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Tom Thomson: Canada from a Canoe, 1917

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The winter saw two of his finest and most important paintings, The Jack Pine and The West Wind – both painted in the studio. But he still painted outdoors as much as he could.

July 8, 2017 General, Painting

airport: a hidden Wi-Fi tool in macOS Sierra

Want to perform a quick scan for base stations, change Airport preferences, or check your Airport interface? Here’s the tool to do it.

July 8, 2017 Macs, Technology

Tom Thomson: Canada from a Canoe, 1916

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After a winter working on decorative panels, he had another successful and productive season painting outdoors in Algonquin Park.

July 7, 2017 General, Painting

Compositor’s attempt on the Holy Grail of document processing

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Described as a WYSIWYG LaTeX for Mac, this app attempts to provide integrated editing of both marked-up text and rendered pages.

July 7, 2017 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Figures in a Landscape: 9 Pieter Brueghel the Elder

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Like Poussin, most of his works are strongly narrative in intent. Did he paint any pure landscapes, or are all his figures actors in his stories?

July 6, 2017 General, Painting

Sticky preferences: why trashing or editing them may not change anything

Have you ever tried removing or editing a preference file, to no effect? This explains why that happens, and how to get changes to work properly.

July 6, 2017 Macs, Technology

Tom Thomson: Canada from a Canoe, 1915 (2)

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More superb paintings from his most productive year, 1915, including wild flowers, different approaches to autumn, and a snowstorm.

July 5, 2017 General, Painting

High Sierra and filenames: Apple is relenting

Apple is making adjustments to its new APFS file system for iOS. Will that bring similar improvements in compatibility to High Sierra?

July 5, 2017 Macs, Technology

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 31 – Tereus, Philomela and Procne

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One king trusts his daughter into the care of his son-in-law, another king. What happens next is horrific, and shown brilliantly by Artemisia Gentileschi and Rubens.

July 4, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Diving even deeper into preferences

Problems with preference files can easily crash an app, even when the file looks fine, and its permissions are correct. Here’s why and how.

July 4, 2017 Macs, Technology

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