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Reading Visual Art: 245 Scissors

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In the weaving contest between Arachne and Minerva, used by the Fates, cropped to weaken Samson, in the Annunciation, or simply for cutting.

February 13, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Friday Magic: See real log entries

How to remove all the privacy redactions, and reveal network diagnostics including the URLs connected to by your Mac.

February 13, 2026 Macs, Technology

On Reflection: Introduction

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New series describing and illustrating how reflections have been painted in European and American art, from the early Renaissance to the 20th century.

February 12, 2026 General, Life, Painting

In the background: software update, backup & XProtect Remediator

After logging in, macOS may check for system software updates, run an initial Time Machine backup, and run XProtect Remediator scans. This is how those happen.

February 12, 2026 Macs, Technology

What has changed in macOS Tahoe 26.3?

For once, Apple’s bland statement that “this update provides important bug fixes and security updates” may be the […]

February 11, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released macOS Tahoe 26.3, and security updates in Sequoia 15.7.4 & Sonoma 14.8.4

Apple has released updates to macOS, to bring Tahoe to version 26.3, and security updates for Sequoia to […]

February 11, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

The Dutch Golden Age: Conclusions and contents

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Links to each of the articles in this series, and to many other previous articles. Covers painting in the provinces forming the Dutch Republic between 1600-72.

February 11, 2026 General, Life, Painting

macOS Tahoe no longer fully supports Time Capsules

If you’ve upgraded to Tahoe, your Time Capsule should still back up normally. But erase it to start new backups, and Time Machine refuses to back up to it any more.

February 11, 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 5329, from the previous release of […]

February 10, 2026 Macs, Technology

Medium and Message: William Blake’s fresco and tempera

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Trained first as an engraver, he avoided oil paints altogether, working in conventional watercolour, mixed media, and developed two distinctive techniques, one of watercolour monoprints, the other using glue tempera.

February 10, 2026 General, Life, Painting

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