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Month: February 2017

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 6 – Jupiter and Callisto

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Rape, ejection from society, transformation into a bear, then into a constellation: poor Callisto, but some superb narrative paintings.

February 28, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Mac shutdown and sleep cause codes

How to interpret the code numbers written into your Mac’s log to indicate the reason for shutting down, restarting, or going to sleep.

February 28, 2017 Macs, Technology

Paul Nash: from ancient to surreal, 1 – to 1920

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Landscapes influenced by Blake and Palmer, then some of the strongest images of the First World War. The start of a remarkable career.

February 27, 2017 General, Painting

Waking your Mac from sleep: log highlights

A deep dive into the log to examine what happens when waking from system sleep. And where you can read a cache of old internet connections…

February 27, 2017 Macs, Technology

Brief Candles: Frédéric Bazille – figure in a landscape, 2

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His remarkable paintings of figures in landscapes were well received at the Salons. Then came the Franco-Prussian War, and his death after just 8 years of painting.

February 26, 2017 General, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Moving with the times and the data

JSON is a popular standard for data obtained from internet sources. How well is it supported by spreadsheets? And two major upgrades: Tinderbox 7 and Dash 4.

February 26, 2017 General, Macs, Technology

Brief Candles: Frédéric Bazille – figure in a landscape, 1

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He was famously and tragically killed in 1870, but how well do you know his paintings?

February 25, 2017 General, Painting

The Time Bomb Ticking in Sierra: Grand Central Dispatch is broken

This bug disrupts Time Machine backups and all the dozens of activities which macOS manages. It may make Sierra unsuitable for use in servers.

February 25, 2017 Macs, Technology

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 5 – Phaëthon, the Heliades, Cycnus

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One of the most dramatic and vivid myths, causing a ‘Great Fire’ which matches the Flood. Superb paintings from Rubens, Poussin, Moreau.

February 24, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

R as a platform for data conversion: JSON to Excel for log extracts

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How to import complete log extracts into Excel or Numbers, using R as a conversion platform. It’s a bit convoluted, but it works.

February 24, 2017 Macs, Technology

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