]

Canon AE1 / Dubble Film Solar

[roswellsplace]

PSB:Sonic/Idiosyncratically:Alchemist/Healing:Professional/Technical Query:KP3(Kaoss Pad)

putting this out there to see if there are any technical/gearhead types who know how to fix an analog Korg KP3 Kaoss Pad. had been extensively used on various sonic experiments (mostly in conjunction with Korg ESX-1 and various samples) – touch pad is non-responsive/non-operational *trying to figure out A: if this is something that can be fixed as this is an older machine that they don’t make…