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Discussion Thread 🍜 Tuesday 13 January 2026 (aussie.zone)

submitted 1 day ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Put the skeleton of the server rack in my office and racked my UPS, webserver and home automation proxmox enclosure. Oh it's ever so handsome, even if I haven't done the sides yet or finished stuffing it with delicious goodies.

(the sides were those pieces I was template routing last week. Not sure if want to carve or applique or paint, still mulling the baroque ideas. But I knew for certain I wanted the farkin' servers off my goddamn office floor, so I templated them so I could populate the frame)

[–] Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you are going for baroque, I must insist that there be gilded papiermache cherubs at the corners - preferably blowing trumpets. Some nice scrollwork would be an advantage I feel. Strap & jewel work might not be quite the right vibe, but you can't go wrong with roundels.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I am also considering a ridiculous mash of victorian steampunk and floral themes. The two apetures are going to be pop off windows, but i can get wonderfully baroque or gothic window films that I can put on the Perspex that's going to be the windows. Also going to backlight them very subtly.

the environs

(Please ignore tape and crap everywhere)

[–] Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oooh, go hogwild! I would be very tempted to let Grinling Gibbons be my guide (see example) - but Victorian steampunk sounds pretty damn fantastic.

example

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

gmta, I actually snagged this a few weeks ago to see how well it held up /stained

[–] TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

I must be physic.