iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 14/10/2026

My sister remembers this as "The Scary Clown Game" despite it not having clowns (although to be fair, the robot enemies dressed up with strange accessories are very clown-like). The game was Super Solvers: Midnight Rescue from 1989. We had an amber monochrome […] [Original post on calamity.world]

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 07/09/2026

Update: IT’S ALIVE! I re-did some of the caps, did a thorough inspection, and found a broken trace where there had been some heavy corrosion. It was a tiny gap by the leg of one of the chips, so I bridged it with some solder, and it works! #retrocomputing […] [Original post on calamity.world]

A Macintosh Color Classic, booted to the desktop (that was set up by the previous owner), with an “About this Mac” page open, showing System 7.1 and 4MB RAM.

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 06/09/2026

It works…! Sort of! It started to load extensions, then went into a weird crashed state. When I powered off, it refused to chime the next time. I know it’s my capacitor work, because the replacement Color Classic II board I still boots fine. Oh well… I’ll try […] [Original post on calamity.world]

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 06/09/2026

My crappy attempt at soldering on some replacement tantalums. Not my best work, but I felt it was good enough for a test. #retrocomputing #macintosh #compactmac #colorclassic #clasic #vintagecomputing #repair

The Mac Color Classic logic board with the tantalum capacitors installed where the leaky electrolytic ones were. Some are a tad crooked…

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 06/09/2026

Capacitor detritus, and the pads all cleaned up. I feel like I’m coated in that gross fishy burning electrolyte smell, and no amount of showering will wash it off… ugh. #retrocomputing #macintosh #compactmac #colorclassic #clasic #vintagecomputing #repair

A bunch of dust and crumbly gunk from leaky capacitors. Some have been clipped in to pieces, others are mostly intact (but still crusty and gross)

The Mac Color Classic logic board all cleaned up with fresh shiny pads.

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 06/09/2026

Tried to recap this Macintosh Color Classic logic board. The seller sold it as working, and claims it booted when he last tried in January. It never worked once for me, and it’s easy to see why: corrosion and leaky caps everywhere. It’s a good thing the […] [Original post on calamity.world]

A logic board for a Macintosh Color Classic, with leaky capacitors in the top left, top right, and bottom left. Corrosion and gunk is barely visible around them.

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 26/08/2026

MAKE SURE 👏 YOUR DESIGNERS 👏 TALK WITH 👏 YOUR CLIENTS 👏 AND UNDERSTAND 👏 YOUR METRICS 👏 ALSO THE IDIOCY 👏 OF THE AVERAGE USER 👏👏

A conversation on Slack between a project manager aka PM (name censored in orange) and a designer (name censored in green). The PM asks why the "returning applicant" page was removed, and the designer says it's not a separate page so there's no reason to have it, and that it was feedback from the CEO. The PM then explains it was added for "visual clarity" and that it reduced the amount of issues from clients significantly.

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 12/06/2026

My friend @ottermonster.bsky.social and I were joking about going to the Backrooms to sleep. They said what about creatures? I said find a crawl space to hide in. “What about Tiny Joe?? He’s like if a human was shaped like a roomba. He’s small enough to come […] [Original post on calamity.world]

A new backrooms "creature": Tiny Joe. A little man shaped like a roomba who's small enough to get in all the tight spaces. His whole body is shaped like a flat wide cylinder, with his face on the front. He's got sickly skin, bloodshot eyes, a creepy stare, a weird pencil moustache, tiny little top hat, and overalls.

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 18/03/2026

@mysterycryptid Is turning people into bugs! A mad scientist is on the loose and capturing people to inject with science juice, transforming them into bugs. It was such a fun idea I had to get in on it, and Lenora turned me into a teeny little shiny June bug! […] [Original post on calamity.world]

A piece of digital artwork depicting medical forms and a transformed photograph. The subject initially appears as a confused messily bearded man at the top of the medical form, with some personal information redacted. To the right is a large photo of a cute, shiny, green-and-yellow anthropomorphic beetle with similar hair. The final species is listed as "Cotinis Nitida" (June Beetle) and the final height is only 3.1mm tall.

The sheet lists the times and stages of the transformation, and the mad scientist's final notes on the result, as well as numbered serums used.

