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Tech Difficulties Announcement
Jul. 1st, 2023 07:12 pmHey guys. So, since moving, we are having computer troubles: we can no longer upload files to Patreon, Itch.io, and Bigcartel. (Youtube also doesn't work much anymore, but who cares about Youtube.) I had more to upload this month, but sorry, patrons don't get to have them yet because my horrible workaround is horrible:
* scan images using desktop
* email them to my broken welfare smartphone (but the only email I can use with broken desktop has a strict 8 MB file limit, so I have to break the downloads up--no ebooks over that size, which axes basically all my large stuff, that's why y'all haven't gotten a test draft of Madgic 3!)
* download files to broken welfare smartphone (which has barely any storage)
* upload them to website (even though broken welfare smartphone's keyboard keeps breaking so I can't give you the CWs)
It's time consuming and horrible. I hate it.
This seems to be due to us using an old OS (maybe? we think?) and we are sick of the Windows escalator, so we are switching over to Linux. This will require learning a new system (Cinnamon Mint, if you're curious), reinstalling all our programs and hardware, and trying to get them to play nice with each other. We are basically trying to clear our plate so we can devote July to this sure-to-be-unpleasant process.
So right now, we are working on backing up all our files and preparing for a new install. Please stand by. I promise, once I can actually send and upload files larger than 8 MB, Patreon supporters will get some treats in reward for this nonsense. I'm sitting on stuff I WANT to give you and JUST CAN'T due to to tech problems at this time.
EDIT: oh sweet mother of entropy even viewing the stuff I've paid for on Patreon is now nigh-impossible. And when I save images to my hard drive to avoid this problem (have I mentioned how I hate some of Patreon's UI?), I can only save them in .webp, which my computer cannot open, and I can't convert them using online converters because that part of my computer is broken.
*pterodactyl shriek of outrage, shoves the whole mess at Bob and Sneak to sort out*
* scan images using desktop
* email them to my broken welfare smartphone (but the only email I can use with broken desktop has a strict 8 MB file limit, so I have to break the downloads up--no ebooks over that size, which axes basically all my large stuff, that's why y'all haven't gotten a test draft of Madgic 3!)
* download files to broken welfare smartphone (which has barely any storage)
* upload them to website (even though broken welfare smartphone's keyboard keeps breaking so I can't give you the CWs)
It's time consuming and horrible. I hate it.
This seems to be due to us using an old OS (maybe? we think?) and we are sick of the Windows escalator, so we are switching over to Linux. This will require learning a new system (Cinnamon Mint, if you're curious), reinstalling all our programs and hardware, and trying to get them to play nice with each other. We are basically trying to clear our plate so we can devote July to this sure-to-be-unpleasant process.
So right now, we are working on backing up all our files and preparing for a new install. Please stand by. I promise, once I can actually send and upload files larger than 8 MB, Patreon supporters will get some treats in reward for this nonsense. I'm sitting on stuff I WANT to give you and JUST CAN'T due to to tech problems at this time.
EDIT: oh sweet mother of entropy even viewing the stuff I've paid for on Patreon is now nigh-impossible. And when I save images to my hard drive to avoid this problem (have I mentioned how I hate some of Patreon's UI?), I can only save them in .webp, which my computer cannot open, and I can't convert them using online converters because that part of my computer is broken.
*pterodactyl shriek of outrage, shoves the whole mess at Bob and Sneak to sort out*
