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Month: December 2017

The Missing Mona Lisa: Louis Béroud painting painters painting paintings

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On 22 August 1911, he went to the Louvre to paint the Mona Lisa. It had gone missing, though, and didn’t show up for another 2 years.

December 23, 2017 General, Life, Painting

A new Xcode project for scripting in Swift 4.0: ScriptBase

A starter Xcode 9.2 project to form a base for quick, scripting-style apps. Free of all copyright, free to use. Runs on El Capitan, Sierra, and High Sierra.

December 23, 2017 Macs, Technology

xattr: com.apple.metadata:kMDItemHeadline, an arbitrary text headline

An arbitrary text headline which can be attached by some creators to documents.

December 23, 2017 xattr

xattr: com.apple.metadata:kMDItemDescription, arbitrary information about a file

Sometimes used by creators to give a description of the file in plain text.

December 22, 2017 xattr

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 66 – The Judgement of Arms

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Ajax and Ulysses put their claims to the Greek leaders to be given the arms and armour of Achilles, after his death. The outcome is a shock.

December 22, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Browse your Mac’s system and security update history with SystHist

A simple tool to list, in chronological order, all system and security updates. Runs on Sierra and High Sierra, and should be good on El Capitan too.

December 22, 2017 Macs, Technology

xattr: com.apple.metadata:kMDItemCreator, records the app which created a file

Gives the normal Finder name of the app which created or edited a file. Doesn’t give its path or signature, though.

December 22, 2017 xattr

xattr: com.apple.metadata:kMDItemDownloadedDate, the download datestamp

Contains a binary date-timestamp for a downloaded file. Valuable for establishing the origins of files.

December 21, 2017 xattr

Telling Modern Stories: the narrative painting of Benjamin West, 6, The Death of Nelson

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Admiral Lord Nelson died in similar circumstances to General Wolfe – leading his force to victory, although here at sea in the Battle of Trafalgar. Cue for a ‘modern history painting’.

December 21, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

LockRattler 4.1 for El Capitan, Sierra, and High Sierra is now finally released

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Now provides complete details of security updates, and simple tools to check for and install any pending updates.

December 21, 2017 Macs, Technology

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