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Month: August 2016

Into the Light: Arturo Michelena, a Venezuelan master

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Trained by Laurens at the Académie Julian, he was a superb history painter, quite Impressionist, and a founding father of Venezuelan art.

August 13, 2016 General, Painting

Preference settings: where to find them in El Capitan

A complete guide and index to locating those troublesome property lists containing preference settings.

August 13, 2016 Macs, Technology

Alchemy: 3 – oils in the northern Renaissance

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A detailed look at the materials and technique in van Eyck’s mature works, and those of Lucas Cranach the Elder.

August 12, 2016 General, Painting, Technology

Storyspace 3.2 and Storyspace Reader for OS X

A major milestone for hypertext authoring: this new version includes a freely distributable reader app. Here’s an example for you to try.

August 12, 2016 General, Language, Macs, Painting, Technology

Checking signatures with WhatsYourSign

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How can you check that an app attached to an email, or one copied from a USB stick, is safe? Here’s a very good answer.

August 12, 2016 Macs, Technology

Apple silently updates Gatekeeper data

Apple has pushed out a silent update to its Gatekeeper Configuration Data, to bring it up to version […]

August 11, 2016 Macs, Technology

Alchemy: 2 – the origin of oil painting

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The major problems in oil painting had been solved before the van Eycks. One was a reliable supply of solvent/diluent spirits.

August 11, 2016 General, Painting, Technology

Refining the Minimise Easter egg

Click on the amber button at the top left of a window to minimise it into the Dock. And you have a choice of four speeds.

August 11, 2016 Macs, Technology

Into the Light: Enrique Simonet, Death and the countryside, after 1900

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After 1900, he painted more landscapes, first of Morocco, then of the Spanish countryside.

August 10, 2016 General, Painting

Recognition by eponym, and maths on the meter

A new high-level programming language with sophisticated support for maths – how could I possibly refuse?

August 10, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

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