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Naturalists: Origins

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Start with genre paintings from the Dutch Golden Age, add Géricault’s ‘Raft of the Medusa’, Courbet and Millet’s social realism, Manet and Lhermitte and you’ve made Naturalism.

February 26, 2026 General, Life, Painting

How long will my Mac’s SSD last?

Doesn’t macOS wear out internal SSDs quickly because of all the data it writes to them? Will my Mac’s SSD wear out prematurely? How can I tell?

February 26, 2026 Macs, Technology

On Reflection: Optics

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Introduction to the geometry of reflections on water, and a composite image to aid their analysis. How Turner altered some of the reflections he painted.

February 25, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Investigate a past event in the log

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How to browse log entries for an event that occurred many days after its entries have been removed from the active log, by discovering its exact time and the processes involved.

February 25, 2026 Macs, Technology

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released an update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5331. As usual, it doesn’t release […]

February 24, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

Medium and Message: Edgar Degas’ mixed media

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After a conventional start with oils and watercolour, he experimented with pastels, using them with water, and applying them to monotypes. He also removed the drying oil from paints.

February 24, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Use Fallback Recovery on Apple silicon Macs

What do you do if you can’t start your Apple silicon Mac in Recovery? Try Fallback Recovery, as explained in detail here.

February 24, 2026 Macs, Technology

Jerusalem Delivered: 5 First skirmish and a sorceress

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The crusaders first sight of the Holy City, and an initial skirmish claiming the life of Dudon. Tancred falls in love with the Saracen knight Clorinda, and Armida the sorceress is sent to damage the crusaders from within.

February 23, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 348

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 348. Here are my solutions to them. 1: The next […]

February 23, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

How does macOS keep its log?

Tens of thousands of log entries are made between the start of kernel boot and the unlocking of the Data volume. Where they’re stored has been a mystery. With additional details of log maintenance and retention.

February 23, 2026 Macs, Technology

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