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Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 59 – Troy and the birth of Achilles

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The trickery involved in building the first city of Troy results in its destruction. How Achille’s parents marry, and what happens at their wedding.

November 20, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Starting up in Sierra: a fuller account for troubleshooting

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A detailed examination of what happens during the first few minutes after starting your Mac up. Vital for anyone trying to diagnose problems in that period.

November 20, 2017 Macs, Technology

The Emptiness of It All: Vanitas paintings

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Curious still lifes and more containing allegories about the emptiness and futility of life on earth, and its brevity. Even seen in Cézanne and Jacek Malczewski.

November 19, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: The extent of APFS’s problems

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What happens next with Apple’s new file system is a strong indicator of its commitment to the Mac as a computer platform. Copy-on-write is the issue.

November 19, 2017 Macs, Technology

Coast: Strangeness on the strand

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Racing sandyachts 500 years ago, Punch and Judy shows, the painter who inspired Pissarro, and a firing squad: not what you’d expect on the beach.

November 18, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Woodpile does it with style, filters, and preferences

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Styles let you see the log fields you want, with colour; filters are instant search tools; those and custom processes now have a Preferences sheet.

November 18, 2017 Macs, Technology

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 58 – The Midas touch and ears

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Two delightful and gently humorous stories, with superb paintings by Domenichino, Poussin, de Clerck (a real jewel), and Émile Lévy.

November 17, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Is High Sierra dual-bootable?

A post-mortem analysis on attempts to make my iMac dual-boot between Sierra and High Sierra. Can it be done in safety?

November 17, 2017 Macs, Technology

Coast: The spectacle of Vesuvius, 2

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JMW Turner and John Martin painted apocalyptic visions, but others like JC Dahl and O Achenbach opted for the less spectacular.

November 16, 2017 General, Life, Painting

New and improved Consolation 3: rearranged window and more

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Changes made to preferences are now reflected immediately in all windows. Also ported to Swift 4.0 and built in Xcode 9.1.

November 16, 2017 Macs, Technology

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