Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

@jeff - Looking for something akin to my previous pen display. About 19 inches for the display, but willing to go down (or up). I've used Wacom stuff over the years, but I'm also partial to Bosto.

I'm looking at getting a Bosto 16HD as it's "cheap" and the reviews seem to say it's an okay tablet. Videos seem to do what I need it to do.

I have a Paypal link at the bottom of my comics: https://dolari.net/cs/

So for the last few days, I've been going to bed an hour earlier each day so I can wake up at 7:30 on Saturday for a training event.

My body is NOT happy with this.

UPDATE: So literally an hour later, the stylus completely died on me. We're currently down for the count until I get a new stylus (doubtful) or a new tablet (expensive).

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Hey, y'all. The stylus for my Yiynova tablet is getting more and more wonky, and while I hate hate HATE to get rid of a good tablet, there are no compatible styluses for this model AND the company has gone out of business.

Anyone know a good mid-range drawing tablet? I don't have a lot of money to spend, but can throw down some money for a decent tablet, and even save up a bit if necessarty (the stylus is wonky, but not dead). Preferably one with good Linux support.

Let me know....

@Alairthephoenix - It's a stylus with a top that unscrews so you can put a battery in it. It's norotiously flimsy, and was cracked when I got the tablet second-hand.

The problem is, it's also an electrical connector, so it disconnects every so often and I have to re-screw it to make the connection. It's been getting worse over the years and is getting to the point of being useless (I'll draw a line, it'll lose connection, and I have to rescrew it and hope it doesn't happen again).

@Alairthephoenix - It's one where you draw directly on the screen. A Yiynova MSP19U+

https://www.amazon.com/Yiynova-MSP19U-V5-Monitor-Digital/dp/B010TOQDPC

So, a couple of things I'm noticing as I rip more and more of my DVD collection to a media server...

There's something going on with newer DVDs. My Babylon 5 discs died REAL quick, but that appears to be an issue with the place that produced the discs.

But other discs, mostly those made in the last five or so years, are just dead after one viewing. My copies of Dune, The Greatest American Hero, and even that Tron disc? All have disc read errors. Completely clean surfaces, not a scratch on them.

But discs from the early 2000s? And earlier? Scratched up to hell and back. But still work fine. And even if they don't, I have a drive from that same era that usually can pull the data off without errors. Something's changed in how discs are manufactured.

Also something I noticed? Old DVD player games. A lot of my Early 2000s discs had games you could play on the disc player and your remote. Adorable.

@max_power - BUT I ONLY HAVE 6.1 TERRABYTES LEFT ON THIS DRIVE! :)

Quick question.

I have two versions of Tron. One was the Bare Bones DVD release. The other was remastered. The Remastered looks better...but they also cropped out a boom mike, which I've always loved to see. The Bare Bones, though, has the boom mike left in.

Which should I keep?

@socketwench - ::insert 60s James Bond opening here::

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1dkxFH9hFg

$10,000 of Tremfya is now in my upper thigh. Hopefully this won't be an issue moving forward....

One of the few Monkees dance numbers, and one of my faves.

Sadly, the movie flips between black on white footage, to white on black footage and flashes pretty quickly between the two. Sometimes it's in synch, sometimes it's not, but it takes away from the number.

Looks like the original footage is out there, and now you can see it without the flipping between the shots. Also, you can finally see Toni Basil, who choerographed this sequence, clearly!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAaPX9qTFzc