Skip to content

The Eclectic Light Company

Macs & painting – 🦉 No AI content
Main navigation
  • Downloads
  • Freeware
  • All Macs
  • M1-M5 Macs
  • Troubleshooting
  • Painting
  • Mac Front Page

Category Archive: General

Storyspace Reader: a tutorial, 1

T T Read More

Knowing the rich features of Storyspace Reader will help you get the most out of hypertext documents. This article covers navigation.

August 15, 2016 General, Language, Macs, Painting, Technology

Funnels, Jewish hats, and wizardry: the influence of Bosch’s visual inventions

T T Read More

Some of Bosch’s original visual inventions have long outlived him. This is the story of how a hat used to persecute Jews has become a symbol of magic and wizardry.

August 14, 2016 General, Painting

Last week on my Mac: hypertext for almost all, and fault-tolerant XML

T T Read More

Hypertext returns without any hyperbole, and XML could be much more able to cope with the reality of life.

August 14, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Into the Light: Arturo Michelena, a Venezuelan master

T T Read More

Trained by Laurens at the Académie Julian, he was a superb history painter, quite Impressionist, and a founding father of Venezuelan art.

August 13, 2016 General, Painting

Alchemy: 3 – oils in the northern Renaissance

T T Read More

A detailed look at the materials and technique in van Eyck’s mature works, and those of Lucas Cranach the Elder.

August 12, 2016 General, Painting, Technology

Storyspace 3.2 and Storyspace Reader for OS X

A major milestone for hypertext authoring: this new version includes a freely distributable reader app. Here’s an example for you to try.

August 12, 2016 General, Language, Macs, Painting, Technology

Alchemy: 2 – the origin of oil painting

T T Read More

The major problems in oil painting had been solved before the van Eycks. One was a reliable supply of solvent/diluent spirits.

August 11, 2016 General, Painting, Technology

Into the Light: Enrique Simonet, Death and the countryside, after 1900

T T Read More

After 1900, he painted more landscapes, first of Morocco, then of the Spanish countryside.

August 10, 2016 General, Painting

Recognition by eponym, and maths on the meter

A new high-level programming language with sophisticated support for maths – how could I possibly refuse?

August 10, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Five hundred years of Bosch: the wisdom of his owls

T T Read More

To mark the 500th anniversary of his memorial service, a collection of his unique owls.

August 9, 2016 General, Painting

Posts navigation

Previous 1 … 455 456 457 458 459 … 535 Next
Blog at WordPress.com.
Footer navigation
  • About & Contact
  • Free Software Menu
  • Macs
  • Painting
  • Downloads
  • SilentKnight, Skint, SystHist, silnite, LockRattler & Scrub
  • XProCheck, T2M2, LogUI, Ulbow, blowhole and log utilities
  • Mints: a multifunction utility
  • xattred, SpotTest, Providable, Spotcord, Metamer & xattr tools
  • Versatility & Revisionist
  • DelightEd & Podofyllin
  • Precize, Alifix, UTIutility, Sparsity, alisma, Taccy, Signet
  • System Updates
  • Spundle, Cormorant, Stibium, DropSum, Dintch, Fintch and cintch
  • Virtualisation on Apple silicon
  • Cirrus & Bailiff
  • Text Utilities: Textovert, Disclipper, Nalaprop, Dystextia and others
  • sysctl information
  • Extended attributes (xattrs)
  • 32-bitCheck & ArchiChect
  • Keychains & Permissions
  • PDF
  • VisualLookUpTest
  • Updates
  • Long Reads
  • Mac Troubleshooting Summary
  • Saturday Mac Riddles
  • Last Week on My Mac
  • Painting topics
  • Mac problem-solving
  • M-series Macs
Secondary navigation
  • Search

Begin typing your search above and press return to search. Press Esc to cancel.

  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • The Eclectic Light Company
    • Join 8,984 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • The Eclectic Light Company
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...