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dc 6d554930be docs(feed): add the cover image to the special missings post
Cover art for "28 Ways to Be Missing in SAS": a pack of wolves on a snow plain
at dusk with one animal standing apart, carrying the post's opening line - a
numeric missing is not a lone wolf, there are 28 of them.

Source image was 4:3, so it is cropped to 1.91:1 (1200x627) to match the other
feed covers and double as the LinkedIn share card. The crop was chosen to keep
both the lone wolf on the left and the full pack on the right in frame, losing
only sky above the clouds and foreground snow.

Sets previewImg in the front matter; the template renders it, so it is not
embedded in the body as well. Verified through gatsby build - the image
pipeline emits 300/600/1200-wide variants.
2026-09-22 21:36:39 +00:00
dc a56c2f8d48 docs(feed): record the final cover image prompt on the special missings post
Replaces the placeholder one-liner with the prompt actually intended for the
cover: the pack of wolves on a snow plain at dusk with one animal standing
apart, plus the negative constraints, the output spec (./cover.jpeg at
1200x627, previewImg in front matter) and a fallback single-subject variant.

Two deliberate choices are recorded so they are not lost on a regenerate:

- No text, letters or numbers anywhere in the image. The subject is letters
  standing in for numbers, so a stray glyph undercuts the cover.
- No exact head count of 28. Generators cannot count, and a crowded pack reads
  worse than a dozen clear animals; the number belongs in the headline.

Links to the full prompt and variants on paste.4gl.io.
2026-09-22 21:17:41 +00:00
dc 27ff40b739 blog: correct the video label on the v4.0 special missings post
The special missings video was labelled "Retain Formulas when Loading Excel
to SAS", which is a different video. Restores the one-line correction that
was in the earlier revision of this branch, kept separate from the feed post.
2026-09-22 18:10:28 +00:00
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@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Did you know that, in addition to a regular missing value in SAS (`.`), there ar
These values can now be both viewed and edited in Data Controller following an update to the [SASjs Adapter](https://github.com/sasjs/adapter#variable-types).
`video: [Retain Formulas when Loading Excel to SAS](https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ggrcNr23Jzw)`
`video: [Managing Special Missing Values with Data Controller for SAS](https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ggrcNr23Jzw)`
There is nothing extra to configure for special SAS numerics - they are simply available by default, for numeric cells.
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@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ authorLink: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allanbowe/
tags:
- Special Missings
- Data Quality
previewImg: './cover.jpeg'
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# 28 Ways to Be Missing in SAS
@@ -90,5 +91,32 @@ The video shows the whole cycle - entering them, the rejections, submit, approve
#sas #datacapture #mdm #dataquality
Image prompt: a pack of 28 wolves fanning out across a snowy plain at dusk, one wolf standing apart to the left, wide cinematic composition, cool blue-grey palette with a single warm amber accent on the lone wolf, soft depth of field, no text and no logos, 16:9, editorial cover art for a technical blog post about the 28 SAS missing values. Save the generated image as ./cover.jpeg and set previewImg: './cover.jpeg' in the front matter above.
Image prompt: Cinematic editorial cover illustration: a large pack of wolves, a
dozen or more, spread wide and moving together across a vast snow plain at dusk,
seen from a low wide angle. One wolf stands apart from the group on the left of
frame, turned back toward the pack. The pack is rendered in cool blue-grey and
silver; the lone wolf catches the only warm light in the scene, a single low
amber sun. Overcast dusk sky, faint falling snow, long soft shadows, generous
empty sky and snow to the upper third so the wide crop breathes. Painterly
digital illustration, muted desaturated palette, soft depth of field with the
distant wolves falling out of focus, no text, no letters, no numbers, no logos,
no watermark.
Constraints: no text, no letters, no numbers, no digits, no symbols, no
captions, no logos, no watermark, no signature, no border, no frame, no collar,
no harness, no humans, no buildings, and do not ask for an exact head count of
28 - a crowded pack reads worse than a dozen clear animals, and the number
belongs in the headline, not the artwork. The no-text rule matters more than
usual here: the subject is letters standing in for numbers, so a stray glyph
anywhere undercuts the cover.
Output: save as ./cover.jpeg at 1.91:1 (1200x627, matching the other feed
covers and doubling as the LinkedIn share card), and set
previewImg: './cover.jpeg' in the front matter above. Do not also embed the
image in the markdown body. Full prompt, variants and rationale:
https://paste.4gl.io/?513711f5bde3610e#9LZCA9xzQHDy3CycXmsWU5AoVNtjBZmPotUHHtHTAerF
Fallback variant if the pack composition comes back muddled: a single wolf
standing alone on a snow plain at dusk, its shadow stretching toward a distant
pack reduced to small silhouettes on the horizon.
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