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Landscapes of Spain: The nineteenth century

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Many aspiring painters visited the Prado in Madrid to study its collection of works by the masters. Here are some views of Spain they and its locals painted.

May 10, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 307

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

May 10, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of the all-in-one Mac

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From the original Macintosh 128K in 1984, through the divergence into SE and Mac II, then the unique Twentieth Anniversary Mac, to the first iMac in 1998, and its successors.

May 10, 2025 Macs, Technology

The bicentenary of James Collinson, least-known Pre-Raphaelite painter

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One of the four painters in the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, who has almost vanished. Works on emigration, literacy and a couple of open narratives.

May 9, 2025 General, Life, Painting

What is Quality of Service, and how does it matter?

How apps and processes set their priority, and on Apple silicon that determines which type of core they can be run on. What you can do to alter that.

May 9, 2025 Macs, Technology

Urban Revolutionaries: 13 Holidays

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No public holidays, and no paid leave either. Despite that, mill workers travelled by train to the seaside in Wakes Weeks.

May 8, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Reducing noise by searching LogUI’s views

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Open multiple windows in LogUI, set them up to obtain the same log extract, then apply different searches to each. A powerful way to read long and complex log extracts.

May 8, 2025 Macs, Technology

Reading Visual Art: 208 Friezes B

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More painted friezes from Gustav Klimt, Ferdinand Hodler, Evelyn De Morgan, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and others.

May 7, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Choosing an Apple silicon Mac

Why is an M2 Pro or Max preferable to an M1 Pro or Max? Is 8 GB of memory sufficient? Can I extend the internal SSD with an external drive? Can I buy and upgrade?

May 7, 2025 Macs, Technology

Reading Visual Art: 207 Friezes A

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Paintings mimicking an architectural frieze, with figures flattened into a plane parallel to the picture plane. Used deliberately by Ferdinand Hodler and others.

May 6, 2025 General, Life, Painting

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