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Month: July 2022

Dolce Far Niente: Paintings of blissful laziness 2

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Two specialists in the sub-genre, John Godward and John Singer Sargent, show us how to chill out in their paintings.

July 31, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Obfuscating errors

Many Mac users now have a better idea as to whether anything’s amiss at home than in their Mac. Why we need a way to check a Mac’s status.

July 31, 2022 Macs, Technology

Dolce Far Niente: Paintings of blissful laziness 1

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The enjoyment of being idle, indulgence of relaxation, and blissful laziness: that’s dolce far niente for you, in paintings to chill out with.

July 30, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 162

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: This Norwegian woman […]

July 30, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Explainer: Pixel density and display resolution

If you don’t know the difference between display resolution and pixel density, and want to know why Retina displays work, here’s an introduction.

July 30, 2022 Macs, Technology

Sunrise on Impressionism: 1 Introduction

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On 15 April 1874, thirty artists showed 165 works in an empty photographer’s studio in Paris. One of their paintings led to their name: Impressionists.

July 29, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Preparing your Mac for Trade In or passing on

If you plan to trade in or pass on your old Mac when you upgrade to a new one, there are pitfalls in ensuring you don’t lose any data, while ensuring your old Mac is completely wiped.

July 29, 2022 Macs, Technology

Pastel paintings of Eugène Delacroix

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After his death, over 1500 of his pastels were sold, the great majority of which have since disappeared. Here are some of the finest of the survivors.

July 28, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Virtualisation on Apple silicon Macs: 6 Support limits

Although Monterey supports lightweight virtualisation of macOS guests, it has some significant limitations, and doesn’t support GUI Linux. Full details are here.

July 28, 2022 Macs, Technology

Paintings of Paul Signac 15: Watercolours 1925-35

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For this final decade, he was prolific, painting a series of ports of France in 1929-31, and many other views of the coast of France and of Corsica.

July 27, 2022 General, Life, Painting

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