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Month: February 2018

Twilight of the Soul: Jakub Schikaneder 1

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A Symbolist, Realist, or Naturalist? His early theme was the tribulations of a woman’s life, and his images often haunting.

February 3, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Do Sierra or High Sierra report incorrect free disk space?

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Several Mac users have contacted me to report apparent contradictions between different estimates of free space remaining on […]

February 3, 2018 Macs, Technology

New Mac malware, OSX.CreativeUpdate, distributed by MacUpdate site

Did you download and install any Mac software from the MacUpdate site on the first or second of […]

February 3, 2018 Macs, Technology

Loving Beauty: Gustav Klimt, 6, life and death

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Amazingly flattened landscapes, death and life, Adam and Eve, and a posthumous portrait of a beautiful young woman who shot herself. Then came influenza.

February 2, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Biometric security and AI: dangerous partners

We can quantitate the risks of cracking conventional passwords. AI-based systems using biometrics are known to be brittle, and to have exploitable blind spots. Can we trust them in security systems?

February 2, 2018 General, Macs, Technology

Surgery, sinners, and soirées: the paintings of Henri Gervex

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An emaciated corpse in a morgue, a notorious nude rejected by the Salon, and a busy day in the couturier: his choice of motifs was very broad.

February 1, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Further spurious ‘security’ updates, and who is com.apple.mac.install?

For no apparent reason, Sierra has again downloaded and installed an old ‘security’ update from 2016. Not only that, but it does its utmost to prevent you from finding out, even when studying the log. At least 5 bugs!

February 1, 2018 Macs, Technology

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