Monthly Archives: January 2010
Some qualifications for art sketches
I invoke the concept of artistic license for many of my art sketches. That is, I draw or sketch just about anything. Often drawings are deliberately distorted, and sometimes views may appear to be extreme. Sometimes political or other interpretations are seen by other people, and sometimes they are deliberate and sometimes they are not. Such views, or distortions, or whatever do not necessarily reflect my views and opinions. Often they are done under artistic license: for the sake of the art.
Note that sketches, if and when I think they are sarcastic, are often marked as that.
Different people have different interpretations of images and sketches. I am not responsible for how or what people see or interpret when they view my art. Very often people miss the point or intent, if there is one, and this may actually increase the interestingness of the art.
Also note that some of these qualifications for my photography may apply here.
Free dirigible crock press complete with search light
No, this isn’t really sarcastic.
I was going to call my website one of these:
- Uncle George’s web pages
- The George Schils Blog
- The free dirigible crock press
- Mashed potatoes, mellons, and meatballs
I went with the second one in the list.
Two crock sketches
Skyscraper downtown sketch
I did this sketch just recently, on Dec. 27, 2009. This is my vision of a 1930-1940’s style downtown, maybe during the Depression. This could be New York. This is how it might have looked during Tesla’s later years. The sign on the door at the lower right says “soup”.
Turbo crock
The turbo crock is the fastest crocodile in town.
When you need a crock right there, and in a hurry, call on turbo crock.
Very simple but tasty hamburger dish
Here is a very simple hamburger dish that is also very tasty. For me this is a good old stand by dinner that is reasonably healthy and not expensive.
Chop some potatoes and onions and fry them in olive oil. A mistake that I made here is that I should have chopped the potatoes a little smaller.
Some street cafe images
A never ending interesting photographic topic is the nearly endless variety of lifestyle displayed in the luscious little street side cafes on State Street.
Rolls and butter are making me hungry.
Raw html via perl script and raw HTML plugin
Some technical tips on doing complex html in WordPress
I struggled a bit trying to get raw HTML into a blog post. I did some experimenting with some techniques and I searched the internet for solutions. I collected a few links and other notes below.
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Some links on HTML related issues
There is really a lot of help on the internet. Here are some other links I have found.
- Converting html to word press.
- Word press tips.
- This post discusses some useful tricks if you are using Word.
- This problem of entering raw HTML into WordPress is solved by installing this "raw html" word press plug in. This post is done using this plug in using raw HTML.
Other notes - verify your web pages
- Then it is a good idea to verify the html that you just created, so that it is free of errors. Do this before you upload the html. To do this, I use this online website validator. (Also see the word press documentation on validation.) If it passes this test, then it is good html. Miraculously, complex blog pages can pass such rigorous validation tests. For example, I have been lucky enough to have my entire main page pass this validation, which is incredible, given the complexity of the blog page.
Autumn leaves
Autumn colors are just incredibly beautiful.
