Monthly update #0334 • February 2018
Monthly update 334 • February 2018 • 2018-02-01 - 2018-02-28
Monthly Updates
Blog
There Is More by Hillsong Worship
Hillsong Worship's 2018 live album about a faith that always holds more than we have yet seen.
Music
Swift 4.2 Release Process
Swift 4.2 serves as a step towards ABI stability in Swift 5, incorporating ABI changes for performance, bug fixes, and targeted improvements to compile-time speed.
Development
Everyday by Hillsong United
Hillsong United's 1999 live debut, the youthful start of a worship movement I traced back to.
Music
Code Size Optimization Mode in Swift 4.1
Swift 4.1 adds a new optimisation mode called -Osize. This mode helps reduce code size by 5 to 30 percent in some projects.
Development
A New Hallelujah by Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith's 2008 release, warm and singable worship. I reached it late and it has stayed with me.
Music
Monthly update #0333 • January 2018
Monthly update 333 • January 2018 • 2018-01-01 - 2018-01-31
Monthly Updates
What is photoanalysisd and why is it using so much CPU?
If photoanalysisd is using a lot of CPU on your Mac, here is what it does and how long it will take.
Mac
Swift Forums Now Open!
The Swift project has moved its main discussions from mailing lists to Swift Forums. The old mailing lists are shut down and archived, with their content imported into the new system.
Development
Useful macOS defaults: Xcode
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.dt.Xcode, controlling the editor, build system, and hidden features.
Mac
Conditional Conformance in the Standard Library
Swift 4.1 adds conditional conformances, which let generic types like Array and Optional conform to protocols such as Equatable or Hashable only when their elements do.
Development
Monthly update #0332 • December 2017
Monthly update 332 • December 2017 • 2017-12-01 - 2017-12-31
Monthly Updates
The Dark Knight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer's 2008 release, orchestral writing made to serve the screen. It came to me long after release and earned its place.
Music
Reflecting on the year 2017
Reflection on the year 2017, checking progress of the goals, and some numbers.
Journal
Merry Christmas
Over the years my grasp of Christmas has matured. Jesus was born for all who believe.
Christianity
Holy Chants by Gregorian
Gregorian's 2017 album wraps carols and gentle hymns in choral robes, a calm, seasonal record for the dark of the year.
Music
Origin by Dan Brown
Dan Brown’s Origin follows Harvard symbolist Robert Langdon as he investigates the murder of a tech billionaire in Bilbao, Spain, who claims to have solved humanity’s biggest questions...
Books
Monthly update #0331 • November 2017
Monthly update 331 • November 2017 • 2017-11-01 - 2017-11-30
Monthly Updates
Songs of Experience by U2
U2's 2017 album reads like a set of letters to the people they love, an older band looking back with hard-won warmth.
Music
What is wifivelocityd?
If you see wifivelocityd running on your Mac, here is what this Wi-Fi performance process does.
Mac
The Midnight Line by Lee Child
In The Midnight Line, Reacher finds a West Point ring in a pawn shop and tracks its owner, a female veteran caught in Wyoming’s opioid trade.
Books
Modus
Modus is a Swedish crime thriller series. It aired on TV4 from 19 September 2015 to 2017. Based on the novel by Anne Holt. Melinda Kinnaman plays Inger Johanne Vik, a psychologist and criminal profiler whose young autistic daughter witnesses a murder.
TV Series
What is rapportd and why does it want incoming network connections?
If your firewall is asking about rapportd wanting incoming connections, here is what this macOS process does.
Mac
Step Up to the Microphone by Newsboys
Newsboys' 1998 album, the first after a singer change, a bright and bold pop-rock record I came to years later.
Music
What is applekeystored?
If you see applekeystored running on your Mac, here is what this Secure Enclave keystore process does.
Mac