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Monthly update #0240 • April 2010

Monthly update 240 • April 2010 • 2010-04-01 - 2010-04-30

Monthly Updates

Iron Man 2

Iron Man 2 (2010), directed by Jon Favreau, follows Tony Stark as the world demands he hand over the Iron Man suit while a new enemy with a personal grudge builds weapons to destroy him. Robert Downey Jr. plays Tony Stark, now famous and under pressure from every side.

Movies

What is dhcp6d?

If you see dhcp6d running on your Mac, here is what this IPv6 networking process does.

Mac

Toen Was Geluk Heel Gewoon

Toen was geluk heel gewoon (When Happiness Was Very Common) is a Dutch sitcom that aired on KRO from 2 January 1994 to 3 June 2009.

TV Series

What is security.authtrampoline?

If you see security.authtrampoline on your Mac, here is what this privilege helper process does.

Mac

Monthly update #0239 • March 2010

Monthly update 239 • March 2010 • 2010-03-01 - 2010-03-31

Monthly Updates

Happy Easter

Easter now speaks to me as a young adult. The resurrection victory of Jesus inspires daily living.

Christianity

Good Friday

Good Friday now speaks to me as a young adult. The death of Jesus on the cross inspires daily living.

Christianity

Useful macOS defaults: Dock

Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.dock, controlling the Dock's look, size, position, and behaviour.

Mac

What is scsid?

If you see scsid running on your Mac, here is what this storage communication process does.

Mac

Monthly update #0238 • February 2010

Monthly update 238 • February 2010 • 2010-02-01 - 2010-02-28

Monthly Updates

What is VDCAssistant?

If you see VDCAssistant running on your Mac, here is what this camera assistant process does.

Mac

Monthly update #0237 • January 2010

Monthly update 237 • January 2010 • 2010-01-01 - 2010-01-31

Monthly Updates

The Cobra by Frederick Forsyth

In Frederick Forsyth’s thrilling espionage novel, The Cobra, the U.S. President calls upon Paul Devereaux, a retired CIA operative known as “The Cobra,” to take down the global cocaine trade.

Books

iMok

iMok is intended as a kind of notepad to record what your colleagues or friends drink: coffee with milk, two lumps of sugar or maybe just black.

Projects

Avenger by Frederick Forsyth

In Frederick Forsyth’s thrilling novel, Avenger, Calvin Dexter, a former Vietnam War tunnel rat turned lawyer and vigilante, embarks on a personal quest to hunt down Zoran Zilic, a Serbian war criminal responsible for a horrific murder.

Books

What is nfsd?

If you see nfsd running on your Mac, here is what this process does and whether you need it.

Mac

Monthly update #0236 • December 2009

Monthly update 236 • December 2009 • 2009-12-01 - 2009-12-31

Monthly Updates

Reflecting on the year 2009

Reflection on the year 2009, checking progress of the goals, and some numbers.

Journal

Merry Christmas

I appreciate the full Christmas story more each year. God became man in the person of Jesus.

Christianity

Up

Up (2009), directed by Pete Docter, tells the tale of Carl Fredricksen, an old man who ties balloons to his house. Ed Asner voices Carl with gruff heart. He lost his wife Ellie. Christopher Plummer acts as Charles Muntz, the explorer gone wrong.

Movies

Monthly update #0235 • November 2009

Monthly update 235 • November 2009 • 2009-11-01 - 2009-11-30

Monthly Updates

Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child

In Gone Tomorrow, Reacher spots a potential suicide bomber on a New York subway, triggering a hunt for Al-Qaeda connections and a corrupt politician.

Books

The Phantom of Manhattan by Frederick Forsyth

In Frederick Forsyth’s thrilling sequel to Gaston Leroux’s classic, The Phantom of the Opera, the mysterious Erik, the Phantom, escapes Paris and starts a new life in New York City at the turn of the 20th century.

Books

Asterix and Obelix's Birthday by Albert Uderzo

It is the thirty-fourth book in the Asterix series. The village celebrates fifty years of Asterix with a golden book of memories and adventures.

Books