Part of the reason why my art has always been so stiff is that I’ve always had to work on relatively small screens to make it. My art on actual paper was always more fluid, but the constant battle against physical media made it far too time consuming to use it to make a webcomic. Other people could do it, but it didn’t work for me. So I made due with what I had and learned to work within my limitations.

Over time I’ve been able to upgrade a my setup to have a larger screen, but it’s still somewhat limiting compared to how I think a really large screen would be. I had been saving for the biggest Surface computer that they made, but the economy, and dirty dealings of unscrupulous people, massacred my little fund. I had been living by the motto of buying anything to improve my efficiency without hesitation, but such a huge purchase made my poor person alarms go off too much to just do it. In the end it was good that I didn’t pull the trigger because I was able to save someone when they needed it, but that was just happenstance. If I had just done it I might have been able to work even faster and have been able to help regardless, but who can say? There was just so much stuff fucking with my family that I can’t say for sure I would have been able to do any more than what I did at the time.

Anyway, I’m hoping that I can get back to that level of savings faster than ten years this time. Now that the management has changed who knows. I may have to just use my surface for another decade and be happy if it doesn’t wear out before then. The thing is they don’t actually make what I really want. The Surface Studio is this kind of dumb seeming setup that sits on a desk. I want one with a screen you can mount on a swing arm like I used to use. I still have my old one and it’s still good, so if they made a huge screen with standard mounting holes I could just use it. I’m worried that Microsoft will abandon the Studio style altogether because it seems like they haven’t done anything with it. I just really like the Surface style screens so much better than comparable alternatives.

I guess I’ll just have to wait and see what happens. I didn’t replace my original Surface until they added USBC to the newest ones, because I didn’t want to be caught out without an inbuilt port for it. Then, of course, I never really used it at all and all external drives kept using the rectangular USB wires…

Maybe I should write to Microsoft and tell them what it is I want so they know at least one user has a desire for a wired screen that isn’t bolted to the tower. I guess that’s for future Jackie to deal with. I need to post this page. It’s already 30 minutes late.

You all have a nice weekend. I’ll be back with a new page on Monday as usual, assuming that nothing gets me before then. Until that eventuality resolves, you may slap it… Once.

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