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How the EU is strangling small businesses

Over the next couple of years, the EU is set to shut down as many as 100,000 small businesses across Europe.

February 17, 2015 General, Life, Technology

Happy New Year

Is next (Chinese New) year the Year of the Sheep or Goat?

February 16, 2015 General, Language, Life

There’s no place like…

English – and possibly other languages – get quite weird when it comes to place names. Each seems to become an idiom on its own.

February 16, 2015 General, Language, Life

Beyond words and pictures: 1 The quest for tropes

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Just as we are practised and skilled at reading beyond the literality of words, we need tools to see beyond pictures. This is the start of a journey to acquire those tools, and achieve visual literacy.

February 16, 2015 Language, Painting

Q&A: Why does (did) my update to Yosemite appear to hang?

Q I recently upgraded my Mac mini Server to Yosemite. When the installer reported there was only a […]

February 15, 2015 Macs

Favourite Paintings 4: Rembrandt, Bathsheba with King David’s Letter, 1654

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Instead of depicting her as an erotic nude in a scene of lust and voyeurism, Rembrandt reveals Bathsheba’s inner conflict, and transforms the technique of painting.

February 15, 2015 Painting

Landscape with Strange People

It has been the most gloriously sunny and mild day of the year. But the Downs round here […]

February 15, 2015 General, Life

Tackling Network Problems

Network problems are most common when something comes along and upsets a network which previously seemed to work […]

February 14, 2015 Macs, Technology

Favourite Paintings 3: Nicolas Poussin, Landscape with a Calm, 1651

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In his later years, Poussin turned more to landscape painting. This is one of his most sublime and pure landscapes, idealised rather than representing any view of the real world, and one of the greatest landscape paintings.

February 13, 2015 Painting

User poll

This blog is almost a month old now, and it would help me to cater better for your […]

February 13, 2015 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

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