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Month: October 2017

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 52 – Hyacinthus killed by a discus

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Struck by a ricocheting discus, the young man’s blood is transformed into hyacinth flowers.

October 27, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Has anyone got the time? How High Sierra has changed time synchronisation

High Sierra has done away with the ntpd daemon for keeping your Mac’s clock in sync with a standard time server. This now works as in iOS, using the timed daemon.

October 27, 2017 Macs, Technology

The Artist as Explorer: François Auguste Biard 2 – Tropics

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Two notable paintings about slavery, some genre scenes of travel, and a final expedition to South America.

October 26, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Getting going with HEIF/HEIC and HEVC image and movie formats

The first tools to write HEIF still image and HEVC movies are now starting to arrive. Do they confirm their potential? Are they ready to use yet?

October 26, 2017 General, Macs, Technology

The Artist as Explorer: François Auguste Biard 1 – Spitsbergen

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Official artist to an expedition to Spitzbergen, he drew crowds at the Paris Salon of 1841 with his paintings of walrus fishing and the aurora.

October 25, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Browsing your log with Woodpile: Clarity and detail

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This new version incorporates zooming in time, and browsing log excerpts. It also fixes a crashing bug.

October 25, 2017 Macs, Technology

Fra Bartolomeo, a Renaissance Master: 1513-1517

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The final few years of his life were highly productive. As well as superb religious works, some secular paintings have also survived.

October 24, 2017 General, Painting

Diagnosing a macOS problem of a month ago

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How do you find the few crucial clues to explain a problem which happened hours, days, or weeks ago? Come find your needle using Woodpile.

October 24, 2017 Macs, Technology

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 51 – How the cypress tree is for grief

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The story of how a young man inadvertently killed his pet stag, and was turned into a cypress for his grief – and that of others.

October 23, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Beyond Scripting with Swift: Bar charts and ToolTips

Drawing in a graphics view shouldn’t be as hard as it seems. And how making custom ToolTips is simple, when you know how.

October 23, 2017 Macs, Technology

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