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Month: April 2018

Pigment: Blackest Black

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It’s not a colour at all, say some, while the Impressionists wanted to banish it from the palette. But throughout the history of painting, the blackest black has remained vital.

April 13, 2018 General, Life, Painting, Technology

A Swift 4 ‘droplet’ scripting prototype, Dropsy

Want a script app that takes dropped files/folders, does something to them, and saves them? Here’s a simple prototype project which does exactly that. Free to use.

April 13, 2018 Macs, Technology

High Sierra has changed Help, and broken HelpHelp

Somewhere between High Sierra 10.13 and 10.13.4, Apple has made major changes to the Help system. Unfortunately, these […]

April 12, 2018 Macs, Technology

The Awe of the Alps: Alexandre Calame 1

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One of Hodler’s early influences, Calame was very successful in painting “Swiss horrors” showing the Alps, storms, and raging torrents. They’re still awe-inspiring works.

April 12, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Diagnosing iCloud problems using brctl, sync budgets and throttles

How much help does macOS provide for the diagnosis of iCloud problems? What does iCloud ‘throttle’, and what are its ‘budgets’?

April 12, 2018 Macs, Technology

Ferdinand Hodler, Transition, 1886-94

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Fascinating paintings showing his transition from realism to Symbolism, emphasising symmetry and rhythm in society.

April 11, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Don’t lose versions: DeepTools preserve them wherever your docs go

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Simple tools to preserve versions in documents, whether copied to an external drive, NAS, cloud storage including iCloud and Dropbox, even sent by email.

April 11, 2018 Macs, Technology

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 83 – Augury and pestilence

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After three brief tales of strange happenings in early Rome, Ovid gives an account of the bringing of the god Aesculapius to the city, to end an epidemic.

April 10, 2018 General, Language, Life, Painting

Solving update problems with softwareupdate

If you choose to cancel or ignore an update, it can be difficult to get it back. For these and other problems, turn to softwareupdate for a solution.

April 10, 2018 Macs, Technology

The Second Most Famous Georgian: Niko Pirosmani, 2 People and Places

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Some quite sophisticated compositions, featuring an early gramophone, feasting, the railway, and a Russian Futurist who enthused Picasso about his paintings.

April 9, 2018 General, Life, Painting

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