Sovereign by Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith's 2014 release, a set of songs written for the gathered church. I came to it well after release and have returned to it since.
Music
Blog
Swift.org Website is Now Open Source
The Swift.org website is now an open-source project, welcoming community contributions to enhance its role as a hub for all Swift users, not just contributors.
Development
Swift 5.6 Released!
Swift 5.6 introduces type system enhancements like type placeholders and explicit existential types with the any keyword, improves pointer interactions with temporary buffers and relaxed diagnostics, and refines concurrency safety by suppressing Sendable diagnostics by default.
Development
What Are We Waiting For? by for KING & COUNTRY
The 2022 album from for KING & COUNTRY is bright pop rock about unity, hope, and not waiting to live.
Music
What is iomfb_bics_daemon?
If you see iomfb_bics_daemon running on your Mac, here is what this display calibration process does.
Mac
Monthly update #0382 • February 2022
Monthly update 382 • February 2022 • 2022-02-01 - 2022-02-28
Monthly Updates
Lion by Elevation Worship
Elevation Worship's 2022 album Lion is a long, bold live worship record about power, praise, and resurrection.
Music
The next steps for Vapor
Vapor, a popular Swift web framework, is planning its next major release, Vapor 5, which will fully embrace Swift Concurrency by eliminating EventLoopFutures and leveraging AsyncSequences, actors, and Sendable conformances for improved performance and safety.
Development
What is relatived?
If you see relatived running on your Mac, here is what this related content process does.
Mac
Monthly update #0381 • January 2022
Monthly update 381 • January 2022 • 2022-01-01 - 2022-01-31
Monthly Updates
In from the Cold
In from the Cold is an American thriller series. It aired on Netflix from 28 January 2022. Adam Glass created it. Margarita Levieva plays Jenny Franklin, a single mother on holiday in Spain whose past as a Soviet bioweapon agent catches up with her.
TV Series
What is countryd?
If you see countryd running on your Mac, here is what this country detection process does.
Mac
GPS
Global Positioning System is, without a doubt, one of the most useful inventions of the late 20th century. It made it significantly easier for ships, airplanes, cars, and hikers to figure out where they are with high degree of accuracy.
Gems
Christmas by Jan Mulder
Jan Mulder's 2014 release, wordless music for reflection. It came to me long after release and earned its place.
Music
Useful macOS defaults: Simulator
Handy defaults write commands for Apple's iOS/iPadOS Simulator, controlling window behaviour and performance.
Mac
Dominion by Skillet
Skillet's 2022 album Dominion is loud, defiant hard rock about standing firm and refusing to bow.
Music
Monthly update #0380 • December 2021
Monthly update 380 • December 2021 • 2021-12-01 - 2021-12-31
Monthly Updates
Reflecting on the year 2021
Reflection on the year 2021, checking progress of the goals, and some numbers.
Journal
Merry Christmas
Christmas brings perspective on the passing years. The birth of Christ remains central to everything.
Christianity
Hanna
Hanna is a British-American action thriller series. It aired on Amazon Prime Video from 29 March 2019 to 24 November 2021. David Farr created it, based on the 2011 film of the same name. Esmé Creed-Miles plays Hanna, a teenage girl raised in a remote forest by her father to be a skilled fighter.
TV Series
Pure Chants by Gregorian
Gregorian's 2021 album, a calm set of choral arrangements blending sacred chant with familiar melodies for quiet listening.
Music
Monthly update #0379 • November 2021
Monthly update 379 • November 2021 • 2021-11-01 - 2021-11-30
Monthly Updates
Better Off Dead by Lee Child
Better Off Dead, co-authored with Andrew Child, has Reacher searching for a missing twin in a desert town, clashing with a bomber plotting deadly attacks.
Books
Asterix and the Griffin by Jean-Yves Ferri
It is the thirty-ninth book in the Asterix series. The Gauls travel east to the frozen lands of the Sarmatians. They must protect a legendary griffin from Roman capture.
Books
Monthly update #0378 • October 2021
Monthly update 378 • October 2021 • 2021-10-01 - 2021-10-31
Monthly Updates