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Author: hoakley

The Story in Paintings: The Road to Damascus and the Conversion of Saint Paul

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Why did it take over 300 years to solve a compositional problem, and tell such a simple story?

August 6, 2016 General, Painting

Industrial copyright abuse

Copyright should protect the creators and their work. It has been turned on its head, to generate immoral earnings for companies who have no rights in much of the content they sell.

August 6, 2016 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Alchemy: a brief history of oil painting, 1 – Overview

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Introduction to a series explaining the history of oil paint, effects on techniques, hence on paintings themselves.

August 5, 2016 General, Painting, Technology

Brexit and data protection in the UK

The EU is changing to new data protection regulations in 2018. How might Brexit complicate that? Roadmaps provided.

August 5, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Technology

The Story in Paintings: Pierre Guérin, the Prix de Rome, and the Death of Cato

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Also a grim story of suicidal disembowelling, and a propaganda painting for Napoleon.

August 4, 2016 General, Painting

Blocked kernel extensions

Detailed listing of the kernel extensions which are blocked automatically by El Capitan’s XProtect system.

August 4, 2016 Macs, Technology

Hieronymus Bosch: The Haywain (Prado)

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Probably the latest painting of his to have survived, its rich and rollicking detail make it a great masterpiece.

August 3, 2016 General, Painting

Apple updates OS X Gatekeeper configuration

In the last day or so, Apple has pushed out silent updates to its Gatekeeper security system, bringing […]

August 3, 2016 Macs, Technology

Someone is likely to be profiting from your public domain content

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Is it right that image libraries should charge their customers for the use of content which they know is in the public domain?

August 3, 2016 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

James Tissot’s late narrative paintings: the Bible series, 2

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A selection of the better paintings from Tissot’s 350+ on the life of Christ, and his unfinished series of Old Testament stories.

August 2, 2016 General, Painting

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