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Winslow Homer in Cullercoats: 1 Purpose and place
In 1881, Winslow Homer, a modestly successful painter in watercolours who had been living reclusively in Gloucester, MA, travelled to England to study the work of JMW Turner. He then lived for over a...
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MouseJack, Mac, and lessons
What is MouseJack? It is a new family of vulnerabilities which was discovered late last year by researchers at Bastille, who have just made it public. Affecting many wireless devices which do not use...
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Winslow Homer in Cullercoats: 2 Watchers
Winslow Homer had visited England primarily to study the watercolours of JMW Turner, and to understand his colour theories and their implementation. By mid March 1881, he had completed that phase, and...
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If Twitter still seems all @#. to you…
Using Twitter is a bit like riding a bike, in that no one really teaches you how, but you just get on with it and learn what to do. With no official documentation, it can appear daunting; working out...
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Winslow Homer in Cullercoats: 3 Women at work
Most who have written about Winslow Homer’s paintings from Cullercoats have noted that a large proportion show the fishlasses and fishwives of the community, and that in those few which show both men...
View ArticleLook out, the robots are coming!
One of the first signs to greet you when you arrive on the Isle of Wight by car is a large warning that Island roads are different. Apart from the obvious incompletion, the statement is misleading: the...
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Winslow Homer in Cullercoats: 4 Boats and the beach
This short series has been looking at Winslow Homer’s paintings from Cullercoats. Life in fishing communities was centred on when the boats came in: the return of the men and boys, hopefully with large...
View ArticleMy network connection is not unplugged: a KEXT, a MAC, and an almost dead Mac
Sunday was going to be busy. For the first time in years, I had two writing deadlines which coincided: by the end of the day (or night), I had a load of screenshots to take, prepare, and submit along...
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Amazon wants me to stay in
Thanks, Amazon. I guess I’ll just have to stay in for the next two weeks, then.
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Apple brought my iMac to its knees, with a broken security update
Apple has, in the eyes of large numbers of Mac users around the world, revealed itself not as a champion of privacy, but as a bunch of utter incompetents. Although it has yet to admit to it, or to...
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