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Rebirth: 2 A Gothic introduction

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How the Tuscan city of Florence came to provide the right conditions for the Renaissance during the 14th century.

February 26, 2021 General, Life, Painting

How fast SSDs slow to a crawl: thermal throttling

Fast compact external SSDs are prone to thermal throttling. This is demonstrated during tests writing 96 files, when transfer rates fell from 2 GB/s to around 700 MB/s.

February 26, 2021 Macs, Technology

Apple has released Big Sur 11.2.2, an urgent fix for some MBP and MBA models (updated)

Apple has just released an update to Big Sur, bringing it to version 11.2.2. This is an urgent […]

February 25, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Painting Within Tent: John Auldjo’s ascent of Mont Blanc

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It was only the fourteenth ascent of Western Europe’s highest mountain. Their provisions included 20 bottles of red wine and 18 chickens. His painting helped make mountaineering respectable.

February 25, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Should you switch to Thunderbolt 4 cables?

Although little more expensive than good Thunderbolt 3 cables, what are the differences in Thunderbolt 4? When do you need a new TB4 cable?

February 25, 2021 Macs, Technology

Checking disks on an M1 Mac

Although generally reliable in normal macOS and in Recovery, First Aid sometimes runs into problems with external bootable disks.

February 25, 2021 Macs, Technology

The Faerie Queene: Contents and summary of books 1-3

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Una and the Redcrosse Knight, Sir Guyon or of Temperance, and Britomartis or Chastity: plot summary, main characters, and selected paintings.

February 24, 2021 General, Life, Painting

More App Store update problems

When the App Store keeps refusing to install an update, there’s a limited range of solutions. Sometimes the traditional fix works best.

February 24, 2021 Macs, Technology

More M1 mysteries: Boot Recovery Assistant

You may encounter this when trying to boot into Fallback Recovery Mode. Currently it doesn’t appear to be fully functional, and doesn’t help.

February 24, 2021 Macs, Technology

Goddess of the Week: Iris, the rainbow

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Not just a pretty atmospheric effect, she’s a messenger of the gods, and is involved in many myths. Superb paintings by GuĂ©rin, Fuseli and others.

February 23, 2021 General, Life, Painting

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