Today in ASL I ... (Day to day ASL doings)

[Michael Dorosh]

File upload still does not seem to work (just tried). I can't believe this is it yet. Let's be optimistic.

von Marwitz

Don't you need to be a paying member to upload images and files?

 

[Michael R]

Don't you need to be a paying member to upload images and files?

No, just for buying/selling.

 

[von Marwitz]

Don't you need to be a paying member to upload images and files?

No. At least in the past this was not a requirement. To upload pics (to illustrate rules questions for example) you could simply use the button beneath the window in which you type your post.

Paying members may offer things for sale via GameSquad forum though. This function is not available to non-paying member.

von Marwitz

 

[hongkongwargamer]

Yesterday evening I met up with Will & Mike in a town away from home and spent the evening sitting outside in the hot and humid weather drinking beers and talking about Family, Life & ASL. This is what ASL is to me.

Rgds Jack

 

[hongkongwargamer]

(works)

 

[jrv]

I believe Jester flew an A-4.

JR

 

[hongkongwargamer]

I believe Jester flew an A-4.

JR

Yes he did

 

[kcole4001]

Right!
Stop this right now.
This banter is off topic!

(just a test, pic upload didn't work yesterday)

 

[Sparafucil3]

Got caught up on all my scanning. I had about 18 months worth of purchases that hadn't been scanned and uploaded to my cloud space. Issue resolved. -- jim

 

[MAS01]

Got caught up on all my scanning. I had about 18 months worth of purchases that hadn't been scanned and uploaded to my cloud space. Issue resolved. -- jim

Jim:

At what resolution are you scanning? I'm working on the same project myself; have three of the BFP magazines left and all of their products will be at 600dpi. After that, back to scanning the Journals and Annuals.

Cheers,


Mark

 

[Sparafucil3]

Jim:

At what resolution are you scanning? I'm working on the same project myself; have three of the BFP magazines left and all of their products will be at 600dpi. After that, back to scanning the Journals and Annuals.

Cheers,


Mark

300X300 at 24 bit color. I have everything ASL related I own scanned and stored. I got tired of lugging all that paper around. Now I can pull what I want onto my tablet and get everything else I need via Wifi. -- jim

 

[Paul M. Weir]

I do 600 dpi. The scanning time is almost the same, any clean-up time identical and later on I don't have any thoughts of "That's a bit crude, I should have done it better." followed by "Start again?". The downside of 600 vs 300 is file sizes will be bigger, 4 times without compression, a bit less with. But file storage is so cheap it's worth it for the feeling that you will never ever be tempted to do it again. But then I'm a bit of a nit picker.

 

[fenyan]

I played not one but two scenarios today: OA--16 Surrender or Die & A--The Guards Counterattack, and both games ended on the last possible die roll! What a fun day!

 

[Sparafucil3]

I do 600 dpi. The scanning time is almost the same, any clean-up time identical and later on I don't have any thoughts of "That's a bit crude, I should have done it better." followed by "Start again?". The downside of 600 vs 300 is file sizes will be bigger, 4 times without compression, a bit less with. But file storage is so cheap it's worth it for the feeling that you will never ever be tempted to do it again. But then I'm a bit of a nit picker.

I don't have 600 dpi eyes anymore. The scans I get are good enough for what I need. You also have to factor in shaky/unstable WiFi in tournament hotels. Don't you lot in EU tend to have metered WiFi? I know you have metered cellular. I can get to my cloud instance on cellular to in a pinch, to include my ASLRB -- jim

 

[Paul M. Weir]

It's not so much having 600 DPI eyes but if you clean up the image, magnify it or overlay errata there is the greater detail to start with and fewer compression induced artefacts. While I am a bit behind in my scanning I have about 2200 pages/images taking 18 GB on my laptop's internal 1 TB hard drive with about 800 GB free, regularly backed up to a removable external drive.
<Hollywood Mexican Bandit Accent>
Don't need no stinkin' WiFi.
<\Hollywood Mexican Bandit Accent>
As my cellphone does just voice and text, cloud storage has no advantage and just means someone else gets to lose my stuff.

 

[thedrake]

Picked up solo play of CH Berlin scenario Urban Fortress, to prepare for tomorrow night's game vs my friend John Brown.

 

[hongkongwargamer]

“Dispatches from the Bunker” in the Great White North!!

 

[hongkongwargamer]

I looked for wargames in downtown Toronto --> "Looking for Wargames in Toronto?"

 

[DWPetros]

Sketching out various new geoboard ideas.

 

[hongkongwargamer]

I visited Hairy Tarantula North as well .. Looking for Wargames in Toronto (Part 2)