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Colour Notes 13: What colour is the sky?

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Starting from Egyptian blue in ancient times, pigments preferred by painters for sky blue have changed repeatedly. Here’s a brief history.

July 12, 2022 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Virtualisation on Apple silicon Macs: 3 Configuration, VM and boot

How lightweight virtualisation of macOS on Apple silicon Macs lays out its VM bundle, how its builds that in installation, and details of the VM log.

July 12, 2022 Macs, Technology

Paintings of William Shakespeare’s Plays 4: Measure for Measure

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Almost banned in the 19th century, only one scene has been painted extensively, but that could refer instead to either of two of Tennyson’s poems.

July 11, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 159

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 159. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Cool […]

July 11, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

A user’s guide to Disk Images

They have more options than most new cars. What are they, how do you use them, how to pick the most appropriate, and which tools to use.

July 11, 2022 Macs, Technology

Paintings of the Vienna Secession 2: Von Alt to Mucha

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Other members of the Vienna Secession, including Alois Delug, Maximilian Lenz, Hugo Baar, Kolo Moser, and Alphonse Mucha.

July 10, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Updates and open loops

When a downloaded update fails to install, that failure isn’t reported back to either local Content Caching server or Apple’s software update servers. Reliable feedback is important.

July 10, 2022 Macs, Technology

Paintings of the Vienna Secession 1: Gustav Klimt

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As first president of the Vienna Secession, Klimt was largely responsible for its influence and endurance.

July 9, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 159

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Cool colour of […]

July 9, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Updates and changing updates

Minor updates to Spundle and Dintch. A bug in SilentKnight and LockRattler. Dropping support for El Capitan and Sierra, and a few obsolete apps.

July 9, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

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