iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 07/08/2026

holy shit, i can finally jailbreak my ipad 9th gen! i have no idea what i’m gonna do with it, but oh well.

the dopamine 3.0 beta on my ipad 9th gen running ios 18.5.

sileo, a package manager, also running on my ipad

the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 29/05/2026

i just bought a 2015 macbook pro for only $25, and this thing is amazing. it was listed as for parts, which is why it was so cheap, but it works perfectly, all it needed was a boot drive!

a 2015 macbook pro running mac os x mojave off of a 64 gb sd card (since this photo was taken before i bought the charger or the ssd adapter, whoops!)

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 05/04/2026

it blends right in with older apps, i think i did a (somewhat) good job.

an old ios screenshot i stole from some random guy’s website and edited to have the icon, it’s in the bottom right corner, and i capitalized the s in “sky” because it makes it feel a bit older (can’t explain why, but it does make a difference.)

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 05/04/2026

i got a bit bored, so here’s what the bluesky app icon could’ve looked like if it launched 14 years ago.

a version of the bluesky app icon with a shiny gradient on the top half and a butterfly with an inner white glow above a blue gradient background, it basically just looks like the old ios app icon style.

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 22/03/2026

goodwill prices are actually outrageous now, i definitely wanna pay $30 for a camera that doesn’t even have film made for it anymore!

a polaroid spectra system camera, for $29.99, dated march 11, 2026. a little bit of a side note, my aunt bought a spectra 2 at a goodwill a few years ago for like $7 and gave it to me because they hadn’t made the film in like 4 years, that’s the most i’d pay for one of these! i also buried it on the bottom shelf to stop anyone from getting screwed over.

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 22/03/2026

YAY WE SUCCESSFULLY BULLIED MICROSOFT INTO SUBMISSION 🥳🥳

Windows Insider Program Email:
Our commitment to Windows quality
Hello Windows Insiders,
I want to speak to you directly, as an engineer who has spent his career building technology that people depend on every day. Windows touches more people's lives than almost any technology on Earth.
Every day, we hear from the community about how you experience Windows. And over the past several months, the team and I have spent a great deal of time analyzing your feedback. What came through was the voice of people who care deeply about Windows and want it to be better.
Today, I'm sharing what we are doing in response.
Here are some of the initial changes we will preview

• More taskbar customization, including vertical and top positions
Repositioning the taskbar is one of the top asks we've heard from you. We are introducing the ability to reposition it to the top or sides of your screen, making it easier to personalize your workspace.
• Integrating Al where it's most meaningful, with craft and focus
You will see us be more intentional about how and where
Copilot integrates across Windows, focusing on experiences that are genuinely useful and well-crafted.
As part of this, we are reducing unnecessary Copilot entry points, starting with apps like Snipping Tool, Photos, Widgets and Notepad.
• Reducing disruption from Windows Updates
Receiving updates should be predictable and easy to plan around, so we're giving you more control. This includes the ability to skip updates during device setup to get to the desktop faster, restart or shut down without installing updates and pause updates for longer when needed, all while reducing update noise with fewer automatic restarts and notifications.
Faster and more dependable File Explorer
File Explorer is one of the most used surfaces in Windows. Our first round of improvements will focus on a quicker launch experience, reduced flicker, smoother navigation and more reliable performance for everyday file tasks.
• More control over widgets and feed experiences
Widgets should feel helpful and relevant, not distracting or overwhelming. We're introducing quieter defaults, more control over when and how widgets appear, and improved personalization for the Discover feed.

