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Rebirth: The end of the Renaissance

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From about 1530, painting started to change. Brushstrokes became visible, anatomy exaggerated, composition less balanced and ideal. First Mannerism, then came the Baroque.

May 17, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 99

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 99. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Open, […]

May 17, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

How M1 Macs feel faster than Intel models: it’s about QoS

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By segregating macOS background tasks on Efficiency cores, M1 Macs can run user apps unfettered on their Performance cores. And that feels really fast.

May 17, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

So to bed: paintings of beds 2

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The deathbed, hospital beds through the ages, and what we apparently get up to when we take a friend to bed.

May 16, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Changing updating habits

In Big Sur, Apple is trying to change our update habits, getting us all to update early, and run only the latest release of macOS. Its campaign uses installer behaviour, mass psychology, and boot security.

May 16, 2021 Macs, Technology

So to bed: paintings of beds 1

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Many of our lives start and end in them, and between we spend at least a third of our life in bed. Paintings from Delacroix to Ravilious.

May 15, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 99

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through whatever you’re now allowed to do. 1: Open, untie […]

May 15, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Explainer: secure boot and boot security

How boot security has changed in the M1 Mac. What it allows you to do, and how it restores flexibility and versatility of external boot disks.

May 15, 2021 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to XProtect

Apple has just pushed an update to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]

May 14, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Still Life History: 2 Clara Peeters the pioneer

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Between about 1607-21 she painted exclusively still lifes. Highly innovative, she led the way for the many painters who succeeded her.

May 14, 2021 General, Life, Painting

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