Monthly update #0307 • November 2015
Monthly update 307 • November 2015 • 2015-11-01 - 2015-11-30
Monthly Updates
Blog
Swift 3 API Design Guidelines
Swift 3 aims to set API design guidelines and apply them across libraries to make the language feel more unified.
Development
The Swift Linux Port
Apple released a Linux port of Swift with the open source project launch. Users can build it from sources or download binaries for Ubuntu on x86_64 architecture.
Development
The Swift.org Blog
Apple has launched the open source Swift project and the Swift.org website. They aim to work with the community to fix issues, add features, and expand Swift to new platforms.
Development
Look Who's Back
Look Who's Back (2015), directed by David Wnendt, adapts Timur Vermes's book. It places Adolf in modern Berlin. He wakes up in 2014. Oliver Masucci plays Adolf with sharp mimicry and deadpan humour. He thinks the world is his again.
Movies
Make Me by Lee Child
Make Me drops Reacher in the isolated town of Mother’s Rest, investigating a journalist’s disappearance into a dark web conspiracy. With her partner, he uncovers a sinister underground service.
Books
Masters of Chant X: The Final Chapter by Gregorian
Gregorian's 2015 album, the last of the Masters of Chant series, pop songs reset as choral chant.
Music
Dark Sky Island by Enya
Enya's 2015 album, layered Celtic-tinged songs about journeys, islands, and the night sky, calm as ever.
Music
Surrender by Kutless
Kutless's 2015 album, contemporary worship driven by Christian rock, songs of giving everything over to God.
Music
Asterix and the Missing Scroll by Jean-Yves Ferri
It is the thirty-sixth book in the Asterix series. Caesar writes his memoirs but leaves out the Gaul village. A scribe leaks the missing chapter.
Books
Useful macOS defaults: Spotlight
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.Spotlight and Spotlight indexing controls.
Mac
What is bootinstalld?
If you see bootinstalld running on your Mac, here is what this macOS installation process does.
Mac
Old New Ballads Blues by Gary Moore
Gary Moore's 2006 release, expressive playing rooted in the blues. It came to me long after release and earned its place.
Music
Monthly update #0306 • October 2015
Monthly update 306 • October 2015 • 2015-10-01 - 2015-10-31
Monthly Updates
Electronica 1: The Time Machine by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 2015 album, a sweeping collaboration record where the electronic pioneer works with many artists.
Music
What is a .xip file?
If you have downloaded Xcode from Apple, you have seen a .xip file. Here is what it is and how it works.
Mac
De Cock en de dood in gebed by A.C. Baantjer
A junk tells De Cock that his addicted girlfriend has promised fifty thousand euros to whoever kills her wealthy father. Soon that father is found dead in the canal.
Books
Monthly update #0305 • September 2015
Monthly update 305 • September 2015 • 2015-09-01 - 2015-09-30
Monthly Updates
What is diagnosticd?
If you see diagnosticd running on your Mac, here is what this unified diagnostics process does.
Mac
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
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
If I Had One Chance to Tell You Something by Rebecca St. James
Rebecca St. James's 2005 release, bright, well-built pop songs. I found it some years after it appeared and was glad I did.
Music
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