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More than a Nabi 2: Félix Vallotton 1900-1906

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More mysterious interiors and cupboard views, a group portrait of the Nabis, and two of his models taking a break.

December 5, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Quarantine, MACL and provenance: what are they up to?

Why do so many files now have quarantine and other extended attributes, although they’re not apps, and may never have left that Mac?

December 5, 2025 Macs, Technology

Reading Visual Art: 237 Blacksmith

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Hephaistos or Vulcan in classical myth, cheated on by Aphrodite/Venus, and as creator of Pandora. In Bosch’s Last Judgement, and elsewhere.

December 4, 2025 General, Life, Painting

The Anatomy of a macOS App

How Mac applications evolved from a multitude of resources to a bundle formed from a standard layout of directories, and how they have come to be largely self-contained in macOS 26.

December 4, 2025 Macs, Technology

The Dutch Golden Age: Jan Miense Molenaer

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A dentist draws a tooth outside a church, a man reckons he holds the winning card, and the five most humorous interpretations of the senses.

December 3, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Manage Login and Background items

How to control Login and Background items in System Settings, how to identify those you might not recognise, and how to use sfltool for advanced diagnostics and reset.

December 3, 2025 Macs, Technology

Medium and Message: On a cigar-box

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The Macchiaioli of Tuscany, James Whistler, Georges Seurat and the Australian Impressionists all like to sketch in oil on cigar boxes.

December 2, 2025 General, Life, Painting

How to restart Spotlight, and why you might want to

Instead of logging out and back in, it’s possible to relaunch Spotlight from the Finder, as demonstrated here with the aid of the log. And it might be useful too.

December 2, 2025 Macs, Technology

Painted stories of the Decameron: A father’s revenge

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A gruesome tale of a daughter’s lover killed by her father, and his heart cut out. Also of one of Hogarth’s few failed paintings.

December 1, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 336

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 336. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Interchange […]

December 1, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

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