Another request...

[telophase]

..is there anyone out there tonight who can scan copies of the pages from the licensed versions of the Utena, Hot Gimmick, and Peach Girl: Change of Heart thatI used on the OEL vs. Japanese shoujo essay? I was about to re-scan them and my scanner made a grinding noise like it was locked down - although it's not - and right now I don't have the time to do troubleshooting *and* write the Tpop version of the essay tonight? *puppy dog eyeballs*

Scanlations won't work - it's going up on the publisher's site, after all. :D



ETA: SIcne I figured out what was wrong with my scanner, as I note in the ETA down below, I found that if I scan things at the top of the glass, they'll be OK, which solves most of my immediate problem. However, I got rid of my Peach Girl manga, so if anyone has Change of Heart #1 and can scan those two apges for me, that would be much appreciated. Otherwise, I'll end up using my text-erased versions. :D



(Instead of writing, I spent most of the day doing a big backup of all my files due to weird noises coming from my computer at one point that is probably a fan that needed to be warmed up, but might be an imminent hard drive failure. *sigh* I'm taking tomorrow off work to get everything else done that I was supposed to do this weekend. If the hard drive crumps, I'm taking Tuesday off as well, dammit, since I'll have to spend at least a full day restoring. And my eyes are still getting tired and making it harder to focus near the end of the day. WHINE.)


ETA: I think I figure out what's wrong with my scanner - the glass on one end isn't attached to the plastic frame surrounding it, and I think it's hititng the scanning assembly as it scans. Which means that I get to spend at least part of tomorrow on the phone with Epson tech support, finding out where in town I can bring it for fixing, or where I need to mail it, and that it's probably not covered under warranty or something. *sigh*

Comments

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

I'll do the Utena tomorrow morning, unless someone beats me to it. Can you remind me of what volume and page number that is? I can find it if you don't remember, but I'm feeling lazy and don't want to have to look through the whole series for it if I don't have to.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Right near the end of volume 1 - pp. 192-193 in my copy, which is the early flipped version. The pagination might be different in the unflipped edition, but it's easy to find, being the next-to-last two pages in the book.

Thanks. and not to rush you or anything, but if no one else can get to it, the earlier the better, since I have to turn it in tomorrow. *sigh* I totally did not expect to be spending today backup up this thing.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Ah - never mind. I figured out what was wrong with my scanner, and that if I scan something that doens't reach to the end of the glass, I can make it work. So don't worry about it. :D

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Oh, cool. Well, glad you fixed it!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Eh, it's not *fixed* - I'm gonna have to call tech support tomorrow and find out if it's covered under warranty, but I can at least scan manga-sized things. :D

You've got mail! (Maybe?)

[rayechu.livejournal.com]

I scanned the Peach Girl. Photobucket was giving me a hard time so I emailed you at the account on your DA page. Hope that helps!

Re: You've got mail! (Maybe?)

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Thank you, you are a doll! XD

Re: You've got mail! (Maybe?)

[rayechu.livejournal.com]

No problem, you should have seen the expression on my boyfriends face as I scurried into the livingroom to grab the book chanting about how I could help XD
On the backup note though, are you going to be able to backup your copy of Mangastudio? Did they give you a CD for that?

Re: You've got mail! (Maybe?)

[telophase.livejournal.com]

XD

Yes, they sent me a disk when I got in on the beta-testing, so no worries there. :)

[dicemonkey.livejournal.com]

Hard drive crashes make baby jesus cry.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

And to think this is the replacement for a hard drive that crashed and burned a year and a half ago.

It seems to be working just fine, though, and chkdsk didn't find anything unusual. Luckily I've got a big stack o'CDs and will make frequent backups of anything that changes, however.

[dicemonkey.livejournal.com]

Good job on the CDs, but its still a pain in the buttocks to recopy and reinstall and yadda yadda yadda.

but I'm reminded of an addage passed unto me, there are two types of people in this world. Those that back-up, and those that will.

If you have a 2nd computer at home connected to a network, I've had good use of a program called Second Copy. You can schedule it to back up stuff on a regular basis. I use it at work to make sure that 3 years of research and all its trappings therein, are not lost in a computer crash.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Heh, yup. The last time this happened I had a three-month-old backup, which I'd done after Jeff's server crashed and I realized how much stuff I stood to lose if I didn't back it up. So I burned all the artwork and files that I had. And then failed to make any more backups, so when the HD gave up, I lost some things, although not all. I still don't back up on a regular enough basis, but I won't lose everything, at least.

That habit stood me in good stead when my coworker used my computer to learn how to upgrade to XP. The TR (it's Technology Recources and not Information Services anymore) guy who came to step her through the upgrade accidentally told her the wrong command, so the automated backup of my files didn't happen. So the only thing I lost was my Firefox bookmarks, which I'd forgotten to back up. I may, perhaps, be the only non-TR person on campus who has ever done that. :D

Only the one computer, I'm afraid. It'd be nice to have a laptop at some point, but that's not gonna happen for a while.