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Category Archive: General

Give us a break: keep Unicode clean

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Branding Unicode emojis is just too much. Just say no to NestlĂ©’s ‘break’ proposal.

December 2, 2015 General, Language, Life, Macs, Technology

Reflections in art: 3 – Cézanne’s conundrums

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Three paintings by Cézanne with major discrepancies in the reflections shown. Were these deliberate? If so, why?

December 1, 2015 General, Painting

Checking a Wi-Fi connection, in the UK

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A free app to check the quality of your WiFi connection, from an iOS (or Android) device.

December 1, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Opening access: the Accessibility pane in El Capitan

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Many of us visual, hearing, and/or control issues with our Macs. Here is a guided exploration of the Accessibility pane and what it has to offer us.

December 1, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Reflections in art: 2 – How to paint perfect reflections on water

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Understanding the optical principles of reflections ensures that you understand how they should appear.

November 30, 2015 General, Painting

Reflections in art: 1 – Turner’s wobbly water, Crossing the Brook (1815)

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Does the way in which Turner painted reflections give deeper insight into his work, or his limitations?

November 29, 2015 General, Painting

Art promotion by the Bloomsbury Group: 2. Clive Bell and Significant Form

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It was Clive Bell’s aesthetics which underpinned Roger Fry’s promotion of the Post-Impressionists. Here is what he wrote.

November 27, 2015 General, Painting

Locked on the lochs

What is the best navigation system for driving through Glasgow? Perhaps not a bricked satnav.

November 27, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Trees in the landscape: 7. Alfred Sisley and the poplars of Moret-sur-Loing

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Sadly neglected today, his landscapes are some of the finest of the century, and his depictions of trees are among the best.

November 26, 2015 General, Painting

Unexpected cucumbers and online services

When is the last time that an online service caused you to have an unexpected cucumber experience?

November 24, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

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