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Commenting on older articles reinstated

I have now enabled commenting on older articles again. Please feel free to do so. Let’s hope the […]

August 26, 2019 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 9

The answer’s to last Saturday’s riddles. How well did you do this week?

August 26, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

Caring for SSDs: TRIM, wear levelling and APFS

Should you enable TRIM, and what is it? Do you need to turn wear levelling on, and what about fragmentation on SSDs? Some mysteries explained.

August 26, 2019 Macs, Technology

Getting the Point: Reading hands in paintings

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Pointing and gesturing in a selection of paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, Corot, Poussin, Gérôme, John Singer Sargent and others.

August 25, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Prepare to upgrade

The Catalina upgrade promises to be the most complex for years, catering for loss of 32-bit support and its read-only file system. How are you planning to upgrade?

August 25, 2019 Macs, Technology

Commenting on older articles temporarily suspended

Due to a very high volume of comment spam, I’m afraid that I have had to temporarily suspend […]

August 24, 2019 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Look at My Eyes: Reading gaze in paintings

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Look where the figures are looking: that helps you read many paintings. Fine examples from Moreau, Gérôme, Lovis Corinth, Velázquez, and others.

August 24, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 9

Three more riddles to puzzle and entertain you over the weekend. Solutions will be given on Monday.

August 24, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

Do you use files and folders on your Mac? Then Precize 1.9 should be invaluable

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A quick tour of this unique utility, and a recommended update for it which brings control over text size, auto-updates, and more.

August 24, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

Pure Landscapes: Alfred Sisley, 1870-74

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He remained in Paris during the siege, and lost most of his earlier work during the war. Afterwards he worked with Monet and Renoir to develop the Impressionist approach to landscapes.

August 23, 2019 General, Life, Painting

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