#bitrot

[netgf]

some of the stuff on my walls

[9franklin3]

She never disappoints… oof 🩶

[anemonequeen-moved]

i heard brinewater springs gives you a group discount after playing turf war there

ft bitrot and cheeto (@lettucesquid) ramen water (@melon-official) skittle (_gracieo_) sharptail (@shadow3142) jargon (@dustyhyena) pumpkin spice (@planetstardream) and flapjack (@tallowcat)

[futurebird]

I can’t get enough of glitches! keep watching on repeat— what is it about digital mishaps that make me so happy?

check out this delux craving glitch at the taco bell

[zzkt]

The W3C has a page with the original WWW proposal from Tim Berners-Lee. One of the downloads says The original document file (I think - I can't test it) The "I can't test it" made me sad. There are two other files (an RTF version and an HTML version generated in 1998 from the original file). But can we open the original document? The original document is 68,608 bytes and file on my Mac says it's a Microsoft Word for Macintosh 4.0 file. That matches with TBL's note on the W3C page saying: "A hand conversion to HTML of the original MacWord (or Word for Mac?) document written in March 1989 and later redistributed unchanged apart from the date added in May 1990."  Microsoft Office for Mac came out in 1989 with System 6.0. That was Microsoft Word 4.0 so we're looking for compatibility with Microsoft Word for Macintosh 4.0. Let's see what modern software can open this. What I really want to be able to do is open it and convert it to, say, PDF with high fidelity.

(via https://blog.jgc.org/2024/02/the-original-www-proposal-is-word-for.html )

[williamcw]

This is why your old game carts get corrupted

[lucyvsky]

GOD low is such a good band. i havent been able to listen to them recently without crying, but fuck if hey and down by the river arent some of the greatest songs ever written i just love everything about how they sound. LOVE how they sound on white horses in the beginning you can hear the room theyre recording in and the synths on hey what are so abrasive and hard to listen to in general and it sounds like the songs collapsing on itself. mimi parker also had such a haunting voice. their past two albums are fantastically strange and kind of sound if you exploded a microwave or blew out the treble of your speaker respectively and the three or four albums before that are such good explorations of sound and their stuff before that is so interesting as an experiment of how slow can we make a song (7 minute cover of transmission by joy division) i love basically everything theyve ever put out. but i used to listen to hey what every day when it first came out it means a lot to me. anyways

[semi-sketchy]

Little reminder to refresh your data every once in awhile! This can be as simple as taking a folder and copying it to the exact same spot then deleting the original. (Don't use cut, that's a moving process.)

Refreshing your data helps prevent bitrot on rarely accessed files!

[gender-trash]

argh i need to figure out how to automatically (or semi-automatically) crosspost from twitter to @mu-qingfang-stan-account in such a way that its not just a link to twitter and threads dont get split up and its easy to do from mobile. and ideally its also not screenshots that then have to be transcribed. i hate having my fandom shit split up across two websites and i HATE that theres no tagging on twitter so i cant fucking FIND anything i retweeted. also most artists on twitter understandably dont like reposts but also. not all of them are on tumblr. and the ones that are dont always post the same stuff across both sites. so the BEST case scenario is going through the artist’s tumblr until i can find the corresponding post

…maybe i should do a private repost-with-link for my own personal archive and a separate public post that only links to the art on twitter without reposting it??? ???

[devpalmer]

My game is out now!

re:curse is a surreal RPGmaker horror game inspired by the likes of OFF, Ib, LISA: The Painful RPG and Yume Nikki.

Play as distraction-prone researcher Linda Langley and explore as your laboratory distorts and degrades around you. Send emails. Grapple with your clown infestation. Face consequences. Maybe even survive!

This is a game about...

doors

screens

bitrot

self-fulfilling loops

computer viruses (not real ones)

trans-temporal communication software

gay subtext

surprises

secrets

re:curse was solo developed as a passion project, mostly between 2020-2021. I've returned to it and added the final touches necessary to make a finished game. Bundled with the game is a trove of bonus content for your perusal, including uncompressed source files, concept art, unreleased original music, 3d files, and more. I hope you enjoy!

Download for free on itch.io!

[spaceengineerjulia]

Want to read Homestuck?

Heard of this homestuck thing and want to find out what it's all about?

download this ==>

The homestuck website is bitrotted to hell and isn't usable, this is an offline collection bundled with a web browser and flash, so you can view the webcomic as it was originally presented.

