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Yellow and pink and blue: I can make a Unicode standard too

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All I wanted was a black and yellow chequered flag to signify quarantine. I thought the emoji was even better – a yellow reminder ribbon. How wrong I was.

April 27, 2019 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Paul Sérusier: 2 Harvest

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Three exceptional paintings are dominated by geometrical forms. In one, a huge golden cylinder hangs in the night sky. Was this an innovative abstract painting?

April 26, 2019 General, Life, Painting

🎗 Quarantine: Documents

Second of two, here looking at quarantine of documents, what it means, how it occurs. Much more common than apps, but mysterious.

April 26, 2019 Macs, Technology, xattr

Apple recalls AC Wall Plug Adaptors

Apple now has two recall programs for AC wall plug adaptors. Check all your Apple-supplied power adaptors to […]

April 25, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

Paul Sérusier: 1 The Talisman

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One of the paintings he made in 1888 is quite unlike any other that he made in his career: The Talisman, which became an icon for the Nabis. Is it abstract?

April 25, 2019 General, Life, Painting

🎗 Quarantine: Apps

First of two articles – this looking at how quarantine works for apps and other executables, details of the flag itself, how it behaves, and more.

April 25, 2019 Macs, Technology

Leonardo da Vinci: The Master’s Master 6

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Two final paintings, his striking portrait of Saint John the Baptist, and the highly controversial ‘Salvator Mundi’, the most expensive painting in the world.

April 24, 2019 General, Life, Painting

There’s more to notarization than that

Is notarization just ‘security theatre’? How easy would it be to distribute malware through a legitimate distributor outside the App Store?

April 24, 2019 Macs, Technology

Medium Well Done: 6 Oils

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Since the decline of egg tempera and fresco in the Renaissance, oil paints have predominated. They rely on drying oils as their binder, which give them longevity and versatility.

April 23, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

PDF without Adobe: 20 Outlines, Bookmarks and Preview

Tables of Contents, Outline, Bookmarks: what’s the difference, and how portable are they in PDF?

April 23, 2019 General, Language, Macs, Technology

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