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Month: February 2024

Who was the hero: Marat or Corday? 1 Marat

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On 13 July 1793, a young woman from Normandy stabbed the revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat in the chest and killed him. Was Marat really the hero?

February 17, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 243

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Simon briefly […]

February 17, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

Explore floating-point number formats in Mints 1.17

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New version fixes a bug, and adds a new window to explore floating-point number formats, as demonstrated here. And a surprise from Apple.

February 17, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

A to Z of Landscapes: Aerial perspective

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Related optical effects that combine to give the impression of depth. Explored in Renaissance paintings, and some from the 19th century.

February 16, 2024 General, Life, Painting

How you still can’t share document versions in iCloud

If you use apps like Pages and Numbers, and others using macOS versions, those versions can’t be shared across iCloud. Over 13 years, Apple still hasn’t got that working as you’d expect.

February 16, 2024 Macs, Technology

Sea of Mists: Influences on Caspar David Friedrich and Romantics

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Centred on Caspar David Friedrich, they were influenced by Claude-Joseph Vernet, Caspar Wolf, Philip James de Loutherbourg and Henry Fuseli.

February 15, 2024 General, Life, Painting

How to reinstall the current version of macOS or downgrade it

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Recovery reinstall, using an Installer app, or a bootable installer, or with an Apple silicon Mac in DFU mode? What the choices are, and how best to do it.

February 15, 2024 Macs, Technology

Reading visual art: 113 Constellations B

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Ariadne’s Corona Borealis, a difficult reading from Tintoretto, celestial spheres, constellations of summer, and signs of the zodiac.

February 14, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Skint version 1.03 fixes bugs that could give false negatives

Fixes a bug that could in some circumstances incorrectly report that everything is OK, when it isn’t. Recommended for all, Monterey and later only.

February 14, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Reading visual art: 112 Constellations A

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Ursa Major, often the only constellation people know today, the Milky Way, the Pleiades, and Sagittarius.

February 13, 2024 General, Life, Painting

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