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Month: December 2015

Digging deeper into Force Touch and the Magic Trackpad 2

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Third-party tools to add pressure-sensitive drawing to many apps, signatures to your letters, and to tweak Force Touch and Force Click settings.

December 22, 2015 General, Macs, Painting, Technology

Who will bear the brunt of backdoors in encryption?

Backdoors will be exploited, and can only result in unintentional consequences. They would put the economy and society at risk.

December 21, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Visible brushstrokes: 5. Book review: Brushstroke and Emergence, James D Herbert

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This extended essay is likely to change much of our thinking about painting, perhaps art in general. It may be the most important book about art of this decade.

December 21, 2015 General, Painting, Technology

Making the most of your Magic Trackpad 2

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Starting to use a Magic Trackpad 2 can be bewildering, because instructional aids fail to describe touch sensation or control. Here are some clues.

December 21, 2015 General, Macs, Painting, Technology

Q&A: Starting beeps

Sometimes, when starting up, my Mac beeps at me. What is wrong with it?

December 20, 2015 Macs, Technology

Lead-free graphics cards: a problem?

How a well-intended ban to limit lead pollution could end up making other toxicity worse.

December 20, 2015 Macs, Technology

Trees in the landscape: 11. Jacob van Ruisdael and ancient oaks

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His old oaks were saplings during the Middle Ages, and he was a great influence on Gainsborough, Constable, and others.

December 20, 2015 General, Painting

Q&A: Replacing an Xserve

Should we perhaps switch to a Linux or Windows server, or does OS X Server still cut the mustard?

December 19, 2015 Macs, Technology

Your favourite paintings and painters

Over a thousand visitors have looked at Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night over the Rhône. Other popular articles cover relatively unknown artists.

December 19, 2015 General, Life, Painting

Touchy feely: haptic input (corrected)

Until recently, keyboards and mice have used very little of our sensory and motor abilities. The Magic Trackpad 2 is a step in the right direction.

December 19, 2015 Macs, Technology

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