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Month: August 2016

Into the Light: Frank Duveneck, silent companion

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An American Master in his own right, his paintings were on a par with those of Chase, and he was a successful teacher too.

August 31, 2016 General, Painting

Dynamic stories: text substitution and stretchtext in Storyspace (and Tinderbox)

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True hypertext is dynamic, and changes according to context, reader actions, and more. Here’s how to use it – including stretchtext.

August 31, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Another malicious version of Transmission

You may recall an earlier infected version of the BitTorrent client Transmission. History has now almost repeated itself: […]

August 30, 2016 Macs, Technology

Into the Light: Robert Henri and the Ashcan School

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One of the most influential painters of the early 20th century, he founded the Ashcan School, and was a major landscape painter of the time.

August 30, 2016 General, Painting

Is crapware now the price of blocking tracking?

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Are advertisers now deliberately delivering unwanted crapware to those using ad and tracker blockers?

August 30, 2016 General, Macs, Painting, Technology

Into the Light: Carroll Beckwith, the under-age model, and the jealous husband

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The model’s mother claimed she was 16, she is almost nude, and a few years later, her jealous husband committed murder.

August 29, 2016 General, Painting

The app sandbox and how it protects

Unlike iOS, OS X does not require apps to run in a sandbox. But when they do, there are important benefits to the user.

August 29, 2016 Macs, Technology

Dancer: John Singer Sargent, William Merritt Chase, and James Carroll Beckwith

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One dancer, three painters, four portraits of the dancer, and two portraits of Chase himself.

August 28, 2016 General, Painting

Last Week on my Mac: Where the law fails to protect

A chilling tale with a happy ending – for once – which shows how our governments don’t want to improve our computer security.

August 28, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Alchemy: 7 – Rembrandt and surface texture

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His later paintings in particular were the first major works to exploit the visual effects produced by surface texture. How?

August 27, 2016 General, Painting, Technology

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