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Computers and pancakes

on July 20, 2005

Well, I’m back online, and the computer is hopefully fixed. I got a new optical drive installed – it’s supposed to be faster than the one I had, so that’s good. The only problem is that I can’t burn disks until I install a patch that tricks the computer into thinking that the new drive is an Apple product. And I can’t install that patch until I upgrade to OS 10.3 or higher. So I went ahead and ordered 10.4 “Tiger.” I’ve been wanting to upgrade the OS for a while, since I’m essentially running the same system the computer came with when I bought it four years ago. I’ve just kept putting it off for financial reasons. Oh well, at least now I have an excuse.

The computer gave me yet another scare this morning. After having gotten it back yesterday, apparently fixed, there was yet another power out at around 6 this morning. I woke up when the power came back (and all of our electronic gadgets clicked back on.) I was instantly paranoid that something would be wrong with the computer. So I got out of bed to check, and I was right! The exact same problem as before – The button lit up, but the computer wouldn’t come on at all. So come 9:00, I was back at AIS Computers. I talked to the same guy who worked on it before, and told him it was an emergency, so he took it back to the shop while I waited. This time around, the problem apparently WAS a dead battery. They replaced it for free, and the computer was back home and running by 9:30.

I can’t help but be a little suspicious… didn’t they check the battery when I brought it in last week? My first suspicion was a dead battery, but I didn’t think to try changing it myself until after I took it into the shop. When they told me it was the problem was a short in the optical drive, I was pretty surprised. Hmm…

Anyway, there is a pretty awesome pancake place in Savannah – the “Original Pancake House,” supposedly. Eleanor and I’ve been there twice in the last week or so. They have 18 different varieties of pancake at our location, and we’ve been working through each one (in order of appearance.) This morning it was “chocolate chip” and “banana.” The chocolate chip pancakes were a little much (more dessert than breakfast,) but the banana pancakes were pretty good. The best we’ve had so far have been the “49’er Flapjacks” – a basic sort of pancake, but very well done. Every time we eat a new pancake, we come home and cross it off of the takeout menu we have pinned up on the bulletin board. 8 down, ten to go.

I’m thinking of just biting the bullet and revamping my website, which I’ve been wanting to do for a little bit.

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More trouble than it’s worth

on July 14, 2005

I’m typing this from the library, because my computer is back in the shop. It’s a Mac G4, and I’m pretty fond of it, but something goes wrong with it every six months or so. Last time my hard drive went kaput out of nowhere, and had to be replaced. Luckily I was mostly backed up.

This time around? We had a power out, and when the power came back on, the computer wouldn’t. The startup button lights up when you press it, but nothing happens. This has happened before, but last time, I took the computer’s battery out, put it back in, and it miraculously worked. This time, the computer repair people are telling me the problem is in the CD drive, and I need a new one.

Every time I have a computer problem, it requires expensive replacement parts.

Anyway, I should be back online by Monday, and will hopefully have some new comics to post then.

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Fourteen

on July 13, 2005


The story so far…

You know, if I had a million dollars, maybe the first two things I would get would be the complete Penguin Classics library, and the Criterion Collection gift set. I am a complete fucking sucker for “complete collections.” Damn Chris Wright for ever pointing out to me that each Criterion Collection dvd was actually part of a numbered set.

Will my collector’s mentality never die?

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Well, I’ll be.

on July 12, 2005

Remember a couple posts ago, when I mentioned being nominated for a Web Cartoonist’s Choice Award? I’ve been nominated a couple of times before, and always lost. But this time, “Pup” won the Infinite Canvas Award, for whatever that’s worth.

Huh. Put a comic on the back burner for a while, and then it gets the attention. I finally managed to get “Pup” back online at Serializer the other day. So if you’re a current subscriber, you should have full access to the comics. I really plan on doing some ambitious new “Pup” material in the not-too-far future.

Now as promised, You Ain’t No Dancer. – a new anthology series from New Reliable Press. I did a six page story for the first issue. The issue also features about a metric ton of other awesome cartoonists – I can’t even begin to list just the cartoonists I like, so click here for the lineup. If you’re curious about the contents, click here for a generous preview of quite a few of the stories, including mine.

You Ain’t No Dancer doesn’t hit stores until September, but now is the time comic shops have to order. So if there’s a local comic shop you frequent, consider asking them to order a few issues. If not, the book should be premiering at SPX, and should be available from the website shortly after that.

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Thirteen

on July 12, 2005


The story so far…

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