I had quite a morning. One of my colleagues was updating a piece of software with a critical security patch on a remote server. The installer creates a new directory with the version number in a target location. However, not long after they started, I received an email asking me to check the permissions on…
A bug in the power management daemon powerd in macOS causes high CPU usage around 100-105%. On notebook Macs, this greatly impacts battery life and creates a lot of heat and fan noise.
As I write this, it has been roughly three days following a devastating tornado outbreak across the midwestern and southeastern United States. While not yet confirmed, there appeared to be a record-setting tornado that stretched from northeastern Arkansas, across southern Missouri, western Tennessee, and across Kentucky, where recovery operations are ongoing and the death toll…
Back in May, I had to say goodbye to Bruce — my 2014 Honda Civic Si — after a colossal jackass smashed into it while it was parked, shortly after midnight on Cinco de Mayo.
Alternative title: “How I Wasted Five Hours of my Life Doing Something That Should Have Been Really Simple”. A few months ago, my original Apple AirPort Time Capsule, purchased October 2009, finally bit the dust. The original 1TB hard disk drive built into the network router + wireless access point + file share server device…