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Month: September 2017

Beyond Scripting in Swift: Direct access to xattrs, calling C, and converting Data to Strings

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Using wrappers to call C functions which give direct access to xattrs, handling throws, and converting arbitrary Data to Strings.

September 6, 2017 Macs, Technology, xattr

Edgar Degas: Narrative paintings to 1865

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For his first decade as a professional artist, he painted narrative works and portraits. Here are some of his little-known narrative paintings.

September 5, 2017 General, Language, Painting

Exploring and using extended attributes with xattred

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A free tool to force full Gatekeeper checks without having to download an app, inspect, add, and remove xattrs from files and folders.

September 5, 2017 Macs, Technology

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 41 Meleager, Atalanta, and the Calydonian Boar

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A group of popular mythical heroes set out to kill a fearsome wild boar sent by Diana in vengeance. It turns into farcical tragedy, and some superb paintings.

September 4, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Choosing drives: which type, manufacturer, and capacity?

SSD or hard disk? Western Digital, HGST or Seagate? Multiple smaller capacities, or one big disk?

September 4, 2017 Macs, Technology

Wet in wet: a brief history of watercolour – 2, 1800-1850

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This takes us from Samuel Palmer and Peter De Wint, through Girtin and Cotman, to JMW Turner and William Blake.

September 3, 2017 General, Painting

Last Week Off My Mac: Should we relocate?

Remote and rural areas have been losing their people to cities for many centuries. Does bringing good internet access change this?

September 3, 2017 General, Macs, Technology

Apple has silently updated Gatekeeper data again

Apple has today pushed a further silent update to Gatekeeper’s configuration data, bringing it to version 126. Although […]

September 2, 2017 Macs, Technology

Wet in wet: a brief history of watercolour – 1, origins to 1800

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The first in a series of 4, starts with DΓΌrer’s brilliant paintings, looks at Raphael, Hans Bol, and the beginnings of the ‘English School’.

September 2, 2017 General, Painting

Poor coverage: the battery killer

Patchy mobile signal coverage is a sure way to flatten your iPhone or iPad battery very quickly. There must be a better solution than Airplane mode.

September 2, 2017 General, Macs, Technology

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