[netgf]

test prints

[play-now-my-lord]

postmodern internet bitrot includes the process by which, 3-5 years after a microgenre of cultural production takes off in popularity (and thus 2-4 years after it stopped being relevant), new production in that field sees a spike in fascist activity

[anemonequeen-moved]

idea i had for maddy where she runs a music shop in splatsville called medusa's temple, but its closed most of the time cause shes too busy playing turf war or taking a nap

ft @lettucesquid's new sona, bitrot

[mumblelard]

grains of paradise reversed or bitrot waning

last night i dreamt of the job i had some thirty years ago at the check processing center. when i woke up i could remember the names of the different jobs we ran and how the machines felt when they ran, but i couldn't remember the names of the four coworkers that died in the four years i worked there. still though, i could see the face of that red headed kid talking through the last hours of a friday shift about taking his motorcycle out for the first time after a long ohio winter and what he did instead was go home and kill himself with a shotgun. when i finally did fall back to sleep, all my dreams were filled with the lost

this post may self destruct

[ratsoh-writes]

I (E)already have the best (Pop)

--- match up time

*throws Briar back into the ring from the dating website*

Personality traits: very responsible, attentive, and actually went to therapy upon reaching the surface- that therapy helps with her crippling anxiety. She's always trying to accomplish goals instead of worrying about when the other shoe will drop. This is fueled by her hope for the future and her sister.... and surprisingly doesn't get too overwhelmed as they do consider their limits. She carries around a small notebook and will eat pages of it when they are alone and stressed. While Briar has worked very hard on their composure, stressful situations will slip the collected mask, and she'll be a bit of a stressed mess.

Deal breakers/pet peeves: Be aware her sister is a huge part of their life. After the results of their AU, they are the only family they have left and she almost even lost that. Any expression of inconvenience her sister brings (giant bulky van, constantly giving rides, being talked into even more activities) will be met with disapproval. Only Briar can complain about Aspen. Briar also greatly dislikes anyone who does not keep in contact with their family without good reason.

Attractive traits: despite being from the HF au, Briar didn't suffer much physical damage, and 'recovered' fairly quickly physically after working with a meal plan. They are still not at their top strength where they used to be before the famine, but can achieve it in the next decade. Because of this, most of her horns are made of her own magic (Bitrots hair/antler styles can weave in items or supplements to improve size or quality of magical antlers. As a reminder this is very important to their culture). Briar is, again, very responsible. She is also very honest (blunt?), and prides themselves on that fact both in and out of work.

Hobbies: EVERYTHING. No, but, like, everything. She needs goals and her sister keeps signing her up for things. What are the items that stick and they keep going back to? Baking and cooking of new and creative items! For physical activity right now it's Zumba, but she'd like to get her hips and ankles back to health for track and tennis. If it's a nice day, acrylic scenery painting is lovely. And volunteer work. Nothing silences foreboding anxiety like helping others when they ask for help.

Favorite items: Hot chocolate. Leafy greens and fresh veggies. Sticky note pads (they taste like walnut.... Not that she'll intend to eat them initially). Whip cream on any dessert. Haikus. Fabric with really nice thread count. Persimmons. Dandelions. Her van being clean. (Genuine compliments)

Physical description: bitrot monster from a fell universe so they have pauldrons. No large scars or any scars on their face. Just the usual wear and tear. Without accounting for horns, she can stand up to 6'7" tall. Like most bitrots, black colored magic on the hands and horns. Horn style changes usually every other week. Despite a calm facial expression, their ears often move around for better hearing of those around her.

Oh this is an easy one! I match briar with…. Honey!!! Underswap paps!

Honey is very attracted to the responsible put together types, so he’d definitely be the one to fall first in this relationship! It’ll be nice for briar to be chased for once I think. She’ll never have to question how committed he is.

Honey is good for a crafty SO as he’s down to try most hobbies with them. He’s a good baker, but clumsy in other activities. But that’s fine! He’s here for a good time, not a hard time!

There shouldn’t be any problems with her sister. I mean, it’s honey? If they end up having issues with each other, it’s clearly the universe against them as honey isn’t the type to pick fights. He’s used to a large family and can roll with the chaos of active siblings, cousins and in-laws easily.

Hopefully briar is open to kids someday though. That’s something honey can’t compromise on. He wants at least 2.