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Month: November 2018

LockRattler 4.14 helps even more with EFI firmware

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Now works with Macs equipped with T2 chip, giving iBridge version, and links to EFI firmware version reference. Recommended for all users.

November 5, 2018 Macs, Technology

Out of the Shadows: Limits and controversy

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Why do Canaletto’s gondolas not have shadows? Where did Cézanne get his shadows wrong, and why, and what colour are shadows really?

November 4, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: What firmware version is that?

After surprise EFI firmware updates, an unsurprising set of problems. Which version to use, and how to use it? Or is it just a ploy to confuse?

November 4, 2018 Macs, Technology

Out of the Shadows: Form and figures

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Was painting ‘invented’ by the maid of Corinth? What is ‘shadow play’, and how have painters extended it to religious works? A short history of shadows in painting.

November 3, 2018 General, Life, Painting

LockRattler 4.13 now checks your EFI firmware

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Helps unscramble EFI firmware version confusion, and gives details of the macOS 10.14.1 update properly. Recommended for all users.

November 3, 2018 Macs, Technology

The Naturalist Andersens: LA Ring 1890-1894

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A remarkable series showing skilled workers at their workplaces, then a visit to Italy, where he painted 3 mummified corpses in the catacombs. Also his finest landscape.

November 2, 2018 General, Life, Painting

SystHist 1.6 fixes recognition of Mojave updates

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Now recognises 10.14.1 update fully, and is notarized for your added security. Recommended for all users.

November 2, 2018 Macs, Technology

Analysing your writing interactively and better word frequency lists: Nalaprop 1.0b8

Type, press Cmd-Enter and Nalaprop parses your text to show word classes. Two clicks and it gives you word frequencies by lemma (‘root’) too.

November 2, 2018 General, Language, Macs, Technology

The Naturalist Andersens: HA Brendekilde 1889-1894

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Social realism in the stony fields of Denmark, a wonderful view of Jerusalem, and his friend LA Ring facing a passing critic – and more.

November 1, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Known bugs in macOS Mojave 10.14.1: an incomplete summary

A new version of Mojave brings some fixes, and introduces some new bugs. Here a few for starters. I’ll add more as we discover them.

November 1, 2018 Macs, Technology

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