Performance
We are focusing on making Windows 11 more responsive and consistent, so performance feels smooth and reliable.
Over the course of the year, we're improving system performance, app responsiveness, File Explorer and the Windows Subsystem for Linux, helping Windows stay fast as you move between apps and workloads.
Improving system performance: Reducing resource usage by Windows to free up more performance for what you're doing.
• Faster and more responsive Windows experiences, with early improvements already delivering launch time reductions in apps like File Explorer
• Improved memory efficiency, lowering the baseline memory footprint for Windows and freeing up more capacity for the apps you run
• More consistent performance, even under load, so apps stay responsive throughout the day
More fluid and responsive app interactions: Reducing interaction latency by moving core Windows experiences to the WinUl3 framework.
• Improving the shared Ul infrastructure that Windows experiences rely on, reducing interaction latency and overhead at the platform level
• Faster responsiveness in core Windows experiences like the Start menu, by moving more experiences to WinUI3

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 05/12/2025

after dealing with a 16-year-old hard drive for too long i finally got the cheapest 512gb ssd i could find and it is AMAZING. my pc boots in like 30 seconds now instead of 5 minutes, and it just runs SO much faster. the best part is that my dumpster pc got its hard drive back, so now i have 2 pcs!

an sk hynix ssd with 512gb of storage, i love this thing man.

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 29/11/2025

i accidentally managed to get some of the songs on damn skippy on spotify, i don't have spotify premium so i have no clue how these are working without my local files, but i'm not complaining.

Dead Sea Monkeys
Sky Is Not Blue
When Robots Attack
Geeks In Love
Gonna Dig Up Alec Guiness
Flamingo Legs
Dizziful Bliss
Eventuality

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 25/11/2025

after a lot of digging, i managed to find my favorite chrome extension from like 10 years ago! it was a recreation of the windows 8 start menu but as a chrome new tab window, and i'm surprised that it still kinda works!

an older version of chrome running "new metrotab", i used to have it on my computer like 10 years ago since i was using windows 7 and i wanted to try a newer version of windows, and this extension is probably the most accurate recreation of the windows 8 start menu.

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 20/11/2025

i just got a kindle for only $28, it’s my first one ever and i absolutely love it. it came with a scratch on the backlight, which is why it was so cheap, but i don’t mind it. i have all of my repair manuals on it, this thing is awesome when i need to take something apart.

a kindle paperwhite 3 sitting on my desk, the backlight is on so you can see 2 little scratches on it.

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 05/11/2025

apple released a new web ui for the app store and i noticed something odd, apple's now applying their own liquid glass-ification tools to app icons that were already uploaded without liquid glass. they have the same url, except apple's modified version has "ia" added to the image name.

the original xbox app icon, available at https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/d4/50/30/d450304f-b4c7-b71d-0209-5024da6fa088/AppIcon-1x_U007emarketing-0-8-0-85-220-0.png/1024x1024.png

apple's liquid glass-ified icon, available at https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/d4/50/30/d450304f-b4c7-b71d-0209-5024da6fa088/AppIcon-1x_U007emarketing-0-8-0-85-220-0.png/1024x1024ia.png

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 14/09/2025

the british version of decluttr is still up, if there wasn't any reason to hate being american before there is now...

the "musicMagpie" website (which looks identical to the decluttr store website, which got shut down like a year ago for some reason), rebranded to remove any trace of decluttr

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 14/09/2025

holy shit DECLUTTR IS ACTUALLY DEAD, REST IN PIECE TO MY CD PLUG 2014-2025 🕊️🕊️🕊️

decluttr website:
DECLUTTR IS NOW CLOSED
Our website has officially closed.
Thank you for trading with us over the years. Although our website is now closed, our Customer Service team remains ready to assist with any active orders.
If you need help or have questions about an order, please visit our Help Center. We’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

im actually sad I'VE BOUGHT LIKE 30 CDS FROM THEM FOR CHRISTS SAKE IM GONNA MISS ACTUALLY CHEAP CDS THAT AREN'T FROM THRIFT STORES😭

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 11/09/2025

here's another update, i finished the star textures! the ratings graph looks nearly identical to how it used to look, and it only took a stupid amount of time to do...

Customer reviews
4.4 out of 5 stars
1,324 global ratings
5 star: 71%
4 star: 15%
3 star: 4%
2 star: 5%
1 star: 5%
How customer reviews and ratings work:

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 11/09/2025

good news, i got the purchase buttons to (mostly) work! i still have to work out if i can get the icons to appear, but that's a little above my paygrade.

