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Heroines 11 & 13: Canace and Laodamia in secret

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A woman who became pregnant as a result of incest, whose only portrait is in the Vatican Museums, and another whose husband was first to be killed in the war against Troy, whose painting is near Nelson’s dockyard.

August 17, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 269

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

August 17, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

A proposed new interface for SilentKnight 3

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After a batch of new MacBook Pros were delivered with SIP disabled: LockRattler (December 2016), EFIcienC then SilentKnight (July 2019), and here’s what version 3 should look like.

August 17, 2024 Macs, Technology

The Real Country: Paintings of life in the countryside

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An introduction to a new series tracing the history of the countryside in fine paintings. Explains why some English country lanes have so many twisting bends.

August 16, 2024 General, Life, Painting

How to tell if an app is notarized

Although macOS won’t tell, Apparency will, even down to launch constraints. Other alternatives, and how to check in the command line.

August 16, 2024 Macs, Technology

Edward Poynter’s classical stories: 2 from 1880

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Aesculapius, Psyche, the Esquiline Venus, views in Roman villas, Queen Sheba visiting King Solomon, storm nymphs, and a lascivious dance.

August 15, 2024 General, Life, Painting

What changed in macOS Sonoma? End of term report

How has the System changed in numbers since Mojave? Why has the number of kernel extensions risen since their deprecation? Why so many Private Frameworks?

August 15, 2024 Macs, Technology

Reading visual art: 149 The horse in later narrative

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The horse in chivalry, carrying Mazeppa or Haidamak insurgent, in the circus, racing riderless through Rome, and in Vernet’s studio.

August 14, 2024 General, Life, Painting

macOS updates are shrinking, but what happened to RSRs?

How large were Sonoma’s updates? How many were unscheduled patches? Why were there no RSRs? What does Sequoia hold in store?

August 14, 2024 Macs, Technology

Reading visual art: 148 The horse in myth and legend

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Apollo’s chariot, that of Pluto and Achilles, the Trojan Horse, Lady Godiva’s, and the mount of Saint George when he slays the dragon.

August 13, 2024 General, Life, Painting

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