Computer problems

Well, seems that my faithful computer, which I named Jiang Hu (cookie points to whomever gets it ;) ), has given its last battle as of today.

It's been serving me for a good five years of heavy use, during which I used it for work and entertainment through most of the days. It weathered five storm seasons, three of which were in my old address, which always had a lousy insulation (some of you will remember helping me buy a good UPS, which is still valiantly serving and in good conditions).

I just received news that I will have to replace both motherboard AND processor. The techie, a trustworthy chap that has always helped me find good deals, told me he'd do the best to find parts that are still compatible with my DDR1 RAM chips, so things won't get very expensive. Still, this will be a hit on my savings, as I'm jobless and surviving off some freelance deals.

Sooooo... basically, if you ever planned to make a donation, this would be the time to do it. Whether it's by contributing to the Extra Page Fund (which will be taken into account once I'm able to actually make new pages), buying a wallpaper (which will be mailed out as promptly as I can access my HD again or my DVD backups) or just a no-strings-attached donation, you'll be helping me in getting things back on track. In the meanwhile, I'll be working on the low-tech parts: storyboarding, drawing and inking.

This chapter is almost done, and there will be a new wallpaper with a VERY definite spoiler pic, so don't get it until you read the last page ;)