July 28, 2006

Broken Chain Preview: Online!

Filed under: Broken Chain — aaron.gonzalez @ 1:06 am

The 40 page preview of Broken Chain is finally online here.

It’s also linked on the right menu as well.

It’s viewable online and downloadable as CBR or PDF.

Go check it out!

(also, I coded the comic viewer in PHP a few hours ago, and my brain is sorta mush.  If anything breaks or isn’t working, please send an email or let me know somehow. Apologies in advance!)

July 19, 2006

Bought a new Tablet PC pen

Filed under: Process — aaron.gonzalez @ 12:03 am

The pen that came with my tablet is fat and more geared toward writing text than drawing of any kind. Lately, it’s been annoying me when I draw using it.

I’ve been very happy with my 12×12 Intuos Wacom tablet’s pen, but unfortunately, though Wacom makes both the Intuos tablet and the technology used in the Tablet PC, the pens are not interchangeable.

However, Wacom does offer a few pens on their site for Tablet PC users that are closer to the Intuos ones I love. I bought one on Amazon Monday for $35 or so.

So far it’s doing exactly what I wanted it to. I love it.

There is one small problem though, and that is that the stylus slot in my tablet it way too big for this new pen. Having to remember to carry this extra pen was not going to happen, and I would most likely lose it soon. So what I did was buy some velcro and added a small strip to both the pen itself and my travel portfolio case I carry the tablet it.

It works out pretty well, actully.

Here are some photos:

The Intuos pen (left) and the tablet pc pen (right)
Pens

A better shot of the velcro I added to the pen
pen detail: velcro

You can view more photos over at my Flickr set.

And finally, here’s a short video showing how the pen is taken on and off the case. That small strip is stronger than I thought.

July 14, 2006

Why Can’t I Post a Comment?

Filed under: Misc., Site News — aaron.gonzalez @ 4:59 pm

If you are getting errors when trying to comment, check out this site:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Enable_Sending_Referrers

particularly this section:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Enable_Sending_Referrers#How_do_I_Enable_Sending_Referrers.3F

Having referrers turned off will trigger the anti-spam thing in Wordpress and you won’t be able to comment at all.

Sorry.