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Category Archive: General

Bully Off

All too commonly those who should square up to bullies fail to do so.

June 17, 2015 General, Life, Macs

Heroic Age of the Internet

It would be a great tragedy if a major cultural activity of the early 21st century were to pass into oblivion because no-one remembered to collect it properly.

June 16, 2015 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Book Review: Georges Seurat The Art of Vision, Michelle Foa

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Seurat was interested in much more than the perception of colour, and in his reading of contemporary science (particularly that of von Helmholtz) and in his paintings, explored much of visual experience.

June 15, 2015 General, Painting

The Samuel Johnson Code

Before the Boston Tea Party, the few precious official copies of Johnson’s dictionary in the American lands were destroyed in commando-style raids, leading to the War of Independence.

June 15, 2015 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Going viral: observing events

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There seems no doubt that intensely viral events occur. Characterising their early stages remains very difficult, requiring sensitive analysis on a huge data stream.

June 14, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Painting: St Martin’s Down, watercolour on paper, plein air

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I parked myself right in front of Appuldurcombe House, and looked in the opposite direction, where St Martin’s Down rises above our village.

June 13, 2015 General, Life, Painting

Psychopathia Internetualis

The majority of website defacements are performed because the perpetrator just wanted to be the best defacer, for fun, or as a challenge.

June 13, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Obscured by clouds: how to lose your audiobooks

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There are subtle but very important differences between iTunes in the Cloud, and iCloud Backup.

June 12, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Terminology WordNet dictionary for OS X

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Greg Pierce at Agile Tortoise has now released a free OS X dictionary based on WordNet, which effectively brings Terminology to your Mac.

June 12, 2015 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Limited Access

Although we like to claim how rapidly modern technology is changing the world, and not just Western society, I am not so impressed.

June 12, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

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