Drawings etc. by Mago, May 2010

Here’s some artwork Mago did using a painting program on our computer.  He’s also described and named these, which you’ll see in the captions.  The captions also link to full size images.

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Also, here is something he created at pbskids.org.

I know I had several other creations of his lying around in files somewhere, but can’t seem to find them at the moment.  I’ll post them if I do.

A technical digression.. [spoiler]New rule: don’t upgrade unless you know you need to.  I’m in a habit of automatically upgrading WordPress plugins when prompted to via the dashboard.  The new upgrade to the SimpleViewer Gallery plugin (sv-gallery) stopped displaying galleries, and stripped down adjustable settings (how to designers decide it is better not only to automate everything, but to completely prevent users from manually setting anything? Are not the science fiction stories about evil robots taking over the world warning enough?). It took me a few hours of frustration before this dawned on me (both that it was an upgrade and a broken one).  Fortunately I had an old copy of the plugin (this and so many other experiences with data gone bad (or missing!) – this is why I back up everything). I deactivated and deleted the plugin, uploaded the old one, put the settings back to what I want – and blammo! Everything back to normal. So: Do. Not. Upgrade. Unless you have good reason to believe that not upgrading may be the cause of problems. But keep backups – whether you upgrade or not.[/spoiler]