A few weeks back, I wrote a mini-article on r/BD about Goscinny's episodic series Iznogoud. After a good amount of feedback there, I wanted to update the article and post it here on EGN, but before doing so, figured it would be a good idea to read a couple classic Astérix albums so as to compare and contrast stylistic and other differences.
So then, the following is a fun little sequence that I guess we can all relate to. It's from the 10th album Astérix légionnaire, originally appearing in "Pilote" magazine, and later collected in to an album in 1967.
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On the personal front, the past week has been a rather exhausting, sleep-deprived personal stretch, visiting with relatives and attending to medical issues, both. My effusive thanks to @cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com for helping with posting during that period! <3
Indeed, our two-year anniversary is coming up on Aug 1st, and I hope to get something together to mark that. Whoof, I guess we'll see...
Btw, on the personal front that directly relates to this sub-Pie/community: so far I've been laboring with a ~10yr-old PC running WinX, and with each passing month, it's been more and more like slogging through molasses (or treacle, for the UK). There's also the fact that M$ is evidently pulling support for Win10 in October.
So I finally... finally got myself a newer system. It's a Win11-installed, "Minis-Forum" UM760 slim PC, with a seemingly capable CPU (AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS I think), solid RAM (16GB DDR5), 1TB SSD, and built-in graphics card of Radeon 760M, all for about... $US300.
It's also HILARIOUSLY tiny, to the tune of... hmm, let's see... IMAGES: https://www.google.com/search?q=minisforum+computer+%22UM760%22+slim&udm=2
Two inches x five & 1/8" x 5". Which in metric that would be... 50.8mm x ~130mm x 127mm. So the size of a small postage stamp on steroids, I guess. 😂
GO, postage stamp, GO...!
And yet, this particular unit seems to earn pretty consistent, stellar views from all over the place. So what's the deal, mon? Where's the catch? Well, the most obvious critique seems to relate to the small number of ports and the limited expansion capability. *FAIR*
Anyway, this is getting a bit rambly here, so let's wrap it up: I still have ~two weeks to take this thing back, and I'm still working on getting it integrated properly, but one of the things I'm rather excited about is converting it to a dual-boot Linux machine, free from the M$ tyranny. And of course, it's going to be SOOOO much more powerful and pleasant to work with in terms of browsing, reading, and creating BD content. Which should directly relate to my ease-of-content contributions upon on our sub, believe it or not...
That said, if you have any concerns or doubts for me, moving on to this new, little postage stamp PC, please do speak up? 🤔
