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Hero or hooligan: Orestes and the Furies
The Furies hunt Orestes down, haunting and tormenting him to drive him mad, because of his murder of his mother Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
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Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 384
I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 384. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Sorcerer’s pet […]
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Lightest-weight macOS virtualisation with Vimy, an update
There are now several sophisticated and powerful virtualisation environments for Apple silicon Macs. Do Viable and Vimy still have a useful role? With an update to Vimy 1.0.
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A painted weekend in Egypt 2
The statues of Memnon near Luxor, threshing grain, a belly-dancer and carpet merchant, views of the city of Cairo and the pyramids of Giza.
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Last Week on My Mac: An insecure world built on trust stores
Apple has blocked compromised certificates in the main macOS trust store, but that isn't the end of it. Third-party apps may have their own trust stores, and may need to be updated before they too are protected. One problem is identifying which apps might be affected.
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A painted weekend in Egypt 1
From the Book of the Dead, funerary portraits in encaustics, to imagined scenes in biblical times. Then seen by those who visited, from 1842 onwards.
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Saturday Mac riddles 384
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Sorcerer’s pet […]
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New products for new species, revisited
Ten years ago, Microsoft launched its Surface Studio, and it looked like Apple was going to offer its first touchscreen Mac. What has changed over that decade for Apple to do that now?
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Painting with impaired vision: Vincent van Gogh
It has been claimed that he had xanthopsia, tinting what he saw with yellow. While there's no medical evidence to support that, what his paintings from 1888 tell us?
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From click to action: how macOS does what you want
What happens when you click a tool in an app? This traces both parts of that click or tap through to the app actioning it, in macOS 27.2.
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Painting a good story: Peter Paul Rubens
A small selection of his instantaneous narrative paintings from 35 years of his career, mainly of Ovid's myths, and Susanna and Elders.
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Do you ever use curl? How recent vulnerabilities could affect you
Several serious vulnerabilities, of which one could directly affect you. eMudhra certificate compromise, PHP2Shell and EUFI vulnerabilities examined.
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Commemorating the death of Albin Egger-Lienz: early realism
Austrian artist regarded as important as Klimt at the time. Realist and Naturalist paintings of the Austrian Tyrol, from 1887-1903.
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Solve macOS update problems
Can't find that macOS update? Doesn't it install correctly? Does it freeze and never complete, or when it finished, you're back in your old macOS? Here's what to try.
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Portraits of trees: Forest of Fontainebleau
A huge area of ancient mixed deciduous woodland south-east of Paris. Centre of the Barbizon School and an early playground for the French Impressionists who followed.