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Let there be light: 1 Painting by gaslight

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From the burning brands and oil lamps of the Greeks and Romans, to the soft light of candles, then in the 19th century came gaslights.

October 15, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 173

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

October 15, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Explainer: Keychain basics

What are keychains? What do they store? Which are essential on Macs, and why do you get prompted to enter your password for access to them? How secure are they in iCloud?

October 15, 2022 Macs, Technology

Reading visual art: 4 Danse Macabre

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A king and a bishop dance arm in arm with skeletons, in the Dance of Death. How did that come about, and why did it reappear in the 19th century?

October 14, 2022 General, Life, Painting

silnite version 8 generates proper JSON output

Now offers proper JSON format output, and gives its version number in usage info.

October 14, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has pushed updates to XProtect and XProtect Remediator

Apple has just pushed its regular fortnightly update to XProtect Remediator security software for Macs running Catalina or […]

October 13, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Reading visual art: 3 The Grim Reaper

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The Grim Reaper, complete with scythe, first appeared in the Middle Ages and became popular in the 19th century. It’s one of the few phrases drawn from visual art.

October 13, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Making the most of Apple silicon power: 3 Controls

Threads, GCD and core allocation in Apple silicon explained. How thread priority is baked into code, and how important it is to performance.

October 13, 2022 Macs, Technology

Painted Stories in Britain 7: Benjamin West’s revolution fails

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How West failed in his aim of bringing a revolution to history painting by depicting ‘modern history’, and was repeatedly upstaged by others.

October 12, 2022 General, Life, Painting

XProCheck 1.2 checks macOS malware scans better

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Reports the version of XProtect Remediator currently installed, improves log record checks, and now supports auto-update.

October 12, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

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