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Jerusalem Delivered: 6 Erminia flees

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Armida takes her ten knights, while Erminia secretly leaves Jerusalem to minister to the wounded Tancred. She flees and becomes lost in the country, where she finds a family of shepherds.

March 2, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 349

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 349. Here are my solutions to them. 1: A snack […]

March 2, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

How macOS 26 Tahoe updates 1

How macOS 26.2 updated to 26.3, variation in download sizes, how macOS works out free space requirements to proceed with the update, and its sequence of stages run by a finite state machine.

March 2, 2026 Macs, Technology

The Other Half: Painters and their models 2

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Pre-Raphaelite models, muses and partners, including Effie Gray, ex-wife of John Ruskin, Lizzie Siddal, Annie Miller, Fanny Cornforth, Alexa Wilding, Jane Morris and Maria Zambaco.

March 1, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Bugs of wonder

Why should an app start crashing on launch in macOS 26.4 beta 2? Why does its firmware version number make no sense? And how did it take 6 months to fix six typos?

March 1, 2026 Macs, Technology

The Other Half: Painters and their models 1

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Arduous demands can be made on models, who are always seen in paintings but never credited. Gérôme’s Emma Dupont, Joanna Hiffernan, and Renoir’s Lise Tréhot.

February 28, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 349

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

February 28, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

Explainer: macOS updates

When the architecture of macOS switched to the Signed System Volume in Big Sur, it brought major changes in how macOS is updated, as detailed here.

February 28, 2026 Macs, Technology

Reading Visual Art: 247 Woodpecker

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Associated with the legendary story of the origin of Rome, a woodpecker kept a close eye on the twin infants Romulus and Remus. It’s also associated with the sorceress Circe.

February 27, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Lost in the log? Here’s Logistician 1.1

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New version adds more detail to the list of log files, and a new graphical view to pick out anomalies in up to 6 weeks of previous log records.

February 27, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

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