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Month: June 2018

Consolation 3: log browser of choice for macOS 10.12-10.14

Important improvements for Sierra and High Sierra, and support for Dark Mode which looks gorgeous in Mojave.

June 19, 2018 Macs, Technology

Plutarch’s Lives in Paint: 3b Publicola

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Much happened during his time as Rome’s great statesman: Lucretia was raped and her suicide inspired revolution. Then came the transition to a republic. Paintings by Botticelli, Rembrandt, Rubens and van Dyck, and more.

June 18, 2018 General, Life, Painting

New versions of 32-bitCheck, LockRattler, and SystHist with update links and better Mojave support

Add a feature to check for updates, built using the latest Xcode on Mojave, and supporting Dark Mode – with a caveat.

June 18, 2018 Macs, Technology

Painting the Class: schools from 1860 to 1907

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Dramatic changes in the classrooms of the late 19th century, as education became politicised and paintings resembled photos.

June 17, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Is Dark Mode overdesigned?

It’s not just inversion of display colours, but has colour tinting from the Desktop, accents which change the colour of controls, and all icons need to be redesigned. Just to be cool?

June 17, 2018 Macs, Technology

Painting the Class: schools from 1640 to 1860

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Chaos and physical punishment in the schoolrooms of the 17th and 18th centuries gave way to improvements in the 19th.

June 16, 2018 General, Life, Painting

LaTeX and MathML equations come to iWork, as well as iBooks Author

Welcome and useful additions, particularly to Pages, where these additions fit in well with styles. But some surprising shortcomings too.

June 16, 2018 Macs, Technology

Pigment: Controversial Cadmiums, yellow to red

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Slow to be taken up, as they were so expensive and Chrome Yellow almost as good, they then came to dominate palettes, until their sudden fall from favour.

June 15, 2018 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Mail Drop, iCloud, and large files

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Need to send large files to someone? Don’t have time to let iCloud get round to it when it’s ready? Try Mail Drop – but not in the Mail app.

June 15, 2018 Macs, Technology

Alberto Pasini’s Oriental World, 2

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Although intricate in their detail, none of these paintings is larger than 90 cm in either dimension – and several are quite painterly in a miniature way.

June 14, 2018 General, Life, Painting

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