De Cock en moord in de hondsdagen by A.C. Baantjer
In a heatwave, De Cock finds the body of an animal activist with six small dead dogs beside him. The motive is a puzzle.
Books
Blog
What is misagent?
If you see misagent running on your Mac, here is what this provisioning profile process does.
Mac
This Is Not a Test by TobyMac
TobyMac's 2015 album, bright Christian hip hop and pop rock about living each day as if it counts.
Music
De Cock en de wortel van het kwaad by A.C. Baantjer
A young woman reports her brother missing, and De Cock finds him dead at the clubhouse of a charity. The dead man held five hundred thousand euros and a dark secret.
Books
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
Kerst vanuit de Eusebius by Martin Mans
Martin Mans's 2005 release, a rich set of works for the king of instruments. I came to it well after release and have returned to it since.
Music
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
How Can It Be by Lauren Daigle
Lauren Daigle's 2015 debut, soulful Christian pop and pop rock built around grace that is hard to grasp.
Music
Open Heaven / River Wild by Hillsong Worship
Hillsong Worship's 2015 live album, recorded at the Sydney conference, a wide and singable set built for a full room.
Music
De Cock en een recept voor moord by A.C. Baantjer
De Cock and Vledder find fashion house director Verbruggen dead with a note pinned to his lapel. A jealous mistress and a rumoured merger both seem to matter.
Books
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
The Geneva Strategy by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Geneva Strategy, co-authored with Jamie Freveletti, Covert-One's Jon Smith hunts kidnappers who seized officials at a Geneva summit and threaten a cyberattack.
Books
King of Majesty by Hillsong United
Hillsong United's early 2001 live album, raw youth praise full of energy, found by me years after it appeared.
Music