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Big shout-out to my partner: who provided the experience on what settings work in which cases as they have far more patience than I do to experiment:) 

I wanted to try to create a LoRA that would help generate images that looked like a medieval city.  I had lots of pictures from our trips to Europe, so used those.  Make sure you avoid any copyright infractions with your selection of images to train on!!

To create a main menu based on your content categories ("tags") here are the steps to take:

• Define the categories you want to use  ("tags")
• Tag your articles ('posts')
• Add a menu item entry for the Tag to the main navigation

Drupal has the option to automatically create a page that lists all your posts with a specific tag; all you have to do is define the tag.  As far as I can tell,  'Tags' and 'Terms' are the same thing in Drupal... and I'm used to calling it 'categories' so please for now assume it all means the same.

If you are wondering about the best approach to study for your CISSP exam, here are some helpful hints.  I passed the CISSP exam this past December (2023).

I studied for about a year and spent the last few weeks before the exam very focused.  

Firstly, the absolutely amazing "Flannel Pajamas"  2024 grand cru, from Camp Beer Co in Langley.   Licorice and and thick molassess, sweet and dark with nice tangy aftertaste. 10% and not that complex, easy to drink. 

Each year around this time, the supermarkets start stocking the Poinsetta, and many a fund raiser has benefited from this festive plant.   Even though we think of it as a flower, it is really a plant with the top leaves turning red.  The colors of the bracts (modified leaves) are created through photoperiodism, meaning that they require darkness (at least fourteen hours at a time for 6–8 weeks in a row) to change color.

Out of the box, Drupal will have two types of content you can easily add to your site:

• Articles, which are the most suitable for your blog posts

• Basic Page, which you can use for pages that you create one time and do not have to change much.  Note that 'static' in this case does not mean you cannot change it

   

Two lovely seasonal beers this year!

Firstly the Whistler Brewing Dunkel is back!  I've not been too impressed with the last 2 years, but this year is again outstanding!   Strong flavour of Chocolate and Orange.  Check out my 2021 write up about this beer. 

I recently read Hilary Steward's "Looking At Indian Art of the Northwest Coast"  which opened my eyes in how to parse this type of art, and I wanted to share the basics of how to recognize the elegant layout, the musical composition where white space and shape provide balance in an almost Escher-esque repetition of form.  Below is a small preview of the basic concepts, quoting from the book:

As always, the Parker Street Studios opened its doors for the Eastside Culture Crawl.  Parker Street Studios is a 100-year-old Vancouver landmark, hosting 4 floors of artists diverse in style and discipline. This 152,000 square foot industrial building was originally home to the Restore Mattress factory and now features 110 studios for over 200 artists, designers, photographers, woodworkers, and more all creating under one roof.