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 19/02/2026

How on earth am I supposed to get anything done like this? #catsofmastodon #cat

A wide-angle shot of a tortoiseshell cat lounging on my chest, with a barely-visible laptop behind her

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 27/01/2026

@eri The link still works for me, but when I try to launch it, it takes me to this screen and won't continue:

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 19/01/2026

This is the first 3D-printed part that I designed myself: an adapter for a desk lamp to mount on my monitor stand. It took 4 iterations to get something that works well, and this is despite accidentally taking measurements in inches but designing in mm, and […] [Original post on calamity.world]

The view of the back of a VESA monitor arm, with an X-shaped 3D printed orange piece partly inserted into the main vertical support, with an extension on top to hold a slimmer-looking tube (the base of a desk lamp)

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 05/10/2025

@unlambda @ai6yr (Ironically, on Apple Maps, that Mobil is just a dirt pile, as it looks like it's being rebuilt... but enough of the other markers matched, and it had a billboard...)

A screenshot of Apple Maps 3D satellite view, above the location in question, showing a construction site and the roof of a Starbucks, with surrounding roads and intersections

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 15/09/2025

Blergh. The Portainer.io rebrand is one of the WORST rebrands I think I have ever seen. Sure, it was bland before, but now it looks like Robolox Discord wannabe neo-hip-trendy. It doesn't feel like a dependable, mature container management tool anymore, it […] [Original post on calamity.world]

The old Portainer.io website. Simple, if bland, blue and flat, with a stylized wave separating the hero from the page content.

The new Portainer.io website, with purple and grey color scheme, variable-width all-caps fonts alternating between condensed and wide styles that feels like it's yelling at me. Also there's an "Ask AI" button in the corner now.

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 08/09/2025

[Food, meat] Made gluten-free lasagna for the first time in years. It was startlingly easy using a jar of pre-made tomato sauce. Just cook the beef & veggies, add sauce, mix cheeses (cottage cheese, mozzarella & Parmesan), spread it layer by layer along with […] [Original post on calamity.world]

A casserole dish full of lasagna, with ample melted cheese on top, sitting on a drip tray with parchment paper, on top of a wire cooling rack.

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 25/08/2025

@sovy this seems like a fun game where you get to see and learn about lots of cool characters. I should try this at some point!

A refsheet page featuring a turn-around of my character, “t3rminus”, an anthropomorphic grey-green dragon, wearing an olive green jacket, black collard shirt, and blue-green pants. The information in the top left reads:
“T3RMINUS”
- Species: Axanthic Welsh Dragon / He/Him / Asexual
- Strictly SFW character
- Written as “t3rminus” or “T3RMINUS”blept T3rminus)
- 195cm (6’5”) midform (anthro)
- 183cm (6’0") fullform (quadrupedal) ground to shoulder

There is also a detail in the bottom left about how the jacket clips together on the back, using magnets to attach through the wing membrane, and some examples of facial expressions in the top right: blep, laughing, and annoyed.

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 30/07/2025

@dragonminded Critter Chat dark mode! (Applied as a userstyle with the Stylus extension...) #userstyle #css #critterchat

A screenshot of Firefox with DragonMinded's Critter Chat Alpha site, with a user style applied that re-skins the app to give it dark mode.

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 27/07/2025

Not sure why she only recently discovered she can fit under my shelf, but it’s become her new favourite place. Despite appearances, she’s not hiding; she’s well fed and absolutely doted upon like the princess she is. She gets ample pets, cuddles, purrs […] [Original post on calamity.world]

A small tortoiseshell cat in the small space beneath a black shelf and the carpeted floor

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 27/07/2025

Holy shit jumpscared by a legit @ipg shitpost meme found in the wild circulating on discord.

A screenshot from Discord with a link to a Bluesky post by Sadie T. Gender @zulc22.site with a video that quotes Emma @ipg.gay making a Simpsons/Can You Feel My Heart shitpost

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 16/04/2025

[CW: Yelling/all-caps, Google, email spam] Dear Google: I don't give a shit about personalized tips or whatever! The only time you should email me about "important changes to my account" is when THERE HAVE BEEN IMPORTANT CHANGES TO MY ACCOUNT... AND THIS SURE […] [Original post on calamity.world]

A screenshot of an email from Google Analytics with the subject line “You're missing out on personalized insights & tips”. The email encourages me to “Get helpful tips” that are “personalized”.

A screenshot of the email’s footer, with the text “You have received this mandatory email service announcement to update you about important changes to your Google Analytics product or account.”