Only 4 left in stock - order soon.
Quantity: 1
Add to Cart
Buy Now

This title will be released on October 21, 2025.
Quantity: 1
Pre-order now

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 11/09/2025

i got bored, so i started working on a userscript that would bring back some of the old amazon website's design elements, and i got the old ratings bar style to work! it looks really weird with the new-style stars, but i'm working on changing those too.

the customer reviews rating screen, but with the old style of bar graph. they're very 3d-looking compared to the flat, orange stars above it.

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 23/08/2025

i got a little bit bored, so i made my windows 10 look almost exactly like windows 8.1. unpopular opinion, windows 8.1 was the last good-looking windows version, windows 10 is way too bland and colorless, and windows 11 is just horrific.

a windows 10 install but it looks almost exactly like windows 8.1, it has ms paint with a poorly drawn smiley face in it, command prompt, a sticky note that says "hello", a notepad windows saying "(THIS IS NOT WINDOWS 8.1)", a UAC window for command prompt, file explorer, and the about windows screen open. it has all the windows 10 version numbers and everything in it, but everything else is nearly identical.

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 18/08/2025

okay, funny story, they changed the date to september 30th. i guess they realized that people are probably pissed about this, so they gave us 2 or so extra months. i guess that's extra time for me to port my projects to fl studio

"Cakewalk: CbB Activations End 9/30/2025
Make the move to Sonar now. Transition seamlessly to Sonar's free tier, or unlock premium features with Membership."

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 09/08/2025

macs (for some dumb reason) leave little turd files on flash drives with every file you open, i searched my hard drive for them and i found 38,643 of them! that's 154 MEGABYTES taken up for no damn reason. thanks, apple.

25 of these files, they're made for each file you open, and their name is the regular file's name with "._" added in front of it. i added some text to the right of this screenshot, which says "there were 38,643 of these damn files on my hard drive. that's this image times 1,543. holy shit apple."

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 01/08/2025

i finally eradicated all the big sur icons that i could from my mac's dock! here's how it looks now, i think i did a good (enough) job...

my dock on my mac. am i really gonna list all the icons? yes. finder, firefox, messages, facetime, mail, find my iphone, weather, news, calendar, notes, textedit, logic pro x, final cut pro x, flash cs6, photoshop cs6, illustrator cs6, indesign cs6, lightroom 6.0, word 2016, excel 2016, powerpoint 2016, publisher 2013, peazip, minecraft launcher, steam, obs, audacity, photo booth, iphone mirroring, and settings. and for my folders, there's my applications, windows applications, downloads, and the trash. that's a lot of stuff! and it all matches the old, fun style of icons, except for the dock itself. unless they updated the trash icons, whoops!

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 31/07/2025

okay, bluesky did, so i made an imgur post with them. THANKS BLUESKY, I LOVE JPEG FILES (better than webp files, i guess...). here's the rest of them because why not. imgur.com/gallery/mac-...

iPhone Mirroring (this one was kinda lazy, but I don't particularly care.)

Passwords (this is literally just the old Keychain Access icon, since that's what the passwords app replaced.)

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 31/07/2025

i finally figured out how to semi-change the system icons on mac since i hate the big sur icons, so i made some mac os x catalina-styled icons for the apps that didn't exist when catalina was made. sorry if bluesky compresses these to hell and back.

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 30/07/2025

do you remember when "lebronposting" was a thing? me neither, here's my old take on it.

a parody of a rap tv instagram post, it has lebron with his palm on the head and the price of adobe creative cloud on the right with the text "LEBRON JAMES REPORTEDLY PAID FOR ADOBE SOFTWARE" above it

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 24/07/2025

i hate bandlab i hate bandlab i HATE BANDLABBBBBB

"Cakewalk: CbB (Cakewalk by Bandlab, basically old Cakewalk Sonar, this is just me cutting in here btw) Activations End 8/1/2025
Make the move to Sonar now. Transition seamlessly to Sonar's free tier, or unlock premium features with Membership."

