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Category Archive: Life

Tucking it away safely: archival media

How can you ensure that your descendants will have access to your photos, movies, and work many years in the future?

April 28, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

The Story in Paintings: Philemon and Baucis, virtue rewarded

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An unusually moral story of the classical gods; superb paintings by Rubens, Rembrandt, Elsheimer, and others.

April 27, 2016 General, Life, Painting

Palmyra, paintings, and cultural vandalism

Vasari praised Masaccio’s fresco, then six years later painted over parts of it, and put his altarpiece in front, obscuring it for nearly 300 years.

April 24, 2016 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Sunday scare: had I been hit by ransomware?

I went to close an enlarged view of a painting, and a Macintalk-like robot voice announced that my Mac was compromised.

April 18, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Technology is not turning the young into puddings

Should we worry about claimed adverse effects of smartphones on book reading? And who suffers most if we close libraries?

April 12, 2016 General, Language, Life, Macs, Technology

European VAT changes: too little, too late

The deadlines which the European Commission has set itself to fix the broken VAT system are all maΓ±ana and make-believe

April 11, 2016 General, Life, Technology

I’m learning Google: no logic in translation

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Ask Google Translate to turn the Hungarian for “I am learning Hungarian” into French, and it tells you that I am learning English, in French.

April 11, 2016 General, Language, Life, Macs, Technology

Recycling and rubbish

This week’s crisis problem: are cat food pouches recyclable? Or does it even matter?

April 8, 2016 General, Life, Technology

Huw Wystan Jones: the April Fool

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An explanation and apology for yesterday’s April foolery: and the paintings correctly attributed.

April 2, 2016 General, Language, Life, Painting

In a Word: Spoof, hoax, and April pranks

Spoof was originally a card game. But why April fools? A quick trip around trickery.

April 1, 2016 General, Language, Life, Painting

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