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Possible disruption of service looming!
🕑 Added 2023-01-23 19:12:15 +0000 UTCThought I should let you fine folks know that this Patreon might—I should emphasize, might—face some interruptions in posting in the near future.
See, the main breaker on my house's electrical panel has been acting inexplicably flaky of late, and twice in three days has shut off power to half of the panel's electrical lines for hours at a time—without actually tripping any breakers in the process, which is odd indeed.
My area is getting socked with a series of snowstorms this week, so now is not exactly the most ideal time to schedule service appointments with electricians or, more to the point, the power company; thus, this recurring crap is likely going to be an issue for weeks to come.
Problem is, both my PCs are in rooms left without power when this partial outage recurs, so I can't set up Patreon posts very easily, if at all. (The Patreon app on my phone and tablet is fine for viewing posts or comments, but nearly useless for scheduling or setting up new content.)
Come to think of it, I should just bite the bullet and buy a modern-era laptop, which would grant me some flexibility on these matters. Not having traveled in three years (soon to be four), having a functional laptop hasn't been a priority for me, ever since my crappy MacBook Air (ouch) finally crapped out for good in 2020.
While the power's on, as it is right now (knock on wood), I'll try to set up and schedule posts in advance when I can, but my available worktime for such is mighty dang limited at the moment, between freelance gigs and real-world crap (such as partial power outages). I'm not sure if I'll be able to set up the usual end-of-month extra barrage of posts, as my buffer of drafts is currently pretty low.
Anyhoo, this might not be a problem on your end if I can work up a generous enough buffer of posts beforehand, but I thought I'd mention the possibility in case, say, the house's main breaker craps out entirely and I'm cut off from online access indefinitely.
Meanwhile, on the new "test bed" fantasy comic front, I'm (semi-)proud to say that the project now has a working title—well, sorta, as I can't decide on which order the title's nouns should be slotted. I'll announce that title either in a separate Designs Ahoy post further updating the project, or possibly in a poll querying you fine folks about which title version works best.
Comments
Jadelantern
I am so glad to be one of your Patreons. If it a gap in posting happens, that is ok. I will 100% be here on your return. Hope you get everything worked out without taking to big a $$ hit.
Aidenke
Take care, and here's hoping it's only minor, short-term issues while you get through the worst of it. Until it's done, we'll all chill out -- and hope you have a good break from the nonsense of the world if you do end up going internet-dark for a bit!
Burninator
I mean, trying to draw with boxing gloves on would explain why Volume 12's taken so long.
Greg
No worries buddy! We aren't going anywhere
Brian Christy Burke
The way you say 'modern-era laptop' makes me imagine you and Strong Bad getting your computers at the same place.
Burninator
Fun Fact: One of my company's consulting clients a while back was involved in infrastructure construction, including power lines and transformers. One of the things that came out of that project is that nobody wants to build or fix up infrastructure in rural New England because, even with government money to entice rural buildouts, there're "too many mountains and too many unions". Also, as somebody who was there the last time you traveled, it won't be 4 years until October, and I do hope you make it out of the house before then.
totallySafeUsername
Don't worry about posting stuff to Patreon too much. I follow several artists and already surpass your peers for frequency and volume.
Jonathan J Rainone
Call the power company asap, that sounds like a transformer problem they need to investergate. for sudden drops you can also invest into a UPS battery backup ($200 APC brand) so your pc wont just turn off, gives you a bit of working time (17-30 min) so you can save work and shutdown properly.
Will_K
Good luck and stay safe !!!
Adam Warren
Ah, very interesting; thanks for the heads-up!
Strypgia
Good luck and stay warm. I empathize with the laptop end: I am running on a laptop that is at least 2017 vintage, and it shows it.
Grant Gould
FYI: Half the house losing power (typically one side of the breaker panel) without any breakers tripping usually means one of the 120V phase lines coming into the house has no power. Usually a problem with the distribution transformer on the pole nearest your house. So more likely a "call the power company" problem rather than a "call an electrician" problem.
