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Author: hoakley

Pure Colour: Pastels of Odilon Redon

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He didn’t paint much in pastels until he was in his fifties, but for the last 20 years of his life he made many highly original works in their pure colour.

July 8, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Persisting problems with Content Caching and failed security updates

Over the last month, several security updates pushed by Apple have caused problems with Content Caching servers. Why?

July 8, 2022 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to XProtect Remediator

Apple has just pushed an update to XProtect Remediator security software for Macs running Catalina or later, bringing […]

July 7, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Paintings of Paul Signac 12: Pointillism

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Examining the detail of how he applied patches of paint over a period of almost fifty years reveals how his pointillism changed.

July 7, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Dismal write performance of Disk Images

Three types of Disk Image, encrypted or not, tested when freshly made or used and remounted. So many variations, but only one type of Disk Image can be trusted for writing.

July 7, 2022 Macs, Technology

Sheer Delight 12: Costumbrism to Frou-frou

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Two movements concerned with depiction of clothing and fabrics: Costumbrism in Spain, with local customs, and wild fashion in French frou-frou.

July 6, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Virtualisation on Apple silicon Macs: 2 How does it work?

How a standard developed for virtualisation on Linux has become central to lightweight virtualisation in macOS Monterey and Ventura.

July 6, 2022 Macs, Technology

Colour Notes 12: Monochrome paintings

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Grisaille – grey underpainting used to set the tone for a finished work – is like underwear, waiting for richly coloured clothes to go on top. Not in these paintings, though.

July 5, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Why are Disk Images so slow at writing?

A Mac Studio Max has an SSD delivering up to 7.4 GB/s, and a CPU up to 50% faster than a 16-core Xeon. Why does it write an encrypted disk image at the speed of a slow hard disk?

July 5, 2022 Macs, Technology

Paintings of William Shakespeare’s Plays 3: The Tempest

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Twelve years earlier, the real Duke of Milan was abandoned with his young daughter in a small boat. When he is able to bring his usurper to face his revenge, this is what happens.

July 4, 2022 General, Life, Painting

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