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Hesiod’s Brush, the paintings of Gustave Moreau: 10 Grief and recovery

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His mother’s death stopped him painting and turned him into a recluse for a while. He then painted his way through his grief.

January 17, 2017 General, Painting

Couldn’t stay awake any longer: Energy Saver ignored

Despite being set to stay awake, the other morning my iMac had decided to go to sleep. Why? Is there a ghost in the machine?

January 17, 2017 Macs, Technology

Lessons from Swift 2: Processes, running commands, predicates, command tools, logs, playgrounds

Covers Process, NSPredicate, running Swift from command line, Xcode playgrounds. Lots on running commands.

January 17, 2017 Macs, Technology

Changing Times: Lovis Corinth, 1905-1909

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As he celebrates his 50th birthday, his young family are growing in size and number. More brilliant paintings, and more success.

January 16, 2017 General, Painting

Google Translate you’re drunk, go home

Can you translate Selbstporträt als Fahnenträger into English, please, Google?

January 16, 2017 General, Language, Life, Macs, Technology

Lessons from Swift 1: strings, files, bundles

Covers String, FileManager, and Bundle, in Swift 3. Includes trimming space, inserting attributed text, file attributes.

January 16, 2017 Macs, Technology

Lessons from Swift 0: index and reasons

Index to a new series of articles containing useful Swift 3 code snippets, hints, and more. Aimed at those getting started with the language on macOS.

January 16, 2017 Macs, Technology

The meaning of tortoises

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Why are there two tortoises in the foreground of Moreau’s ‘Orpheus’? After a journey through Zen Buddhism, fables, and political allegory, the answer may be more obvious.

January 15, 2017 General, Painting

Last Week on my Mac: Workflow efficiency

All too often, we select apps on the basis of features. Support for performing repetitive tasks efficiently and without error is much more important.

January 15, 2017 General, Macs, Technology

Brief Candles: Henri Regnault, the history painter who became history

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Winner of the Prix de Rome in 1866, in the next 4 years he painted several startling canvases which took the Salon by storm. Then he was killed.

January 14, 2017 General, Painting

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