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Category Archive: General

Saturday Mac riddles 51

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

June 13, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

Is it possible to trace contacts using Bluetooth on smartphones?

Is the big problem not privacy at all, nor waking up to contacts, but inaccuracy in Bluetooth measuring distance? And how successful is contact tracing?

June 13, 2020 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Soul and Light: the paintings of Louis Welden Hawkins 2

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Some of his more popular Symbolist paintings from the 1890s, a portrait of a humanitarian journalist, and more.

June 12, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Soul and Light: the paintings of Louis Welden Hawkins 1

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Initially successful with Naturalist paintings similar to those of Bastien-Lepage, around 1890 he became a leading Symbolist.

June 11, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The Habsburg King and his friend

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Much more than just a court painter, Velázquez rose from the ranks to become the King’s friend, and ultimately died as a result of his royal duties.

June 10, 2020 General, Life, Painting

How many cases of Covid-19 was that?

Just how many fresh cases occurred in the UK on 22 May? It should be an easy question to answer, surely?

June 10, 2020 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Paradise Lost: Book 5 in paintings and illustrations

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On waking, Eve tells Adam of her dream of Satan tempted her to eat the forbidden fruit. Raphael sent to ensure Adam understands the dangers of Satan.

June 9, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Goddess of the Week: Mnemosyne (memory)

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Daughter of Uranus and Gaia, and mother of the nine Muses, she has seldom been painted on her own, except by Rossetti.

June 8, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 50

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 50. Here are my solutions to them. 1: cursor […]

June 8, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

Visual illusions in paintings: Foreshortening

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Not an illusion as such, it has been used to great effect by a wide range of painters from Mantegna to Munch.

June 7, 2020 General, Life, Painting

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