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 22/03/2025

PSSH. Cases. Who needs ‘em. All they do is hide away all your cool stuff. (Yes, it is booted)

A view of the top of my desk, with computer parts all laid out on boxes but somehow still plugged in, with a riser cable connecting the big GPU to an ITX motherboard, and a power supply in the bottom right, in the top left you can see my desktop on my monitor. Underneath the monitor are speakers, a volume wheel, a game pad, and an audio interface, all on a cream colored deskmat.

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 17/03/2025

After almost 10 years of using this character online to represent myself, I finally have a refsheet! Done by the incomparable and absolutely amazing @korybing.bsky.social . I am incredibly thankful for all her effort, and I'm insanely happy with the result […] [Original post on calamity.world]

A refsheet page featuring a turn-around of my character, “t3rminus”, an anthropomorphic grey-green dragon, depicted without clothes, but in a safe-for-work manner. The information in the top left reads:
“T3RMINUS”
- Species: Axanthic Welsh Dragon / He/Him / Asexual
- Strictly SFW character
- Written as “t3rminus” or “T3RMINUS” (not T3rminus)
- 195cm (6’5”) midform (anthro)
- 183cm (6’0") fullform (quadrupedal) ground to shoulder

There is also some examples of facial expressions in the top right: blep, laughing, and annoyed.

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 17/01/2025

[Food w/pictures] For #appreciateadragonday I appreciated myself by making a dragon-worthy snack snack: homemade, gluten-free mozzarella sticks! My only regret is not having any marinara to dip them in, but now I know how these will turn out next time!

Some deep-fried golden-brown mozarella sticks draining on a paper towel.

A close-up of the mozzarella sticks, with a cheese-pull stretched between two crispy halves in the foreground.

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 14/01/2025

If anyone's curious, here's the full sheet & final ids: 1. The Legend of Zelda 2. Metroid 3. Bubble Bobble 4. Super Mario Bros. 3 5. Kid Icarus 6. Faxanadu 7. Crystalis 8. Ninja Gaiden 9. Duck Tales 10. A Boy and His Blob 11. Blaster Master 12. Dig Dug 13 […] [Original post on calamity.world]

A sprite-sheet on a grid containing various screenshots from NES games, laid out to be used as paintings in a Minecraft texture pack

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 13/01/2025

Hey fedi! I need some help identifying some cropped graphics from NES games. They were used as paintings in a Minecraft texture pack, and I'm trying to identify which games they are. Every single other graphic is from an NES game, so I assume these are too […] [Original post on calamity.world]

14x14 crop of a pixelated graphic from an NES game. It appears to show two figures with light skin. The left is wearing blue sleeveless clothes and has short black hair, the right is wearing a pink sleeveless dress and has long black hair. There is something green in the bottom right (the right-most figure might be sitting on it). As it’s only 14x14 pixels, it’s very low detail.

14x14 crop of a pixelated graphic from an NES game. It appears to show metallic or stone-like spines possibly horns or armour, on a brown background. For the NES it’s quite intricate, but at only 14x14 it’s almost impossible to identify.

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 06/01/2025

“The next station is… Toluca Lake Regional Park. Terminus station.” #fog #skytrain #vancouver

A shot from a train platform of the Vancouver Skytrain with an overhead walkway above, and then the tracks simply disappear into the fog.

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 03/01/2025

@cmdr_nova in iMessage? Tap on the icon in the header, and scroll down to the “Hide Alerts” setting.

A screenshot of the iMessage group chat settings with the “hide alerts” toggle outlined in red.

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 14/12/2024

[Retrogaming, uspol, weapons] Sometimes I hate being part of the retro gaming community. There’s always a certain element to it that I try and ignore, because otherwise I would lose one of the few pastimes I have left that I feel like I can enjoy. The […] [Original post on calamity.world]

A discussion about purchasing ModRetro’s Chromatic Tetris game if it’s released as a standalone cartridge brings out some horrible takes when the company founder is mentioned;

“I’d rather not support Palmer Luckey, personally…”

“I actually bought more when I found out he supports trump and is a weapons dealer. Guess we’re different.”

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 02/12/2024

@ivory I’m getting this a lot while scrolling through search results in Ivory for Mac 2.2.3. Any ideas?