I don't wanna put my rant into the tweet, so sorry to everyone who wants to look at/hear the alt text. Cakewalk by Bandlab used to be called Cakewalk Sonar before they got bought, sold, and bought again. When it got rebranded to Cakewalk by Bandlab, it was made completely free, aside from some plugins you had to pay for. It's been that way for nearly 7 years now. But now Bandlab wants to make a new, shittier Sonar, that you have to pay for! I know, there's a free tier, but it doesn't have the same stuff that the old Sonar had! Plus, the UI got redesigned, and you know that I DESPISE change. I pray that someone out there, anyone, can crack the activation after they stop supporting it, because I am NOT gonna use that new one. I know that I can't hate without trying it, so I installed it, and it crashed twice before it launched, yay, and now there's a big-ass banner asking you to buy the membership. Screw that. Eat my ass and lick my balls, Bandlab.

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 03/07/2025

i bought a combo ipod dock and cd player at a thrift store for $15, and it works amazing. sadly, it doesn’t have the remote, and $15 is a bit pricey for my broke self, but if you think about it, it’s like $7.50 for each one, plus a radio. it’s also the first actual “hifi” thing i’ve ever owned, yay!

my ipod sitting in this mini hifi stereo (with no speakers since i’m gonna use it with my pc’s speakers), it has a few buttons on each side and a huge volume wheel in the middle. the part where the ipod dock is is sticking out. the cd tray is at the top, but you can’t see it in the photo. my headphones are plugged into it right now, but you can see the cable for my pc speakers right by the headphone port. the display at the top is orange, i was playing a cd on it, it was on track 5 at 4:26. the model is a sony mhc-ec69i, if you’re curious.

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 29/06/2025

i am now just finding out that neil uploaded 2 new songs to the fump, and they’ve been up for 2 years now, and i just never checked since i thought he stopped, WHY AM I LIKE THIS

2 new lemon demon songs on spotify (if you count 2 years ago as new), the top one is funkytown on volume 98 and the bottom one is geeks in love on volume 97, “the fump” is short for “the funny music project” btw

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 12/06/2025

i was bored, so i hooked up a wireless charger in my computer’s dvd drive. i know, it’s dumb, and it’ll probably catch on fire, but can you shove your phone in your computer’s dvd slot and have it charge?

my red galaxy buds charging on a wireless charger inside of my computer’s 2nd dvd slot. you can the wire running out the back and onto the motherboard. the computer has its faceplate and side panel off, and it’s running (thankfully)

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 10/06/2025

i’m updating my iphone to the beta, i’m so gonna regret this…

the ios 26 beta update downloading screen, there’s too much stuff for me to type it all (sorry!)

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 10/06/2025

okay nevermind, apple hates me, and now i'm stuck on sequoia whether i like it or not. apparently it's a firmware issue, and to fix the firmware you need another mac, and this is the only mac i'll probably ever have until like a decade from now, so i'm screwed! #goddammitapplekillme

Failed to personalize the software update. Please try again.

An error occured while downloading the selected updates. Please check your internet connection and try again.

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 10/06/2025

LOOK WHAT THEY DID TO MY PRECIOUS FINDER ICON, THEY FLIPPED THE COLORS, I WILL NEVER FORGIVE THEM!!! #notmyfinder #applemorelikeaPOOPhahahaaa

the new mac finder icon, lazily recreated in flash coz i was too lazy to find an hd version, but let's be honest, if you saw it, you probably wouldn't notice lol #workhardernotsmarter

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 06/06/2025

good news, i finally upgraded my new computer to windows 10! it's a whole lot more painful to use than windows 8.1 and 7, but at least i get to run modern software.

my computer running windows 8.1, the background is the windows 10 agender pride flag, and there's a whole lot of apps.

the same computer, but running windows 10. everything's pretty much the same, except for some app icons. this is gonna be the last upgrade i do on this computer!

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 01/06/2025

these are the last ones! these were inspired by microsoft's pride theme they released in 2020, i thought they were very pretty, so i made them, but with the windows 7 wallpaper instead. remember, if i missed any, just ask and i'll make you one.

