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Year: 2022

Paintings of Paul Signac 2: Les Andelys

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In the Spring, he changed style to Pointillism, then spent the summer at Les Andelys, where he painted a series of fine views, before ‘The Dining Room’, a masterly interior.

April 28, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Are Thunderbolt SSDs more consistent than USB?

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Armed with just a couple of flashy Thunderbolt NVMe SSDs and his home-made benchmarking app, we discover whether Thunderbolt is any better than USB 3.x.

April 28, 2022 Macs, Technology

Sheer Delight 2: Texture in oils

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From the fur-trimmed cloaks of Jan van Eyck, to the soft folds of Lisa Gherardini’s dress: clothing and fabrics painted in oils.

April 27, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Why more apps need speed controls

If apps control the Quality of Service, which sets how macOS allocates them to different processor cores in an M1 chip, how can we have any control?

April 27, 2022 Macs, Technology

Colour Notes 2: Limited palettes

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A grisaille turned into a trompe l’oeil, symphonies in white, making the transition to oil paints, an exercise for pupils, and vibrant primary colours.

April 26, 2022 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Inside the new macOS update log

The restore.log file on the Update volume contains details of all macOS updates installed since 11.0.1. Here’s a quick guide to its contents and use.

April 26, 2022 Macs, Technology

Don Quixote 55: Resurrection

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Arriving in the courtyard of the Duke and Duchess’s castle, a young woman’s body lies on a catafalque. It’s Altisidora, who died of unrequited love for Don Quixote.

April 25, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 148

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 148. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Tough […]

April 25, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

How macOS manages M1 CPU cores

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From the 8 cores of the original M1 chip to the M1 Ultra’s 20, this is how macOS manages threads from apps, services and other code.

April 25, 2022 Macs, Technology

Light-dark 2: Chiaroscuro in paintings after 1700

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Examples from Wright of Derby, Turner, Millet, van Gogh, Bonnard and others. But how many used the monochrome of scotopic vision?

April 24, 2022 General, Life, Painting

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