Winter Chants by Gregorian
Gregorian gather carols and ballads into a 2014 winter record, choral voices and gentle arrangements for the quiet end of the year.
Music
Blog
De Cock en moord in reclame by A.C. Baantjer
De Cock gives a newly widowed woman a well-meant piece of advice, and seems to set off a case in which three murders follow in quick succession.
Books
Monthly update #0294 • October 2014
Monthly update 294 • October 2014 • 2014-10-01 - 2014-10-31
Monthly Updates
The Dalton Uncles by Laurent Gerra
The jailed Daltons learn they have a small nephew to raise, and Lucky Luke is saddled with minding both the brothers and the unruly boy.
Books
John Wick
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.
Movies
Love Ran Red by Chris Tomlin
Chris Tomlin centres his 2014 worship album Love Ran Red on the cross, with congregational songs of grace, awe, and a gathered table.
Music
Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong. by for KING & COUNTRY
for KING & COUNTRY return in 2014 with a bold pop-rock record about living fully, holding fast to faith, and loving without holding back.
Music
De Cock en de dood van de Helende Meesters by A.C. Baantjer
A plastic surgeon vanishes from the Clinic of the Healing Masters. It is not his colleagues who call the police, but a woman who had grown close to him.
Books
What is nsurlsessiond and why is it using so much bandwidth?
If you see nsurlsessiond using network resources on your Mac, here is what this process does.
Mac
Monthly update #0293 • September 2014
Monthly update 293 • September 2014 • 2014-09-01 - 2014-09-30
Monthly Updates
The IT Crowd
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.
TV Series
Useful macOS defaults: Mission Control and Spaces
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.dock (Mission Control settings) and com.apple.spaces, controlling how Spaces and Mission Control behave.
Mac
I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
Terry Hayes’ “I Am Pilgrim” is an intense, globe-trotting thriller that seamlessly integrates espionage, mystery, and high-stakes action.
Books
What is revisiond?
If you see revisiond running on your Mac, here is what this file versioning process does.
Mac
Between the Stars by Flyleaf
Flyleaf return in 2014 with Between the Stars, a melodic alternative rock record marking a new chapter and singer, full of fire and resolve.
Music
Songs of Innocence by U2
U2 look back to their youth on the 2014 album Songs of Innocence, a record of first loves, lost friends, and the music that shaped them.
Music
Monthly update #0292 • August 2014
Monthly update 292 • August 2014 • 2014-08-01 - 2014-08-31
Monthly Updates
De Cock en moord op bestelling by A.C. Baantjer
A young man is shot dead in his doorway in what looks like a criminal settling of scores. Before De Cock can act, a woman is strangled.
Books
What is FDERecoveryAgent?
If you see FDERecoveryAgent running on your Mac, here is what this FileVault recovery process does.
Mac
24
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.
TV Series
Métamorphoses by Jean-Michel Jarre
A later discovery: Jean-Michel Jarre's 2000 album adds voices to his electronic sound, turning instrumentals into strange, warm songs.
Music
What is taskgated?
If you see taskgated running on your Mac, here is what this code signing enforcement process does.
Mac
De Cock en de blijde Bacchus by A.C. Baantjer
A young man reports that his wealthy, unmarried great-uncle has disappeared. A collection of small statues turns out to matter to the case.
Books
Monthly update #0291 • July 2014
Monthly update 291 • July 2014 • 2014-07-01 - 2014-07-31
Monthly Updates
Guardians of the Galaxy
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.
Movies