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High: Castles

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Romantic views of castles in the mountains from Carl Friedrich Lessing, and more accurate accounts by Gustave Courbet and others.

November 30, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Common catches in Sparse Bundles and Disk Images

Why macOS may refuse to give you a very large sparse bundle, how you can’t change the password of encrypted sparse bundles, and more.

November 30, 2023 Macs, Technology

Reading visual art: 92 Markets B

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Fish markets from Turner, Zorn, Pradilla, Sorolla, and further afield with Alberto Pasini and Théo van Rysselberghe.

November 29, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Evaluating M3 Pro CPU cores: 2 Power and energy

Looks at power use and energy efficiency in M3 Pro chips, deriving equations for energy use according to numbers of cores used and their role.

November 29, 2023 Macs, Technology

Reading visual art: 91 Markets A

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Goya’s crockery salesman, Lhermitte’s Les Halles in Paris, a trio of specialist markets, Rosa Bonheur’s horse fair in Paris, and the last hay market in London.

November 28, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Scheduling and dispatch of backups and other background activities

Automatic Time Machine backups aren’t scheduled to run at precise times, but when it’s convenient. This explains how, and what to do if goes wrong.

November 28, 2023 Macs, Technology

Arthur: 12 Division and treachery

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When the queen is abducted, Lancelot rescues her, only to see her prepared to be burned at the stake. Arthur and Lancelot go to war against one another, and Arthur against Mordred, the usurper.

November 27, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 231

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 231. Here are my solutions to them. 1: From […]

November 27, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Evaluating M3 Pro CPU cores: 1 General performance

Using assembly language test loops to understand the differences between M1 Pro and M3 Pro CPU cores casts new light on their differences.

November 27, 2023 Macs, Technology

Paintings of Honfleur: Seurat to Vallotton

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The forgotten French Impressionist Félix Cals, Neo-Impressionist Georges Seurat, and two former Nabis, Félix Vallotton and Édouard Vuillard also painted this coastal town.

November 26, 2023 General, Life, Painting

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