beep boop beep

just a little bit a lot enamored they/it - released 1999

[iplaycomputer]

to everyone except my two haters <3

[opendirectories]

[talos-stims]

PCB assembly

x | x | x

x | x | x

[things-ofpoetry]

Yeah

[talos-stims]

the computer blade | source

[cluttrbugs]

closeted, 2001

[rottingfacade]

i love those blinking red lights they put on top of radio towers and windmills and skyscrapers etc, theyre like electronic flowers or something to me

[rottingfacade]

[nrobins]

heat wave

[ontokineticsystem]

don’t like ai but the google data center is a cutie fr im always in awe of stuff like this and want to see it irl. coolant pipes my beloved -💾

[devoidery]

[gettingghosts]

[pommegf]

Wisteria crawling up the face of the mayflower pub in rotherhithe, london

[nickcarr]

Field notes from the time I scouted a decommissioned nuclear power plant...

This is the control room, and if you look closely, you'll see a dark stripe in the carpet running the perimeter of the room. This was referred to as the "velvet rope," and absolutely NO ONE was allowed to cross it without authorization. It was under constant observation from an adjacent office, and I was told that if someone did set foot inside without permission, things got VERY serious VERY quickly.

This is one of the computer stations, and to me, it's such a gorgeous encapsulation of its period of technology, the sort of aesthetic that shows like Lost will bend over backwards to recreate.

As I was scouting, I noticed the day calendar had last been torn off about when the plant closed for good...

Then we went into the nuclear reactor, and the whole damn thing was just so spooky.

Looking back, I think it came from an overwhelming feeling of utter insignificance in the face of the sheer power this colossus was designed to produce.

The scale was just so out of proportion to every day reality, the sort of place where a weight of "46000 LBS" is just casually noted on the side of a part.

Peering into where the core would've been, all I could think is that I'd never want the job where you have to climb down that ladder on the left while this thing was in operation.

If you're interested in seeing more, you can find my full tour here!

https://nickcarr.com/scouting-a-decommissioned-nuclear-power-plant/

And as always, follow for more location scouting fun...

[neon-glowing-rainbow-stims]

📺 ~ Alien Transmission ~ 📺 (messyendeavor)

(Link to this post if you use these!)

[infinity-imagined]

Particle Collisions

[clownlores]

Angels are everywhere we made them

[yoan-le-grall]

[jabberding0]

Yuantong Link Chain

[snazzy-hats-and-adhd]

The space between manipulations. The necessary alternation to avoid twist. The metal shavings covering absolutely everything.

10/10 taking that machine apart and putting it back together would be a religious experience.