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AurumCalendula ([personal profile] aurumcalendula) wrote2025-08-21 07:59 am

blu ray drive question

Are there particular signs to look out for w/r/t an blu ray drive starting to fail?

I was importing a CD into iTunes last night and my external blu ray drive kept kinda getting stuck on some of the songs (some later imported successfully after I unplugged the drive and checking the connections plus restarting my PC seemed to resolve the issues with the last one).

I'm not sure if the problem was with the CD (it was from a historical society, so I'm not sure if it was burned or pressed), the software I was using, the USB connection, the drive, or something else, but now I'm feeling twitchy about the drive.
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iamrman ([personal profile] iamrman) wrote in [community profile] scans_daily2025-08-21 12:30 pm

Incredible Hulk #168

Writer: Steve Englehart

Pencils: Herb Trimpe

Inks: Jack Abel


MODOK still isn’t done with poor Betty.


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iamrman ([personal profile] iamrman) wrote in [community profile] scans_daily2025-08-21 10:29 am

Hawkworld #10

Writer: John Ostrander

Pencils: Graham Nolan

Inks: Gary Kwapisz


It is decided that the Hawks need a P.R. makeover after the Byth debacle.


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AurumCalendula ([personal profile] aurumcalendula) wrote2025-08-20 11:34 pm
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Some book stuff

Ballad of Sword & Wine by Tang Jiu Qing (translated by XiA, Jia, and amixy):

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I just saw today that first few volumes of Rosmei's baihe titles (volume 1 of The Creater's Grace and volumes 1 and 2 of At The World's Mercy have their preorders scheduled for October!

I also continue to be unreasonably excited about The Beauty's Blade, despite the release date being ~2 months away.
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mastermahan ([personal profile] mastermahan) wrote in [community profile] scans_daily2025-08-20 09:17 pm

New Avengers #3



One horrifying page below the cut.

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cyberghostface ([personal profile] cyberghostface) wrote in [community profile] scans_daily2025-08-20 01:15 pm

The Umbrella Academy: Plan B #1



"After the mass release of The City's greatest foes and the chaos that followed in Hotel Oblivion, the Umbrella Academy face their most fearsome challenge to date–their other brothers and sisters." -- Dark Horse

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iamrman ([personal profile] iamrman) wrote in [community profile] scans_daily2025-08-20 06:11 pm

Hawk and Dove #5

Writers: Barbara and Karl Kesel

Pencils: Chris Wozniak

Inks: Karl Kesel

Dawn is sick in bed and hallucinates a visit from Don Hall, her predecessor as Dove. Or does she...?

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iamrman ([personal profile] iamrman) wrote in [community profile] scans_daily2025-08-20 02:30 pm

Guy Gardner: Warrior #29

Writer: Beau Smith

Pencils: Phil Jimenez

Inks: John Stokes and Dan Davis


All these guest stars are begging to be drawn by George Perez, but Phil Jimenez is a worthy substitute.


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iamrman ([personal profile] iamrman) wrote in [community profile] scans_daily2025-08-20 12:31 pm

Green Lantern #195

Writer: Steve Englehart

Pencils: Joe Staton

Inks: Bruce Patterson


The Guardians recount Guy’s history. (A little redundant after I posted that issue of Secret Origins, but I’m not going to complain about more Guy Gardner.)


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iamrman ([personal profile] iamrman) wrote in [community profile] scans_daily2025-08-20 10:30 am

Extreme Justice #0

Writer: Dan Vado

Pencils: Marc Campos

Inks: Ken Branch


Oof, this art. Then again, what did I expect from a book called EXTREME Justice?


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Lynn | Settiai ([personal profile] settiai) wrote2025-08-19 11:26 pm

Long Weekend

Welp. I've been posting about this under lock, but let's make a public one too. My younger brother and his wife were supposed to be visiting me this week (with them arriving today), but those plans were cancelled at the last minute due to a combination of several reasons.

I'd already asked off work for the rest of the week, and I'm not taking it back. I'm just going to take a five day weekend and call it a day. Which, you know, I could use the break from work, so it's not a bad thing. And, hey, this way I won't have to worry about a lack of spoons when I have to go back to work like I did when I was off for the Fourth of July and playing D&D all weekend.

Sadly, I don't have much in the way of extra money right now, so I can't do anything fun while I'm off work. I'm fairly stocked on groceries at least, so I won't have to worry about that. I'll take what I can get on that front.

Right now, my plans are to basically switch between playing video games, reading fanfiction, and writing fanfiction (specifically for Black Emporium and the Dragon Age Reverse Bang) for the next five days. We'll see if that changes, but that's what I'm aiming for right now at least.
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AurumCalendula ([personal profile] aurumcalendula) wrote2025-08-19 12:25 pm

The Beauty's Blade links

The Beauty's Blade's preview is up on Kobo! imho the translation flows well and I adore the art.

Here's a bunch of order links I was able to find: https://books2read.com/u/br8NQZ

(Barnes & Noble seems to be taking their time with their ebook and the link for the Crunchyroll exclusive cover is here)
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iamrman ([personal profile] iamrman) wrote in [community profile] scans_daily2025-08-19 02:31 pm

Doom Patrol (1987) #4

Writer: Paul Kupperberg

Pencils: Steve Lightle

Inks: Gary Martin

The Doom Patrol‘s newest member recounts her origin story.

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