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Category Archive: Technology

Medium Well Done: 7 Pastels

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Developed in the mid 1600s, pastels are often considered to be the ‘purest’ form of painting, in which pure pigment is applied to the ground.

April 30, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Implementing interlinear text in macOS

Presenting two or more versions of the same text close together is a challenge. Here’s how I arrived at one solution, and implemented it.

April 30, 2019 Language, Macs, Technology

Making interlinear composite text using DelightEd 2.0b1

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Ever wished you could read an original and translation of text right next to one another? Now you can do it easily in this new version.

April 29, 2019 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Taking text further

The Books app demonstrates how stultified is the approach to text on computers. It’s carefully engineered to work like a book, not to bring any new powers to text or reading.

April 28, 2019 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Yellow and pink and blue: I can make a Unicode standard too

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All I wanted was a black and yellow chequered flag to signify quarantine. I thought the emoji was even better – a yellow reminder ribbon. How wrong I was.

April 27, 2019 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

🎗 Quarantine: Documents

Second of two, here looking at quarantine of documents, what it means, how it occurs. Much more common than apps, but mysterious.

April 26, 2019 Macs, Technology, xattr

Apple recalls AC Wall Plug Adaptors

Apple now has two recall programs for AC wall plug adaptors. Check all your Apple-supplied power adaptors to […]

April 25, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

🎗 Quarantine: Apps

First of two articles – this looking at how quarantine works for apps and other executables, details of the flag itself, how it behaves, and more.

April 25, 2019 Macs, Technology

There’s more to notarization than that

Is notarization just ‘security theatre’? How easy would it be to distribute malware through a legitimate distributor outside the App Store?

April 24, 2019 Macs, Technology

Medium Well Done: 6 Oils

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Since the decline of egg tempera and fresco in the Renaissance, oil paints have predominated. They rely on drying oils as their binder, which give them longevity and versatility.

April 23, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

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