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Category Archive: General

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 97

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 97. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Armour, […]

May 3, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Why paint a still life? 3 Therapy

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After his severe stroke, Lovis Corinth used still lifes to learn to paint with his right hand. Charles Demuth found solace in them when recovering from acute diabetic complications.

May 2, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Why paint a still life? 2 Sales

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Throughout his forty-year artistic career, he made a successful living not from painting the enigmatic group portraits for which he’s now famous, but floral still lifes.

May 1, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 97

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through whatever you’re now allowed to do. 1: Armour, letters, […]

May 1, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

The flyaway and fresh air: a tale of two drones

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How the Anafi drone came to injure its gimbal, and how good a DJI Air 2S is once you’ve got a bit of experience flying.

May 1, 2021 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Why paint a still life? 1 Warming up

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For William Merritt Chase, they were initially a good way of raising money. Later they turned into performance art when he used them as demonstrations for his students.

April 30, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Painting Within Tent: Marianne North’s plants of the world 2

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Spectacular paintings of India, followed by those of Australia and New Zealand, as recommended by Charles Darwin.

April 29, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Painting Within Tent: Marianne North’s plants of the world 1

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After a series of family tragedies, she decided to travel the world painting its plants. Now one of the most celebrated woman artists of the age.

April 28, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Don Quixote 7: Armies of sheep and spectres of the night

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They see the dust of two armies marching against one another, but they turn out to be flocks of sheep. As they travel on through the night they come across a group of ghosts.

April 27, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Floating-point numbers aren’t evenly distributed

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Close to 0.0, there are huge numbers of different floating-point Doubles, but their value gets greater, they are far fewer.

April 27, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

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