A little red pop-down error notification in Ivory for Mac that says “Error Invalid date 2024-11-21T05:52:06Z”

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 01/12/2024

When a friend is cold, sometimes a dragon has to bust out the jar of spicy peppers and make a hot tub with the extra toasty fire. Drawing by @PerryThePeryton . Hot tub enjoyer is @shysharkart.bsky.social #dragon #whaleshark #friends #furry #derp #drawing #silly

An illustration of a walleyed (derpy) dragon with a jar of chili peppers lighting a fire under a pot of water, with an equally derpy whale shark lounging in the water and enjoying the bubbling hot tub

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 16/11/2024

Aw yeah, got my Swordfish & Pondhopper pins! They're from Fishtrout’s How To Be A Dragon webcomic, in case you haven't seen it! www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/how-to-b… #enamelpins #howtobeadragon #comic #dragons

Two dragon enamel pins on a beige canvas-textured pinboard. On the left is a blue and yellow dragon named Swordfish. On the right is a pink and cyan dragon named Pondhopper. They are striking “fearsome” (actually adorable) “heraldic” poses, similar to rearing dragons depicted on crests and flags. Swordfish is actually smiling though.

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 13/11/2024

Google search on mobile is now just changing my search term to be what it thinks I wanted, with no option to change back. Not even adding it in quotes works. If I change to the “web" tab it just changes what I typed in (and correcting after doesn't help […] [Original post on calamity.world]

A screenshot of google search for the term evyanon, but the results are for evion. There is no option to go back and search for evyanon instead.

A screenshot of google search for the term evyanon with quotation marks, but the results are STILL for evion. There is no option to go back and search for evyanon instead.

A screenshot of google search now changed to the “web” tab. The search term has been changed automatically to “evion” instead of what was actually typed. There is still no option to go back to what was typed.

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 18/10/2024

I can’t believe I neglected to share this magnificent potato with you, fedifriends. This was a gift for my birthday last month from @PerryThePeryton BEHOLD! The Potato of Motivation! #potato #motivation #derp #gift #dragon #art #furry #silly

A digital drawing of the head and neck of a wonderfully goofy wall-eyed dragon with a large potato in his mouth that is beginning to sprout. At the bottom of the image it says “Potato of Motivation!”. There are little sparkles around the dragon, and there’s a space background with a white vignette.

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 12/10/2024

See, I was going to bake pumpkin pie for (Canadian) thanksgiving, but then this happened… #caturday #catsofmastodon

A photo of a tortoiseshell cat sleeping on my lap. I’m laying on my bed, and the cat is sleeping on my jeans on my outstretched legs

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 10/10/2024

Alright who’s playing Amber Isle? This game is cozy and adorable and for some unexplained reason I just absolutely love everything about it. Check out my paleofolk! #amberisle

A custom “paleofolk” little dinosaur-person from the game Amber Isle. He is green, with light green stripes, and feathered wing-arms. He is wearing a brown jacket over a salmon-colored shirt.

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 06/10/2024

Leaky caps removed board cleaned. Y’all I’m stoked how little damage there was from the electrolyte! #retrocomputing #macintosh #se30

The top-down view of a Macintosh SE/30 logic board with bare silver pads where there were once leaky electrolytic capacitors.

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 01/10/2024

New header image! Got an absolutely amazing and wonderful commission from my friend @jinx ! You can see more of their art on their instagram too: www.instagram.com/shysharkart #commission #furry #art #lofivibes #retrogaming #cats #startrek

A digitally painted image of an anthropomorphic dragon lounging sitting up in bed playing a classic gameboy. His legs are covered by the blankets, and a window to his right shows an illuminated nighttime cityscape. Two cats are on the bed with him, and various game, computer, and sci-fi paraphernalia are on the nightstand and a nearby shelf. There’s a plant on the left side, partially obscuring a poster with a rainbow cloud and the slogan “fart different” in the style of Apple’s “Think Different”.

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 29/09/2024

It’s still #caturday in my heart, so enjoy a Dexter

A gray and white cat loafing on an off-white carpet, looking vaguely up at the photo taker.

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 22/08/2024

@kiwa Ah. Right. It was too early for me to brain in 3 dimensions, and I was just used to seeing it from the back:

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t3rminus @t3rminus.calamity.world · 09/08/2024

Holy shit this thing is on the internet! (Thanks to a PicoW and BlueSCSI!) #retrocomputing #macintosh #bluescsi

A photo of the screen of a Macintosh Classic, showing the MacTCP Ping tool, pinging www.google.com successfully.

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