Exploration

[forsyth]

It's amazing the stuff you can find when you go poking around the backs of buildings. I did some urban exploration in old town nearby today, and found two gardens in courtyards, several alleys, a couple of rusty warehouses, and some other cool stuff. I'll post pictures tomorrow. But it'd all started because I wanted to poke around by dumpsters to see if people were throwing useful stuff away, especially a computer or something maybe.

And I found one, even. Swiped it from the dumpster, and need to get it from the back of my girlfriend's car in the next couple of days, then hook it up and see if it works and so on. I'm gonna have to explore more places like this, it's fun.

And yeah, I've been out doing things and such lately, which is why this has been dead, and why I've fallen behind on the RP on the GG forum. I'll update that tomorrow, I swear! I never figured having a life would interfere with stuff so much.

Comments

[h371x.livejournal.com]

If the computer doesn't work, don't get rid of it entirely. Always, ALWAYS save the hard drive, so that you can plug it into another computer and see if IT works. Sometimes you find really cool stuff on them.

S'where I got the PC I was using until about six months ago, actually.

- JCH

[forsythferret.livejournal.com]

Oh, I fully intend to take it apart if it doesn't work. Either figure out what doesn't work and replace it, or salvage pieces from it to upgrade my current computer, which is years old.

[amazingadrian.livejournal.com]

You aren't supposed to just throw out computers in the first place. Some components can be toxic or even mildly radioactive in the right conditions from what I hear.

Sounds cool though Fors. Hope you can salvage the thing!