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Frozen: painting the winter ice 1883-1917

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Paintings by Frits Thaulow, Emile Claus, Lesser Ury, Hans Andersen Brendekilde, Lovis Corinth, Tom Thomson and others. Brrrr!

January 5, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: How Apple silicon came so quickly

It’s September 2016. Apple has just released the iPhone 7, with its first big.LITTLE CPU cores, then 4 days later macOS 10.12 Sierra. How does it transition from there to release the M1 in four years?

January 5, 2025 Macs, Technology

Frozen: painting the winter ice 1565-1873

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Paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Aelbert Cuyp, van Ruisdael, Caspar Wolf, Jongkind, Whistler and others of ice on rivers, canals, lakes and the sea. Brrrr.

January 4, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 289

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

January 4, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of Mac numeric processing

The Motorola 68000 CPU had no floating point instructions, so Apple introduced SANE, then went on to the PowerPC Velocity Engine, and its Accelerate framework, and more.

January 4, 2025 Macs, Technology

Reading visual art: 181 Magpie

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One for sorrow, two for joy, according to the rhyme. Magpies play cameo roles in several major paintings, as shown here.

January 3, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Why XProtect Remediator scans now take longer

Scans used to take just a few minutes, but even on a fast M4 Pro now usually take more than half an hour. What is XProtect Remediator up to?

January 3, 2025 Macs, Technology

Changing Paintings: 51 The race between Hippomenes and Atalanta

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Told by an oracle she shouldn’t marry, she challenges any man to a running race to win her hand in marriage. When Hippomenes succeeds, things go wrong for the couple.

January 2, 2025 General, Life, Painting

How macOS has become more private

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Frameworks provide much of the macOS API. Over the last 5 years, the percentage of Private Frameworks has risen from 76% to 84%. Why is macOS becoming more private?

January 2, 2025 Macs, Technology

Next Year in Paintings: John Singer Sargent, Lovis Corinth, Félix Vallotton and others

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Fourteen major painters whose anniversaries I’ll celebrate or commemorate during this New Year, from George Bellows to Jacques-Louis David.

January 1, 2025 General, Life, Painting

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