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Month: May 2021

Rebirth: A timeline in paintings

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A timeline of milestone paintings, first surviving examples of the achievements of the Italian Renaissance, from 1320-1596.

May 24, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 100

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s special centenary edition of Mac Riddles. Here are my solutions to them. […]

May 24, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Mints 1.5 reports recent boots and solves normalization

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Now lists the time of the start of all boots in the last 24 hours, and helps you with Unicode normalization problems.

May 24, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Down on the farm: paintings of farmyards 2

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From 1880, Naturalism showed rural deprivation, but active farmyards with plenty of livestock. Then in the 20th century came the tractor.

May 23, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Feeling fast, the psychology of computer performance

We commonly suffer failures of the psychology of Mac performance, when system background tasks overwhelm the processor and bring the interface to a grinding halt

May 23, 2021 Macs, Technology

Down on the farm: paintings of farmyards 1

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Farmyards crowded with people and their animals, from Paulus Potter to some less well-known Impressionists such as Henri Rouart.

May 22, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 100

Here are this weekend’s riddles – a special centenary edition – to entertain you through whatever you’re now […]

May 22, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

How WordPress comments and Property Lists can trip you up

When you write a comment to an article here, or edit a Property List, you’re editing XML. Two or three characters won’t work properly.

May 22, 2021 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Still Life History: 3 The Dutch Golden Age

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It flourished and brought commercial success to many artists, and laid the foundations for sub-genres. Still lifes were among the most innovative and exciting paintings of the day.

May 21, 2021 General, Life, Painting

M1 Secure Boot, morphine and self-destruction

One command in Terminal which instantly disables any support, and why you can’t (yet) boot your M1 Mac in Linux.

May 21, 2021 Macs, Technology

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