There is a lot of bullshit about footwear. Even reputable and reliable opinions are seldom supported by much evidence. So what about ‘zero drop’ or ‘barefoot’ shoes? Great or misguided?
This odd preposition can also appear as a postposition, but does not behave much like either.
How pigments work, and some of their practical problems.
Images of the remarkable Lily Crucifix in Godshill Parish Church, Isle of Wight, which was spared removal during the Reformation. It dates from the early Renaissance, c 1450.
you can see the Isle of Wight for ever: a panorama.
Once acquired, text needs to be structured and formatted. This guides you through different formats and editing options.
The word ‘perk’ has three quite separate meanings and origins, and is a microcosm of English etymology.
Ask which were the first landscape paintings in Western art, and most would suggest works of Dürer, Albrecht Altdorfer, or Joachim Patinir. But they were actually very late compared to frescoes of the Cycladic civilisation, some three millenia before.
Chroma is hard to separate from lightness. An important painting point is that mixing paints cannot increase chroma. Instead it tends to reduce it towards muddy grey.
This second article considers how text is entered into your Mac: mainly by the keyboard, but also briefly covers speech and scanned input.
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