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Author: hoakley

Tyger’s eye: the paintings of William Blake, 9 – Jacob’s Ladder and the stairway to heaven

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The visual tradition of a stairway to heaven appears quite recent. I propose that Blake was its originator.

December 5, 2016 General, Language, Painting

Protecting Sierra: SIP and its vulnerability

A significant vulnerability has been found in El Capitan and Sierra’s security protection. Will Apple fix it shortly in 10.12.2?

December 5, 2016 Macs, Technology

Tyger’s eye: the paintings of William Blake, 8 – Last tempera paintings

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Job being smitten by boils, a Count left to starve to death, the ghost of a flea, and one of Blake’s most complex and enigmatic paintings: true genius.

December 4, 2016 General, Painting

Last Week on my Mac: a tragedy to freedom in two Acts

How hard-won freedoms are being taken away by lies, stealth, and guile. A warning to other democracies.

December 4, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Into the Light: Odilon Redon’s unique eye, 2 – 1895-1904

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His oils and pastels were rich in colour, full of flowers and light, and radical visions even by today’s standards.

December 3, 2016 General, Painting

Living with the UK’s Investigatory Powers Act

Surely this Act was about terrorism and serious crime, wasn’t it? Why should I need to do anything different now it is law?

December 3, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Book review and exhibition: Australia’s Impressionists, ed. Riopelle

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A unique opportunity to see the works of four of Australia’s most important painters, and to broaden understanding of Impressionism.

December 2, 2016 General, Painting

Sierra’s limping camel: the App Store, as dysfunctional as ever

If there’s one update that we need, it is an App Store app which works reliably. The current one suffers from general dystopia.

December 2, 2016 Macs, Technology

Tyger’s eye: the paintings of William Blake, 7 – Tempera paintings 1800-1810

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A famous British Admiral, a former Prime Minister, Chaucer and his Canterbury pilgrims, and the last bard alive – all subjects for these remarkable paintings.

December 1, 2016 General, Painting

macOS Sierra and Dropbox: have the problems resolved yet?

There were 2 serious incompatibilities when Sierra launched: ScanSnap which is now fixed, and Dropbox. How’s Dropbox doing now, then?

December 1, 2016 Macs, Technology

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