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My Pointer/Cursor Keeps Disappearing: what can I do?

This is a common problem. You’re in the middle of something, and the pointer (or cursor) goes into […]

May 5, 2017 Macs, Technology

DispatchRider into second alpha, with saved activities and more

New release lets you save and re-open activity configurations in simple plist files, and fixes a couple of annoying bugs.

May 5, 2017 Macs, Technology

Two ways to run background tasks: comparing launchd and GCD

Background activities scheduled by third-party software currently use launchd, and run the risk of affecting the user. Would GCD be a better choice of dispatcher?

May 5, 2017 Macs, Technology

Edvard Munch: The Frieze of Life 1, Berlin, 1895

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Each of the paintings exhibited by Munch in 1895 tells a part of his story of ‘the life of the soul’, of love between man and woman. And of Munch’s own life.

May 4, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Removing all your old backups: a tortuous tale of permissions and links

It’s tempting just to put the folder in the Trash. But this could be a quick way to acquire a more complex problem.

May 4, 2017 Macs, Technology

More new Mac malware expected soon: OSX.Snake?

Spring is obviously the season for the detection of new malware affecting macOS and OS X users. This […]

May 3, 2017 Macs, Technology

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 18 – Athamas and Ino

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Juno takes a day-trip to Hades in her bid to unleash one of the Furies on this unfortunate couple. A wonderful Brueghel which is as good as Bosch at his best.

May 3, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

New and existing bugs in the unified log in Sierra 10.12.4-6

Significant bugs or undesirable features limiting log, Console, and os_log as of 10.12.4.

May 3, 2017 Macs, Technology

Beyond Scripting in Swift: Running background activities

Getting GCD to schedule and dispatch a packaged external task, like a backup, is actually straightforward. Here’s how.

May 3, 2017 Macs, Technology

Chinese Narrative Painting: The Nymph of the Luo River

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A handscroll, copied from an original painted before 400 CE, tells a complex story in detail a millennium before the European Renaissance.

May 2, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

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