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Month: February 2016

Activity Monitor, ps and top: probing processes

ps and top are far superior tools for looking at processes than Activity Monitor.

February 7, 2016 Macs, Technology

The Story in Paintings: Pre-Raphaelite tableaux

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Although they followed narrative conventions, they were unusual for showing static tableaux rather than action.

February 6, 2016 General, Painting

The ultimate diagnostic tool: sysdiagnose

When you have tried everything else, this shell command will throw the book at your problem, running all the diagnostics it can.

February 6, 2016 Macs, Technology

Java update 74

Oracle has just released Java 8 update 74 build 02, available either as version 8u73 or 8u74. This […]

February 5, 2016 Macs, Technology

Scareware targeting OS X (updated)

Johannes Ullrich has just reported some scareware which could trouble OS X users. This is detailed in his […]

February 5, 2016 Macs, Technology

Unintended consequences of SIP

El Capitan’s no-go areas make many important extensions unusable now. Apple must step in and enhance OS X to compensate.

February 5, 2016 Macs, Technology

The Italian Impressionist: Giuseppe De Nittis – 3

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Another wonderful batch of what are most probably his paintings.

February 5, 2016 General, Painting

Cock-ups, car ferries, and carrots: why we continue to get it wrong

Don’t believe that the problem is with self-regulation. It’s all about incentives, not regulation or penalties.

February 5, 2016 General, Life, Technology

The Story in Paintings: JW Waterhouse and mediaeval romance

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Beautiful painterly works showing Arthurian and classical legends, in the years before the First World War.

February 4, 2016 General, Painting

TextSoap, App Store departure, and the update void

What happens when a product leaves the App Store, and is then updated? Its users enter the update void.

February 4, 2016 Macs, Technology

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