From Apelles, in around 330 BCE, the personification of Truth has had particular importance to painters, in the faithfulness and accuracy of their work. Here she is.
Month: June 2021
Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Play down a […]
If you last backed up an iOS/iPadOS device to iCloud over 6 months ago, or backed up to a WD My Book Live, those backups have probably vanished. How to safeguard them.
Two portraits which were refused by their clients. One brought the painter’s revenge, the other almost proved the death of the artist.
First AppleScript, then shell scripts, and in 2005 Automator: now Apple is bringing iOS Shortcuts to macOS 12. Will it make a difference, though?
After a 4-year apprenticeship, Goya struggled to get further training. He spent two years in Rome, but on his return won his first major commission, for a huge fresco.
WWDC this year again featured a session on notarization. Here’s a summary of its status in Big Sur, and details of what’s next.
A small selection showing how still life painting was an essential part of his art, even more fascinating and enigmatic than his landscapes.
Forget about structured code, branching in assembly is based on GOTO with labels. Here’s how to get started, with an idiom for the switch statement in Swift.
Between 1817 and 1842, he went on a succession of expeditions in the US, Colombia, and the Pacific islands, as artist and naturalist. Yet he was even buried in an unmarked grave. Does modesty pay?
The Eclectic Light Company 