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Inkscape video tutorial - drawing a speech baloon for your comic

Filed under: Tutorials and HOWTOs by Hari
Posted on Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 11:42 IST (last updated: Sun, Oct 28, 2012 @ 11:42 IST)

A video tutorial on how to create a simple speech baloon in Inkscape for comics strips.

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My GIMP video tutorial - creating a website theme

Filed under: Tutorials and HOWTOs by Hari
Posted on Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 22:23 IST (last updated: Sun, Apr 5, 2020 @ 15:22 IST)

My GIMP tutorial on creating a website theme...

A version with voice instructions:

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Another site CSS overhaul

Filed under: Site management by Hari
Posted on Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 15:13 IST (last updated: Fri, Oct 26, 2012 @ 15:19 IST)

Yet another site CSS overhaul. I don't know why, but I seem to alternate between fixed-width and flowing layouts. Somehow, I always come back to a fixed-width theme because it simply looks nicer on screen and allows me to use photographic header background images and shadowed borders - which always adds a touch of "cool".

The good thing about making these changes is that I need not touch a single line of HTML. CSS is all I need. For those interested in designing a fixed width website theme with a beautiful image header, I created a GIMP website design tutorial a long time back. You may find it useful.

So, let me know your thoughts.

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Round up of video encoding on Linux

Filed under: Tutorials and HOWTOs by Hari
Posted on Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 14:57 IST (last updated: Sat, Oct 27, 2012 @ 09:39 IST)

Over the years, I've used several tools for audio and video encoding on Linux and I've found a few home-truths regarding the tools used. In this article, I will share some of my thoughts on video encoding on Linux, highlighting the suitable tools/encoders used in the process. This won't however, be a comprehensive guide to video or audio encoding on Linux, for which you are referred to the manual pages of the appropriate codecs and tools.

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Sherlock Holmes caricature

Filed under: Artwork/Portraits/Caricatures by Hari
Posted on Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 09:56 IST (last updated: Thu, Jun 27, 2013 @ 09:29 IST)

My conception of the iconic detective of fiction of all time: Sherlock Holmes. Two versions: one B&W shaded and the other vectorized and coloured in Inkscape.

SherlockSherlock Holmes in colour

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The slippery slope of "Justice"

Filed under: People and society by Hari
Posted on Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 22:00 IST (last updated: Sat, Oct 27, 2012 @ 16:25 IST)

Justice is a term rarely used by lawyers except in a formal context and always never in a legal argument, except as a last resort. And for good reason. Litigants are almost always convinced that somehow justice is on their side, even if the law says otherwise and even if they cannot prove the facts that support their case.

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