Comic: Shake Straddle & Roll

     I've finished about a dozen vector drawings now. Because everything is a vector object, I can edit and reuse shapes - the left lights are smaller copies of the right. Also easy to republish with new captions. One particularly ambitious idea is to try 3d printing woodblock ink plates from vectors. That seems like a good thing to know how to do. I like how the analog and digital process work together. The font is just true-type, though - a bit sterile, if extremely readable. 

    My first car was a grey '85 Chevette, and stereo worth twice the car. I'd installed enormous 15-inch speakers in the back. The effect was, I imagine, like sitting inside a one-ton vibrator. This was popular with the other teens, who would lean and giggle directly against the speakers. At some point thieves had tried to steal the speakers, but they would not fit through the broken back window. We found a replacement hatchback from the junkyard in white. When the muffler fell off, we replaced it with a very cheap loud one, unlocking the Teen Achievement. 

Comic: Other Strange Things

    My goal was more Inkscape practice. If I'm gonna learn another tool, I'll try the free and open one. This strategy has worked with Gimp and FreeCAD - just got to muscle through. Surprisingly, the dumb ChatBOTs really know their way around free and open softwares - helpful when I have questions about doing a thing. More helpful than browsing documentation.

    This is one of the pivotal scenes in Stranger Things season one. Scenes move quickly, and many things are left vague and mysterious. Actors may get backstory and/or events that happen off-camera, but I think viewers just fill in gaps with their own experiences. These gaps are part of the fun. We can create a whole character out of only seconds of film - if we can relate. Anyhow, Lonnie the father doesn't get much screen time. 

Rubberized Plastic

 

the CF-readers that work on my Mac

If you bought any soft-touch rubberized plastic stuff, you may know that it becomes a sticky mess over time. Somehow they made plastic worse. This coating is difficult to remove, even with nasty chems. Some of these devices were expensive and/or not being made anymore. I'm sure manufactures don't mind all this tech going into landfill. 

I've primed & painted several sticky items now, and this does seem to work. For example, see this decade old CF-Card-Reader. The plastic case comes apart, and I test-sprayed it about a year ago. While there is a possibility the paint may soften someday, it has remained non-sticky thus far. I suspect water-based acrylics might not work as well.

Some cases are difficult to open and can be very sharp; I cut myself extracting a hard-drive. Another idea is to 3D-print a new case, if you're willing to sink more time into it. 

Learned my lesson - avoid rubberized plastic.