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Month: January 2026

Paintings of human flight 1: before Blériot

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From earliest ascents in hot air balloons from 1783 onwards, their role in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, to the first airships and Wright style aircraft.

January 10, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 342

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

January 10, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

Explainer: Copy and paste, drag and drop

Two of the Mac’s defining features, how they differ, the roles of source and receiver apps, how they work, how transferable types can limit them, and their future in macOS.

January 10, 2026 Macs, Technology

Reading Visual Art: 240 Gallows

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Typically by a road junction outside a town, they are a grim reminder of the brutal consequences of even petty crimes, and significant to the reading of paintings shown.

January 9, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Hiding text in PDFs

A demonstration of three simple ways to add invisible text to a PDF that could be used to prompt AI how to review it. And a method of detection.

January 9, 2026 Macs, Technology

The Dutch Golden Age: Unique imagery of Domenicus van Wijnen

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At the end of the Golden Age, he specialised in painting the Dark Arts, with astrology, rejuvenation, witchcraft, and faerie allegories.

January 8, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Check Time Machine backups in macOS Sequoia and Tahoe

T2M2 is nearly 9 years old. Here’s a walk through its summary reports on Time Machine backups. and an outline of what you’ll see in its log extracts.

January 8, 2026 Macs, Technology

Medium and Message: Fans from Europe

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From 1885 fans were a popular support for several artists, including Carl Larsson, Anders Zorn, and Paul Gauguin painted many of them.

January 7, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Archive webpages using textClippings

How to make a textClipping of an article from within a webpage, then save that in different formats suitable for longer-term reference.

January 7, 2026 Macs, Technology

Medium and Message: Fans from Japan

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Long used as a support for fine art painting in East Asia, fans made their way from Japan into French collections in the late 19th century, and Degas and Pissarro saw their potential.

January 6, 2026 General, Life, Painting

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