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Oracle has released Java 8u141

Oracle has released Java 8u141, which is available now from here. In addition to one new security feature […]

July 18, 2017 Macs, Technology

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 33 – Jason, Medea, and the Golden Fleece

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Three tasks: yoking the fire-breathing bulls and ploughing in dragon’s teeth to generate an army, then getting past the fleece’s guardian dragon.

July 18, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Tennyson, Pre-Raphaelites, and Storyspace: a rewarding combination

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A new hypertext combining Tennyson’s poetry and superb paintings from those associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement. Free to download.

July 18, 2017 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Sierra’s Time Machine irregular backup bug: prevention and treatment

How to diagnose this bug, manage it when it occurs, and try to prevent it from happening: latest information.

July 18, 2017 Macs, Technology

Richard Dadd: 3 Bethlem 1846-1855

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He painted a series of narratives drawn from the Bible and other sources, and 32 watercolours of ‘Passions’ over this period.

July 17, 2017 General, Life, Painting

APFS: iOS 11 and High Sierra will fix normalisation problems

Apple now states that APFS will handle the problems of normalisation of file and folder names. At least in iOS 10.3.3 and macOS 10.12.6, due shortly.

July 17, 2017 Macs, Technology

Elaine of Astolat, or the Lady of Shalott?

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Two different legends about Sir Lancelot and a woman falling in love with him. Both are told here with a selection of fine paintings.

July 16, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Back to the future

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Publishing has gone full circle, from markup to WYSIWYG page layout, and back to markup. Meanwhile many of its remaining problems have been solved – in LaTeX.

July 16, 2017 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Fair Maids: the paintings of Sophie Gengembre Anderson

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Are these beautiful paintings of women and children just eye-candy for middle-class Victorian women?

July 15, 2017 General, Painting

LaTeXport: revenge of the templates, and on to Tufte Book

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Wouldn’t you like your book or other document to look as wonderful as those of Edward Tufte? Here’s how to do that in Tinderbox and LaTeX.

July 15, 2017 General, Language, Macs, Technology

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