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Infanticide: Astyanax and making of myth

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Exploring different verbal and visual accounts of the story of the murder of Astyanax during the fall of Troy.

February 5, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Last Week on my Mac: A Swift breeze blowing

It’s time to think of summer: that means macOS 10.13, APFS, and the future of scripting. Is Swift a suitable language?

February 5, 2017 Macs, Technology

The Story in Paintings: Remembering a great general?

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You’d think a painting of him in battle would be ideal, not one of him being dragged from a brothel.

February 4, 2017 General, Painting

Which hard drive? 160,000 years experience analysed

Hard drives are still best value for higher capacity storage. Here are some tips for purchasing them, based on vast experience.

February 4, 2017 Macs, Technology

UK White Paper on Brexit: shallow and glib at best

Do the authors not have clue what they are writing about, or are they peddling alternative truths? One boxout disassembled.

February 3, 2017 General, Life, Technology

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 2 – Deucalion, the flood, and Python

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The Greek version of the Flood myth is quite different, and calls on sculpture for another metamorphosis. It also gives rise to the fearsome Python.

February 3, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Developing Consolation in Swift 3: mostly a breeze

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How complex is the code needed for an app like Consolation? Most of it is actually straightforward if not simple.

February 3, 2017 Macs, Technology

Changing Times: Lovis Corinth, 1915-1919

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The war years started with buoyant patriotism, but ended in depression. He was saved by a chalet in Bavaria, and his wonderful landscapes.

February 2, 2017 General, Painting

Consolation: a browser for previous log entries, first beta

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Can’t find what you want in Console? Try this new log browser: although still a beta-release, I think it will do the job.

February 2, 2017 Macs, Technology

Landscapes of the Ancients: Samuel Palmer, etchings and sunsets

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He recovered some of his youthful vision in the 1860s, when he painted rich rustic views lit by the setting sun.

February 1, 2017 General, Painting

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