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Sheer Delight 3: Raphael and Veronese

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First Raphael showed how meticulous attention to detail brought lifelike appearance to clothing and fabrics, then Veronese showed that freer brushwork was just as effective.

May 4, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Does it matter which Thunderbolt ports you use?

There’s evidence to suggest that original M1 Macs write more slowly to external SSDs in some configurations. Does this extend to later models with M1 Pro or Max chips?

May 4, 2022 Macs, Technology

Colour Notes 3: Colour temperature and constancy

“A human observer is able to recognise the colour of objects irrespective of the light used to illuminate the objects.” “Colour constancy does not exist in humans.” Which is right?

May 3, 2022 General, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Running tasks on E cores can use a third of the energy of P cores

Using a test of compressing a 1 GB file with AppleArchive, measurements of power used by core clusters show how efficient using the E cores really is.

May 3, 2022 Macs, Technology

Don Quixote 56: The penance paid

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Sancho devises a trick so he can complete his penance and get rich. The pair meet a character from the book, and discover they have literary doubles.

May 2, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 149

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 149. Here are my solutions to them. 1: A […]

May 2, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Don’t trust Activity Monitor on M1 Macs

Using CPU % or Energy values in Activity Monitor appears to show that running code on E cores is less efficient than on P cores. Don’t believe a word of it.

May 2, 2022 Macs, Technology

The Open Door 2: paintings from 1890

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Harriet Backer’s canonical masterwork, Nikolai Astrup shows his technical skill, two wonderful views by Pierre Bonnard, and from Eric Ravilious.

May 1, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Do M2 Macs need better storage support?

Thunderbolt 5 isn’t available yet, and in any case will probably offer no more than 6 GB/s. So what is the way ahead for Apple in its successors to its M1 series chips?

May 1, 2022 Macs, Technology

The Open Door 1: paintings 1400-1890

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From Jan van Eyck to Caillebotte and Claus, these paintings show the view beyond an open doorway, commonly as a means of incorporating a landscape.

April 30, 2022 General, Life, Painting

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