It’s difficult to put into words and pictures just how much of a shock and then how down I felt after the rug was pulled out from under my, and all the other graphic designers, feet last Thursday. Compiling tonight,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For any new readers of my comics, or long time readers who may have forgotten, I’ve discussed the damaged keys on my laptop several times in my comics. This comic from August of 2017 talks about my disappearing keys (which includes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After I finished this comic I realized that I’ve been using Photoshop and Illustrator since the mid 1990’s. In fact, when i first started using Photoshop it had NO layers and had only FIVE undos. It was extremely non-user friendly. In[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The weird thing is, I can easily use the touchpad on my Mac Book Pro (in fact, I’m using it right now as I work on this) but I just can’t deal with that touchpad on my work HP PC.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sure, I had some hours of sitting around again today, not getting anything productive done, but it was all worth it when I finally began working on the new laptop. The speed of the new computer, the ability to utilize[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes, that old pain-in-the-ass laptop finally died today. Fortunately, it waited to bite the dust after I’d backed up all of my projects onto a USB memory stick and for the arrival of my new Z-Book Laptop. Now I just[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I hate days like this. Drive into work, early, get in by 6:30, ready to work on my projects. Yet, I can’t. No cooperation by my laptop. No cooperation by my monitors. Can’t even commiserate with Christian, my Supervisor. He’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Before you ask “Why can’t you just work on the laptop, using its’ screen, until this gets rectified?”, well, I really can’t. The images and the work space would be much too small in order to do a good enough[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Now that I’m gainfully employed I thought it would make sense to hire someone to clean my house, even if it’s just the upstairs. The upstairs includes the Living room, Dining room, Kitchen, three Bathrooms, three Bedrooms and a hallway.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Now, I know why companies, especially large companies, utilize IT departments overseas. It’s done for cost. It’s cheaper to pay the outsourced departments than to maintain one in the states. But, look at what I’ve gone through the past few[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…