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William Blake’s mythology: The Night of Enitharmon’s Joy

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Is this Hecate, triple-headed goddess of the night, with owl and bats, or another of Blake’s mythology, representing spiritual beauty? A misidentified painting explained.

September 7, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Coming soon to your Mac’s neural engine

If Visual Look Up is so easy and low-power for Apple silicon Macs, maybe Tahoe’s new Foundation Models will prove more challenging, and wake up the neural engine.

September 7, 2025 Macs, Technology

William Blake’s mythology: The Ancient of Days

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God seen as a master craftsman, forming the world, or a symbol of reason drawn from Blake’s own personal mythology? A painting explained.

September 6, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 324

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

September 6, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of Adobe’s apps

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From Illustrator in 1987, Mac-only until 1989, through Photoshop in 1990, Mac-only until 1992, to InDesign, Dreamweaver and the dreaded Flash.

September 6, 2025 Macs, Technology

Reading Visual Art: 225 Dice

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Guards throwing dice in the Crucifixion, gambling in Bosch’s vision of Hell, in a dingy tavern, losing an entire estate, and being played by young street urchins.

September 5, 2025 General, Life, Painting

How umask determines permissions

How does your Mac know what permissions to set on newly created folders and files? It uses a umask. This explains what that is, how to work it out, and how to change it.

September 5, 2025 Macs, Technology

Walter Crane’s painted tales: 2, 1883-97

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An active socialist from 1883, for a few years his paintings had social undertones, then from 1887 they showed the forces of nature in elemental play.

September 4, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Quirks of Spotlight local search

Notes on how search depends on index structure, effects of language on different types of search term, and the benefits and limitations of search methods.

September 4, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released its weekly update to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to […]

September 3, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

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