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Month: October 2022

Painted Stories in Britain 8: Shakespeare

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For 20 years, Boydell’s Shakespeare Gallery tried to establish an English School of History Painting. Or was it just a ploy to make money from prints?

October 19, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Troubleshooting keychains

Solving repeated requests for passwords, telling the genuine from the bogus, how passwords can become mismatched, and more.

October 19, 2022 Macs, Technology

Sunrise on Impressionism: 13 Eugène Boudin

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A prolific painter who was moderately successful in the Salon, a key influence on Impressionism, and Monet’s first mentor, yet is now almost forgotten.

October 18, 2022 General, Life, Painting

When SIP status is unknown, SilentKnight and silnite can be foxed

Signing out of iCloud and signing back in fixed a problem with syncing, but it also turned SIP off in an ‘unknown’ way, something SilentKnight didn’t understand. Updates included for SilentKnight and silnite.

October 18, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Paintings of William Shakespeare’s Plays 21: Two Gentlemen of Verona

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Thought to be his first play, it hasn’t been painted much, but those who have are notable, including William Holman Hunt’s masterpiece.

October 17, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 173

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 173. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Vigilant […]

October 17, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Making the most of Apple silicon power: 4 Frequency

How can the two E cores in an M1 Pro or Max equal performance of the four in the original M1? Why does running two threads complete in half the time taken to run one?

October 17, 2022 Macs, Technology

Let there be light: 2 Painting by electric light

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Electric light on the banks of the Seine in Paris, and in the shopping centres of Berlin, herald the eternal light of today’s city centres.

October 16, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: It either works or it doesn’t

There’s a steady stream of users discovering their Macs have been skipping important security updates since June. How come?

October 16, 2022 Macs, Technology

Let there be light: 1 Painting by gaslight

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From the burning brands and oil lamps of the Greeks and Romans, to the soft light of candles, then in the 19th century came gaslights.

October 15, 2022 General, Life, Painting

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