What Happens Next Will Amaze You
When the Snowden revelations first came to light, it felt like we might be heading towards an Orwellian dystopia. Now we know that the situation is much worse.
Gems
Blog
Inside Out
Inside Out (2015), directed by Pete Docter, shows the mind of Riley, an eleven-year-old girl. Amy Poehler voices Joy, the leader who keeps smiles. Phyllis Smith acts as Sadness, soft and blue.
Movies
What is iOSScreenCaptureAssistant?
If you see iOSScreenCaptureAssistant running on your Mac, here is what this iPhone screen capture process does.
Mac
NSURL
NSURL is Foundation’s class for URLs. Create it with NSURL(string:), it returns nil if the string is invalid.
Development
Monthly update #0304 • August 2015
Monthly update 304 • August 2015 • 2015-08-01 - 2015-08-31
Monthly Updates
What is misagent?
If you see misagent running on your Mac, here is what this provisioning profile process does.
Mac
Useful macOS defaults: Activity Monitor
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.ActivityMonitor, controlling what Activity Monitor shows.
Mac
What are the systemstats processes?
If you see systemstats.analysis, systemstats.daily, or systemstats.microstackshot_periodic on your Mac, here is what they do.
Mac
Monthly update #0303 • July 2015
Monthly update 303 • July 2015 • 2015-07-01 - 2015-07-31
Monthly Updates
The Internet With A Human Face
I’ve come to believe that a lot of what’s wrong with the Internet has to do with memory. The Internet somehow contrives to remember too much and too little at the same time, and it maps poorly on our concepts of how memory should work.
Gems
Top Gear
Top Gear is a British motoring programme. It aired on BBC Two from 20 October 2002 to 28 June 2015 in its best known form. Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May presented it together for 22 series.
TV Series
Prague Day 05
Day 5 of my trip to Prague in the Czech Republic.
Trips
Prague Day 04
Day 4 of my trip to Prague in the Czech Republic.
Trips
Prague Day 03
Day 3 of my trip to Prague in the Czech Republic.
Trips
Prague Day 02
Day 2 of my trip to Prague in the Czech Republic.
Trips
Prague Day 01
Day 1 of my trip to Prague in the Czech Republic.
Trips
What are remoted and remotemanagementd?
If you see remoted or remotemanagementd running on your Mac, here is what these remote access processes do.
Mac
Kill all browser plugins
In the last few years all big players on the internet, started adopting HTML5 for video streaming. Like YouTube, Netflix and all kinds of news websites.
Development
What is warmd?
If you see warmd running on your Mac, here is what this app preloading process does.
Mac
Monthly update #0302 • June 2015
Monthly update 302 • June 2015 • 2015-06-01 - 2015-06-30
Monthly Updates
CloudKit
CloudKit, a powerful framework by Apple, enables iOS developers to integrate iCloud functionality into apps, eliminating the need for custom backend code and server maintenance by providing seamless user authentication, data storage, and file management.
Development
Monthly update #0301 • May 2015
Monthly update 301 • May 2015 • 2015-05-01 - 2015-05-31
Monthly Updates
Pentecost
At this stage Pentecost prompts serious thought. The Holy Spirit came to give us power and direction.
Christianity
Fletta
Fletta is a webbrowser specially designed for usages in public places, for example in hotels, restaurants, libraries, etc. It wil take cares of your users privacy.
Projects
Ascension Day
At this stage Ascension Day prompts serious thought. Christ went up to heaven to give us hope and direction.
Christianity