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Month: May 2015

Beyond the French Impressionists: 7 Belgium, Théo van Rysselberghe

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From his first influence by Impressionism, van Rysselberghe explored a world of vivid light and colour, painting some of the most distinctive works of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

May 17, 2015 Painting

γνῶθι σεαυτόν (gnothi seauton, Know thyself)

Whilst we can improve our technology to enhance our abilities, our anatomical and physiological limitations also determine what we can and cannot do.

May 17, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Q&A: Migration route

In planning my migration from an old MacBook to a new Mac, am I right to suppose that Ethernet is the best way to connect the systems?

May 16, 2015 Macs, Technology

Book review: The Disappearing Dictionary, David Crystal

This is a book to dip into only if you have good self-control: one word will lead to another, until you have visited each of the 500 or so.

May 16, 2015 General, Language, Life

VR: A bit of grit in the eye

The arrival of consumer VR is being delayed not because the headset can’t be done, but because current computers can’t deliver good enough graphics.

May 16, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Beyond the French Impressionists: 6 Belgium, Émile Claus

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The influence of the Impressionists led Claus from rural realism to his distinctive ‘luminism’ and eventually, whilst in exile in London, to his own variant of impressionism.

May 15, 2015 Painting

Q&A: Keyboard outage

My employer bought new iMacs with extended wired keyboards. Last night one keyboard stopped working after a 15 minute power outage, and cannot be revived.

May 15, 2015 Macs, Technology

A D Too Far

Current 3D movies are a throwback to the old cinema of spectacle, first mastered by the Lumière brothers and travelling showmen.

May 15, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Apple Watch power consumption

It appears that, for the moment, you should only wear an Apple Watch on the more popular outer/upper surface of your wrist.

May 14, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Q&A: Blue dots of dictation

I like OS X’s dictation facility, but cannot get it to offer me replacement text for words or phrases which it underlines with blue dots. What do I need to tweak?

May 14, 2015 Macs, Technology

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