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Month: September 2016

Alchemy: 13 – milestones in the history of oil painting

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A summary chronology of the major milestones in the history of oil painting, with copious illustrations from the masters.

September 19, 2016 General, Painting, Technology

On the eve of Sierra: macOS security is now central

In the last three weeks, Apple has had to push out 6 sets of silent security updates. This is unprecedented and sets the goal for Sierra to be more secure.

September 19, 2016 Macs, Technology

Family portraits by William Merritt Chase

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He kept a pictorial record of his wife and children in more formal portraits too. Here’s a selection.

September 18, 2016 General, Painting

Last Week on my Mac: how to report non-linear progress

Progress bars are usually wildly non-linear, only increasing anxiety and frustration during an upgrade like iOS 10 or macOS Sierra. Let’s change them, please.

September 18, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Apple pushes silent protection updates

In the last day or so, Apple has pushed out three silent updates to the hidden security protection […]

September 17, 2016 Macs, Technology

Meet the family: William Merritt Chase at home

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He seems to have loved painting children. Here is his family, at leisure and play, in informal views, often in pastel.

September 17, 2016 General, Painting

Programming playgrounds: Swift on an iPad?

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Swift Playgrounds brings programming to the iPad. But for whom – the student, improver, or developer?

September 17, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Alchemy: 12 – novel resins, water, and the uncertain future

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Finally, we start to understand how oil paint works – just as Modernist painters seem determined to stop it from working at all.

September 16, 2016 General, Painting, Technology

Porting from WordPress to Storyspace, 2: links and stretchtext

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Incorporating the captioned images into milestone writing spaces, which form the spine of the hypertext. And a quick preview of the developing timeline.

September 16, 2016 General, Macs, Painting, Technology

James Ward: between Constable and Turner, 3

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His second vast canvas almost brings him to financial and artistic failure, but he recovers.

September 15, 2016 General, Painting

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