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Harvest moon: Palmer’s enchanted countryside

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From 1826-1835, Samuel Palmer painted in solitude in a tumbledown cottage in rural Kent. His paintings from that period share a unique vision of an enchanted countryside.

August 29, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Queue-jumping, hints and deep integration

The cores in the M1 and the chip itself are thoroughly Apple designs, and work hand-in-glove with macOS using techniques like out-of-order execution and hints to optimise performance.

August 29, 2021 Macs, Technology

Thomas Seddon: bicentenary of a Pre-Raphaelite landscape painter

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In just a few years of painting, he made two of the major Pre-Raphaelite landscapes, but died of dysentery in Cairo at the age of only 35.

August 28, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 114

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Incomplete instruction to […]

August 28, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Explainer: System Management Controller (SMC)

On Intel Macs, resetting the SMC was a universal panacea until the T2 came along. What can we do instead with an M1 Mac?

August 28, 2021 Macs, Technology

Impressionist painting in Britain: 6 John Lavery

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From around 1884 until after the First World War, he painted a series of Impressionist landscapes. Was he one of the British Impressionists?

August 27, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Dual-booting macOS: Disk structure and Recovery

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Installing two different versions of macOS within a single container brings flexibility as they share free space, a little economy maybe, and complexity – explained here.

August 27, 2021 Macs, Technology

Reject: Ferdinand Hodler’s Night

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Three times Hodler was the centre of controversy: ‘The Night’ was rejected then removed from display; two large and wonderful murals were also savaged by the critics and the emperor.

August 26, 2021 General, Life, Painting

How to create a bootable external disk in macOS 11 or 12

Complete step-by-step instructions for installing a new copy of macOS to an external disk, making it bootable. For Intel and M1 Macs of all flavours.

August 26, 2021 Macs, Technology

Francisco Goya: 10 The story of Friar Pedro

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The period up to 1808, in which Goya painted many portraits of the rich and famous, and those who could hardly pay, and the story of a friar and a bandit.

August 25, 2021 General, Life, Painting

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