How many backup layers to secure my hard-drive music files?
I have a newish iMac and three external hard drives of varying age and corresponding capacity (500 GB, 2 TB, 4 TB). I have ca. 2 TB of music divided between the latter two. What is the best way of...
View ArticleHow big a print can I make of a digital drawing?
I've used Procreate to make a number of drawings on my first-gen iPad Pro (using the "screen size" setting of 2,038 x 2,732), and I'd like to print tests of several of them in a large format (local...
View ArticleWhere online to view BBC adaptation of Oresteia - The Serpent Son?
The BBC produced, in 1979, a three-part version of Aeschylus'Oresteia trilogy titled The Serpent Son that featured Diana Rigg as Clytemnestra and Helen Mirren as Cassandra. I'd love to see it, but can...
View ArticleHow to diagnose/repair bad FLAC files?
I was trying to listen, on my iMac (10.14.1) to some FLAC files I'd gotten a while back and never tried. While some are fine, others stop 30 seconds in or fade out halfway through. I've tried playing...
View ArticleHow to fix battery corrosion in Walkman battery pack?
I opened up my Walkman Pro (WM-D6C) and found that, however long ago I'd last used it, a) I'd left batteries in the battery pack, and b) they corroded. I cleaned it up a bit and tried new batteries,...
View ArticleAnnotated French edition of Chrétien de Troyes’ Perceval?
Late last night, I was researching, online, editions of Perceval ou le Conte du Graal and found one that had the original poem with ample footnotes, in French, on each page that explained individual...
View ArticleAny use for old Mac OS CDs?
Spring cleaning, and what to do with the stack of old MacOS CDs (OS 7.5, 8.5, 10) and assorted software (Word, Office, etc.) that I keep shoving out of sight. Most are on sale on eBay, and there are...
View ArticleThe most comfortable mens' pants...?
Nearly a year of not wearing office/dress pants as I work remotely has left me with the realization that the few casual pants I do own are unsuitable for sitting for long periods of time, and I'm tired...
View ArticleIs there a common dance language in TikTok videos?
TikTok videos show up periodically on my Tumblr TL, and a number of them feature people, usually women, dancing to some song or another. What's caught my eye about them is that there seems to be an...
View ArticleWhat to charge for printed digital art?
I'm taking part in a group art show, all media, of about 20 people, being held by a local (non-art) business. I have never shown publicly. At all. I draw on an iPad and will need to print out pieces...
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