John Wick (2014), directed by Chad Stahelski, follows a retired hitman who returns to the criminal underworld after a group of thugs steal his car and kill the puppy his dying wife left him. Keanu Reeves plays John Wick, a man the whole underworld fears.
If you see nsurlsessiond using network resources on your Mac, here is what this process does.
Monthly update 293 • September 2014 • 2014-09-01 - 2014-09-30
The IT Crowd is a British comedy series. It aired on Channel 4 from 3 February 2006 to 27 September 2013. Graham Linehan created it. Chris O'Dowd plays Roy and Richard Ayoade plays Moss, two IT support staff in the basement of a London corporation.
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.dock (Mission Control settings) and com.apple.spaces, controlling how Spaces and Mission Control behave.
Terry Hayes’ “I Am Pilgrim” is an intense, globe-trotting thriller that seamlessly integrates espionage, mystery, and high-stakes action.
If you see revisiond running on your Mac, here is what this file versioning process does.
Monthly update 292 • August 2014 • 2014-08-01 - 2014-08-31
If you see FDERecoveryAgent running on your Mac, here is what this FileVault recovery process does.
24 is an American action thriller series. It aired on Fox from 6 November 2001 to 24 May 2010, with a limited revival in 2014. Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran created it. Kiefer Sutherland plays Jack Bauer, a federal agent at the Counter Terrorist Unit in Los Angeles.
If you see taskgated running on your Mac, here is what this code signing enforcement process does.
Monthly update 291 • July 2014 • 2014-07-01 - 2014-07-31
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), directed by James Gunn, follows a group of criminals and misfits who are thrown together in a space prison and must work as a team to stop a fanatic from destroying an entire planet. Chris Pratt plays Peter Quill, a thief who calls himself Star-Lord.
Lucy (2014), directed by Luc Besson, follows a young woman who gains extraordinary mental powers after a drug is absorbed into her body. Scarlett Johansson plays Lucy, a student in Taipei who is forced to carry a new synthetic substance inside her stomach.
NSOperation is an abstract class for a single unit of work. It manages state, priority, dependencies, and cancellation in a thread-safe way.
If you see akd running on your Mac, here is what this Apple authentication process does.
J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows concludes the series as Harry, Ron, and Hermione hunt Horcruxes to defeat Voldemort, now controlling the wizarding world.
Monthly update 290 • June 2014 • 2014-06-01 - 2014-06-30
If you see watchdogd running on your Mac, here is what this system health monitoring process does.
In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry’s sixth year at Hogwarts uncovers Voldemort’s past through Dumbledore’s lessons, while a mysterious book aids his magic.
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.Preview, controlling how Preview opens and displays files.
The Christian view of Pentecost deepens with time. The coming of the Holy Spirit points to Gods ongoing work.
Monthly update 289 • May 2014 • 2014-05-01 - 2014-05-31
The Christian view of Ascension Day deepens with time. Jesus ascending to heaven points to his authority over all.
For me it was easy to pick this subject because I’m an introvert myself. I wrote a majority of this article on a small island in Norway. Almost no people, so almost no distractions. It was wonderful to see words appear on the screen out of nowhere.