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Author: hoakley

Q&A: Low-res movie on Blu-ray

I have been trying to burn some high-def movies to Blu-ray using Toast Titanium 11 Pro. All work fine except for one, which repeatedly ends up in standard definition. Why?

April 21, 2015 Macs, Technology

Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining

There is a theory that the names we assign to concepts become more appropriate as each concept becomes […]

April 21, 2015 Macs, Technology

Lost in the Cloud: Securing Protected Data in a Mobile World

Yosemite’s iCloud Drive has drawn even more of our documents and data into the Cloud. But what if our data has personal or sensitive content?

April 20, 2015 Macs, Technology

Double Book Review: “Inventing Impressionism” and “Paul Durand-Ruel”; Saint or Sinner?

“Inventing Impressionism. Paul Durand-Ruel and the Modern Art Market” Edited by Sylvie Patrie; contributions by Anne Robbins, Christopher […]

April 20, 2015 General, Life, Painting

Heretofore-unseen: the return of moribund legalese

Every so often, I see some English which strikes me as being odd or unusual. This time it […]

April 20, 2015 Language

C Double Sharp

In both fiction and reality, some partners have wonderfully deep emotional responses to certain languages. Without giving any […]

April 20, 2015 Macs, Technology

Strength in Numbers 5: Conclusions

T T Read More

Perhaps they are the landscape equivalent of serial self-portraiture after all.

April 19, 2015 Painting

Q&A: Text file lockout

When I go to edit a text file that I have earlier changed and saved, the app refuses. Why?

April 19, 2015 Macs, Technology

Firewalls – Keeping Your Network Safe

For most, our firewall is the most robust protection between us and the Internet. But it is not just a case of set and forget.

April 19, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Why do I look like a boiled lobster on this blog?

Q A recent photo of me on a blog looks fine when browsed using Safari, but Firefox and Google Chrome misrender it, making me look like a boiled lobster. How can I correct that?

April 19, 2015 Macs, Technology

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