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 01/06/2025

i tried my best to do all the ones i could, i probably should've sorted these before i posted them, but i'm sure you can find yours in here

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 01/06/2025

here's some more, the names of the flags they represent are in the alt text.

aromantic / agender (i was too lazy to make one for agender, whoops!)

genderfluid (this one's one of my favorites, it turned out really pretty imo)

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 01/06/2025

happy pride month everyone, here's some pride flag-themed windows 7 wallpapers i made a while ago. there's more in the replies, i tried making all the ones i could. if i missed any, let me know and i'll make one.

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 30/05/2025

i just realized i should probably show you what i’m talking about, they used this EXACT font, i looked at the truck for like 5 seconds and i recognized it

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 16/05/2025

i finally got a new computer to replace my 16-year-old piece of garbage, guess who finally updated to windows 8.1 because of it?

my computer, running windows 7. the background is some bubbles that are rainbow colors, and i have like 100 different apps on the desktop

my computer, running windows 8.1. it's pretty much exactly the same layout, except for some apps being different, and there being less apps on the taskbar.

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 27/04/2025

i spent 4 goddamn hours of my day manually setting the date and time in command prompt for 313 songs, all for it to just fix itself and add extra plays to every song. please kill me

my itunes on the left, an text file of the plays on my ipod in the top-right, and a command prompt with various dates and times in the bottom right. this was hell, and also all for nothing, i should’ve just synced my goddamn ipod BEFORE i did this, kill me please i want death someone please kill me

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 25/04/2025

i thought that 3g got shut down in the us, i’m sending this through 3g right now, did i get lied to

my iphone’s lock screen, with 3G shown in the top right

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 12/04/2025

does anyone else's start menu text ever turn transparent or is my computer really that far gone

my start menu, you can see my wallpaper through the text. also i just noticed that it's not even aero, how does that happen

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 10/04/2025

rest in piece to the only pair of crappy cheap earbuds i’ve ever found that actually sounds good, maybe one day i’ll find another pair that doesn’t sound like crap.

a pair of your regular, cheap crappy earbuds sitting on a grey fake-wood desk. this pair sounds like 10 times better than every other pair i’ve had and i don’t know why, they’re all supposed to be the same!

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 06/04/2025

after 2 years i've finally updated my website to make it look more like the google sites one i made (which is public again if you want to check it out for some reason)! i matched the font colors and everything, maybe one day it'll look closer, but i'll probably never work on it this much ever again.

a website. the header has the text "bushfactory's hell" in the upper left corner and a link to "my uploads" in the upper right.
the text below the header says "this is the official website (i hope u like it)", with the text "welcome to bushfactory's hell" in a fancy wavy wordart font below it.
below that in smaller text says "'professional' tech nerd, animator, video editor, programmer, and songmaker", as well as "below this: my best uploads (depending on what you count as 'best') as of now".
there are 2 cut-off youtube thumbnails below it, but i don't have the patience to describe those, sorry!

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 25/03/2025

i still have nothing to post, so here’s all 10 of my flash drives with their capacities.

there are 10 flash drives on the desk.
- 64mb lexar jumpdrive
- 128mb pny attache
- 256mb “sleepio”
- 4gb “jdsu” (it’s actually not but i found the cover for it laying around)
- 8gb dell recovery drive
- another 8gb dell recovery drive
- 16gb sandisk cruzer glide
- 64gb pny
- 128gb dell usb-c flash drive (sanded flat to make it look better)
- 512gb sd card in a propel drone adapter (i know it’s not really a flash drive, but who cares?)

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 21/03/2025

damn skippy is 20 years old now. i feel old even though i am way too young to be feeling old

"damn skippy" by lemon demon, it's a pink and blue abstract spiraly background with silhouettes and spikes on the top and bottom

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the bushfactory™ @bushfactory.neocities.org · 10/03/2025

my mac replaced the minecraft icon with the folder icon for some dumb reason, thanks apple (actually thanks microsoft, i always blame microsoft for everything bad)

the text "minecraft" above a folder icon, it is supposed to have a grass block (green on the first eighth of it, the rest is brown, i hope you know what colors are!) for the icon

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