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Month: October 2021

Jason and the Golden Fleece 2

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Once he has the Golden Fleece, Jason is pursued by Medea’s father. They make away in his ship the Argo, but he later abandons Medea, and everything goes wrong for them both.

October 31, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: The pioneers are winning

If you believe that ‘the pioneers take the arrows, settlers take the land’, you need to reassess macOS now.

October 31, 2021 Macs, Technology

Jason and the Golden Fleece 1

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Jason promises to marry King Aeëtes’ daughter, the sorceress Medea, in return for her help accomplishing his three tasks to take possession of the Golden Fleece.

October 30, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 123

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: What’s officially between […]

October 30, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

How to deal with a site with a broken certificate

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What to do when your browser complains that a website you want to visit has a problem with its certificate security.

October 30, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Landscape Composition: 9 One piazza, eight views

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A tough compositional challenge: a square that isn’t even rectangular, with unequal sides and a high tower. Solutions by Canaletto and other masters.

October 29, 2021 General, Life, Painting

How macOS is more reliable, and doesn’t need reinstalling

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How APFS, the boot volume group, hashes, and Secure Boot all combine to guarantee the integrity of your system, and save you trouble and work.

October 29, 2021 Macs, Technology

Impressionist painting in Britain: 14 Wynford Dewhurst

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With Claude Monet as his mentor, he painted in thoroughly Impressionist style. Also the author of the most influential contemporary account of Impressionism in English.

October 28, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Shortcuts: counting files and Quick Actions

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Basic tutorial to iterate recursively through a folder and count the number of files within it, then to do the same but as a Quick Action.

October 28, 2021 Macs, Technology

Landscape Composition: 8 Tearing the book up with trees

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How trees came to invade Impressionist landscape paintings, in direct contravention to established principles.

October 27, 2021 General, Life, Painting

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