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Category Archive: General

Last Week on My Mac: Why good external SSDs are faster with Apple silicon

Why an Intel Mac’s up to 40 Gb/s from Thunderbolt 3 is less than an Apple silicon Mac’s up to 40 Gb/s from USB4, and how you can benefit from it.

April 14, 2024 General

Helen of Troy: victim or villain? 1

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Daughter of the King of Sparta, abducted as a child by Theseus, rescued by her brothers, married to the King of Sparta, then given as a bribe in a divine beauty contest.

April 13, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 251

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

April 13, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

The Truthful Vision of Jean-Léon Gérôme 2

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Orientalism, a duel in fancy dress, gladiators in the Colosseum, the assassination of Julius Caesar, and the cynic Diogenes.

April 12, 2024 General, Life, Painting

A to Z of Landscapes: Ice and snow

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From the snowy landscape of Brueghel’s Hunters to Monet’s Magpie, with Pissarro, Signac, Caillebotte and others.

April 11, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Sea of Mists: JC Dahl 1829-1856

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A series of barren trees in the snow, with ancient stone tombs and plenty of crows, Nordic ports by moonlight, ending with a burning windmill.

April 10, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 127 Mouse

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The humble mouse seen in Millais’ portrait of Cinderella, Klimt’s Fable, still life paintings, and an illustration by the artist who died with Captain Scott.

April 9, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Changing Paintings: 14 Death of Pentheus

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Pentheus pours scorn on the cult of the new god Bacchus, son of Semele. When interrupts revels, he is torn apart by his own mother and aunts, as foretold by Tiresias.

April 8, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 250

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 250. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Roman […]

April 8, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

Blossom festival 2024: 20th century

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Concluded with paintings from Willard Metcalf, Pierre Bonnard, JW Waterhouse, Nikolai Astrup, Paul Nash and others.

April 7, 2024 General, Life, Painting

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