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Painting Fables 2: Landseer to Bonnard

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In the nineteenth century, with the decline of patronage and changed art markets, fables become more popular among painter, at least before they gained patrons.

September 2, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Growing the Apple crop

Mojave’s new privacy controls continue to cause problems with AppleEvents, and have a remaining bug to be fixed. Why have they been discovered so late, though?

September 2, 2018 Macs, Technology

Painting Fables 1: Dutch Golden Age to Oudry

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Never previously popular except as illustrations, paintings of fables became common in the Dutch Golden Age, and again in the work of a great animal painter around 1750.

September 1, 2018 General, Life, Painting

PermissionScanner 1.3 is notarized and fully ready for Mojave

Helps you scan for faulty permissions in your Home folder, with help from Mojave’s new privacy protection system.

September 1, 2018 Macs, Technology

Booting the Mac: Will my Mac boot from this disk? A visual guide

You want to boot your Mac from an external drive, but it doesn’t work. A diagram to explain what can go wrong, and how to fix it.

September 1, 2018 Macs, Technology

Celebrating the 500th anniversary of Tintoretto, 10: Last Suppers and the Doge

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Two more informal Last Suppers, a votive of the Doge who ruled Venice at the time, and the perils of black grounds.

August 31, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Precize 1.4 is notarized and fully ready for Mojave

This update comes with full guidance on how to get the best from the app with Mojave’s privacy protection.

August 31, 2018 Macs, Technology

Using Unicode better

Trying to work with Unicode can be frustrating at times. Here’s an excellent free book with valuable practical tips for all users, and much more for linguists too.

August 31, 2018 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Plutarch’s Lives in Paint: 11a Pyrrhus

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A succession of victories, many by his personal bravery and leadership from the front. But ultimately they were unsuccessful – and Pyrrhic.

August 30, 2018 General, Life, Painting

LockRattler 4.10 is a recommended update for all users

Brings a new feature, to check whether a firmware password is set. For Mojave, adds online check of current versions, and help with privacy protection.

August 30, 2018 Macs, Technology

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