Martin Mans Aan het Orgel by Martin Mans
Martin Mans's 2013 release, a resonant programme for the organ. It came to me long after release and earned its place.
Music
Blog
I do not have a smartphone
I sold my iPhone and bought a basic Nokia phone for 35 euros. I also sold my smarthome devices, Apple Watch, and AirPods.
Journal
What is searchpartyd?
If you see searchpartyd running on your Mac, here is what this Find My network process does.
Mac
Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier
Abigail Shrier's Irreversible Damage examines the rapid increase in teenage girls identifying as transgender. Shrier argues this surge is driven by social contagion, with online platforms like Tumblr and TikTok influencing girls struggling with anxiety or depression to identify as trans.
Books
Package Collections
Swift 5.5 introduces package collections to the Swift Package Manager, enabling curated lists of packages to simplify discovery and adoption for specific tasks.
Development
Monthly update #0373 • May 2021
Monthly update 373 • May 2021 • 2021-05-01 - 2021-05-31
Monthly Updates
Pentecost
Pentecost brings perspective on the passing years. The coming of the Holy Spirit remains central.
Christianity
Celebrating five years of Quiet, and a note on our exciting future
As the world has become more and more digitally driven, it has never been easier to become distracted. Today, we have a whole world of possibilities and answers at our very fingertips. However, these possibilities can lead to distractions, and it can also lead to risks.
Projects
Love Divine by Jan Mulder
Jan Mulder's 2013 release, wordless music for reflection. I reached it late and it has stayed with me.
Music
Ascension Day
Ascension Day brings perspective on the passing years. The return of Christ to heaven remains central.
Christianity
Beyond Order by Jordan B. Peterson
Jordan B. Peterson's Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life builds on his first book with twelve new rules to help people face chaos and find balance.
Books
Useful macOS defaults: Reminders
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.reminders, controlling how Apple Reminders behaves.
Mac
Monthly update #0372 • April 2021
Monthly update 372 • April 2021 • 2021-04-01 - 2021-04-30
Monthly Updates
Internal Combustion Engine
The invention of the internal combustion engine in the 19th century has revolutionized transportation over land, water, and air.
Gems
Old Church Basement by Elevation Worship
Elevation Worship's 2021 live album with Maverick City Music, a soulful, gospel-shaped set of praise and trust.
Music
Swift 5.4 Released!
Swift 5.4 introduces new language features like multiple variadic parameters, extended implicit member syntax, result builders, and support for overloading local functions and property wrappers for local variables.
Development
Amazônia by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 2021 instrumental work, an immersive electronic journey through the sound and spirit of the rainforest.
Music
Introducing Swift Collections
Swift Collections is a new open-source package that adds advanced data structures like Deque, OrderedSet, and OrderedDictionary to extend the Swift Standard Library’s offerings beyond Array, Set, and Dictionary.
Development
Monthly update #0371 • March 2021
Monthly update 371 • March 2021 • 2021-03-01 - 2021-03-31
Monthly Updates
Happy Easter
Easter brings perspective on the passing years. The sacrifice and triumph of Christ remain central.
Christianity
Good Friday
Good Friday brings perspective on the passing years. The sacrifice of Christ remains central.
Christianity
Didn't It Rain by Hugh Laurie
Hugh Laurie's 2013 release, expressive playing rooted in the blues. I reached it late and it has stayed with me.
Music
What is aned?
If you see aned or aneuserd running on your Mac, here is what these Neural Engine processes do.
Mac
Homecoming by Bethel Music
Bethel Music's 2021 live album, a generous gathering of worship voices around songs of return, belonging and praise.
Music
What is oahd?
If you see oahd running on your Apple Silicon Mac, here is what this Rosetta translation process does.
Mac