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Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 70 – Galatea’s lover crushed by jealousy

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A story of murder by a would-be lover, or perhaps of voyeuristics obsession. How Polyphemus murdered Acis, as shown by Claude, Tischbein, Moreau, Redon, and others.

January 15, 2018 General, Language, Life, Painting

How can you tell what Apple software has been installed/updated?

Introducing a new version of SystHist which lets you see everything that Apple, the App Store, and silent updates install, for El Capitan, Sierra, and High Sierra.

January 15, 2018 Macs, Technology

Sarah Bernhardt: Portraits of a superstar

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One of the first international superstars, she was an accomplished painter and sculptor herself. Here’s her life in portraits by her friends.

January 14, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: A silent silent security update

Did Sierra systems have a silent update to OSX1012IncompatibleAppList around 4 January 2018? It looks like another worrying mistake by Apple.

January 14, 2018 Macs, Technology

The Eclectic Georges Clairin: elegance, corpses, and frou-frou

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With costume and clothing his fascination, his work spans genres and styles, from the fashionable and facile, to his good friend, the actress Sarah Bernhardt.

January 13, 2018 General, Life, Painting

What got installed? How to learn exactly what a package contains/ed

Here’s how to find out just what that last update installed, so you can remove it manually if necessary.

January 13, 2018 Macs, Technology

New macOS malware: MaMi

Patrick Wardle, of Objective-See, has just reported what he believes to be new malware running on macOS, which […]

January 12, 2018 Macs, Technology

Coast: With Claude at the Coast

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A small selection of the wonderful coastal landscapes painted by Claude Lorrain or Gellée.

January 12, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Which file systems and Cloud services preserve extended attributes?

Have you been warned not to use extended attributes because they aren’t supported beyond macOS? But they are: here are details of file systems and Cloud services.

January 12, 2018 Macs, Technology, xattr

A Hard Reality: the paintings of Christian Krohg, 1 – beginnings

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A social realist whose themes spanned controversial topics such as poverty and prostitution, he was a major influence of Edvard Munch, and central to Nordic and northern European art.

January 11, 2018 General, Life, Painting

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