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Paintings of Paul Signac 1: Becoming Divisionist

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A selection of his Impressionist paintings made during the mid-1880s before he adopted ‘pointillist’ style after becoming one of Seurat’s closest friends.

April 21, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Which external storage?

Internal or external? Hard disk or SSD? USB or Thunderbolt? Cooled or compact? Branded or separates? An external boot disk? Do you have a return and refund option?

April 21, 2022 Macs, Technology

Sheer Delight 1: Classical folds

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Classical and mediaeval dress was simple, and not tailored much until after 1000 CE. Painters were also constrained by fresco and egg tempera.

April 20, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Mirages in the file system: Update and backups

What’s the Update volume doing weeks after the last macOS update? What can I do if ejecting my Time Machine backup storage causes an improper ejection error?

April 20, 2022 Macs, Technology

Colour Notes 1: Red and green should never be seen

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It was part of the folklore of women’s fashion in the 20th century, but had been embraced by the French Impressionists. Here’s why and how.

April 19, 2022 General, Macs, Painting, Technology

Booting a Mac Studio from an external SSD, and what it doesn’t solve

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Creating the external bootable SSD, downgrading security and allowing kexts, then trying to install a kext on an external drive which must be ejected.

April 19, 2022 Macs, Technology

Don Quixote 54: Trampled by pigs

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When they sleep at the place they had previously been trampled by bulls, they’re trampled again, this time by over 600 pigs. The following night they’re abducted by ten armed men.

April 18, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 147

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 147. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Rhythm […]

April 18, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

M1 Thunderbolt ports don’t fully support USB 3.1 Gen 2

It’s limited to 5 Gb/s, giving read rates of about 400 MB/s and writes at about 430 MB/s. Fine for Time Machine backups, but bad with NVMe drives.

April 18, 2022 Macs, Technology

Easter: Resurrection

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The other half of the festival of Easter has been painted far less. Yet without Resurrection, Easter and all Christian belief would be worthless.

April 17, 2022 General, Life, Painting

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