CPU running slow (0.48GHz instead of 2.10GHz) !?

Recently ran into a laptop performance issue after doing the monthly updates for Windows 10 and suddenly my Intel CPU is running super slow.   Reset power plans to default.   Reset BIOS to default.   Even disabled power idle, C-step, throttling in BIOS.  Nope.   Reset OS saving files, and then thought it was working until I logged into cloud account and back to slow again.  Now it's the profile.  Full nuke from DVD install.   Now running slow with default local only account.      Pulled battery, running with AC adapter only. Nope.   Run battery only. Nope.    Local Throttleshop utility to see if I could force CPU into gear.  Nope, utility showed all cores and multiples as normal, no speedstep active, CPU temperature safe and in the green.  Boot from Linux ISO image to rule out Microsoft, and it is slow there too.

Reboot PC again and decide to test using the built-in diag utility which I forgot was even there.   CPU processor fan fails the test.     Well, now all is clear.   Apparently CPU boots normal, then after a few minutes the sanity check between CPU, motherboard and fan controller shows fail and locks CPU at 20% maximum speed.  I'll never overheat and burn-up the CPU so I guess that is good but nowhere in event logs or boot-up sequence was there an alert this problem existed.

A can of compressed air has the processor fan back to working, at least until an OEM replacement can arrive.  Maybe this post will save someone else a waste of time re-imaging, and troubleshooting.

Craving some non-Disney Star Wars?

Are you craving some non-Disney produced Star Wars?  Then you should check out this very slick professionally produced fan-film about Darth Vader called VADER EPISODE 1: SHARDS OF THE PAST.   It runs about 18 minutes and feels like it should belong permanently within the regular Star Wars canon.

Samantha Fish LIVE!

Samantha Fish

If you enjoy blues/rock then I recommend giving her music a try by watching her performance at Knuckleheads Saloon in Kansas City last night which was live-streamed over Facebook.  I have not yet seen Samantha Fish live in-person at a concert, but she is definitely in my top ten at the moment.

Iron Man unknown artwork

unknown Iron Man artwork

[Solved - from Iron Man #241]

Anyone know which Marvel comic book this artwork actually came from?   I am not sure if it is from a 1980's issue of the main Iron Man comic book, or some other title.  Nowhere on the original does if give me a date, name, or any hint.   Most original comic book artwork as date stamps, names, issue numbers but this has nothing but some coloring guides notations.

Google & TinEye image searches were not much help but I also found a few scans of the finished image in a foreign discussion forum, a comicvine thread, and a random imgur post but none of them still gave any clues to true origin or source reference.

Can anyone identify the artist, the guy taking the punch, or the exact comic book this came from?  Any clue would help me narrow the search.

You can view the full hi-res scan of this artwork to see things in greater detail.   And before you ask the back of the artwork has only one thing written on it "story p.18", nothing else.

Maethrillian from the Halo universe

I really have no idea why this image of the large Maethrillian city in space (hirez) is so popular for fans of Halo but it definitely draws a lot of visitors.   I stumbled across this picture by accident and just thought it was a well-executed piece of space artwork.   It is currently my most popular item on Pinterest which you can see at this link.

Hal Jordan visits Earth-Q

Here is my latest scribbling artwork where I take a source image and alter it to my needs. I took the original comic book art panel by Dave Gibbons sampled from Green Lantern #178 (DC Comics, 1984) and layered in actual photos of the Earth and moon.

Hal Jordan visits Earth-Q

My full-sized image versus the original comic book page I sourced from:

Black Mirror homage comic book covers

A Brazillian artist going by the name of Butcher Billy put out a series of homage comic book cover art images with each one featuring a different episode.   If you haven't seen Netflix's Black Mirror series, you really need to check it out.

I really love how the images have an aged look of older back-issue comics and maintain an accurate artistic style.    Ordering a few of these in poster size sounds like a great gift idea.

He apparently has a couple of different art websites:  Behance and Red Bubble.

Everybody Wants by The Struts

Everybody Wants

Love the cover artwork on the rock album Everybody Wants by The Struts reminds me of many 1970's releases.    Found this CD on sale in the junk bin at Best Buy, their loss is my gain.   Enjoying the music and I plan to buy more from them as they release.

Kilowog from the GLC

Great image from artist Ben Oliver showing DC COMICS' Green Lantern Corps (GLC) member Kilowog. Comic books have gone way beyond simple 4-color images in the last twenty-plus years.

You can find more examples of his art on Twitter.

Kilowog

Hector Hammond shatters his prison

I took a panel from Green Lantern #56 (DC Comics 2010) that was originally drawn by Doug Mahnke and Christian Alamy then altered it to show off Hector Hammand's enhanced mental powers. Hi-rez image link.

All Systems Red

Like humor mixed with some science fiction?    I suggest you read All Systems Red by Martha Wells which is a novella featuring a Security Robot who decides to go his own way and do his own things during a mission on a remote planet.   Humans may have been his original programmers but those rules do not necessarily apply for his decision tree now.  This is a great introduction story and even though a short read does come to a solid conclusion (no cliffhangers), and at least three more follow-up books are already planned.

All Systems Red