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Month: February 2017

Half a million views

Allow me a brief gloat: The Eclectic Light Company blog has just reached its first serious milestone, that […]

February 19, 2017 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 4 – Jupiter & Io, Mercury & Argus, Pan & Syrinx

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A triple bill of myths, ingeniously interwoven into a story with four different metamorphoses – and some superb paintings.

February 19, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Last Week on my Mac: The value of log access

Why was my Mac still preparing a backup 20 minutes after it should have been completed? And what is a ‘deep event scan’?

February 19, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple pushes silent update to XProtect from XAgent and MacDownloader, but forgets Flash

Apple pushed out a silent update to the XProtect security data files yesterday, 18 February 2017, which should […]

February 19, 2017 Macs, Technology

Théodore Chassériau: Brief brilliance

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Mentor to Gustave Moreau, his brief career showed his brilliance. Claimed by Ingres to be ‘the Napoleon of painting’.

February 18, 2017 General, Painting

Beyond Scripting in Swift: turning Consolation into a full-blown app

I was dreading its conversion from an ordinary Cocoa app into an architecture which supported multiple windows. Would Xcode co-operate?

February 18, 2017 Macs, Technology

Consolation version 2: multiple windows on your log

The first beta of the free log browser is now available. It lets you open multiple windows on your logs.

February 17, 2017 Macs, Technology

Carolus-Duran: Portraits and pupils 2

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To commemorate the centenary of his death, some of the best portraits of the 19th century, and more.

February 17, 2017 General, Painting

Consolation: a log browser for Sierra, version 1.0

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First full release, with several significant enhancements, and full documentation. Free as always.

February 17, 2017 Macs, Technology

Carolus-Duran: Portraits and pupils 1

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John Singer Sargent’s teacher, he was the best portrait-painter of the day, and more. He died 100 years ago: a commemoration.

February 16, 2017 General, Painting

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