Good Friday
I appreciate the full story of Good Friday more each year. Christ died for our sins on the cross.
Christianity
Blog
The Tristan Betrayal by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Tristan Betrayal, agent Stephen Metcalfe infiltrates WWII Moscow to sway a German general against invading Russia, rekindling a romance with ballerina Lana amid Nazi pursuits and betrayals.
Books
Monthly update #0227 • March 2009
Monthly update 227 • March 2009 • 2009-03-01 - 2009-03-31
Monthly Updates
What is fairplayd?
If you see fairplayd running on your Mac, here is what this DRM process does.
Mac
What is mDNSResponderHelper?
If you see mDNSResponderHelper running on your Mac, here is what this Bonjour helper process does.
Mac
The Negotiator by Frederick Forsyth
In Frederick Forsyth’s The Negotiator, a high-stakes thriller set in the late 1980s, master negotiator Quinn, a battle-hardened American with a mysterious past, gets entangled in a deadly conspiracy when the U.S. President’s son is kidnapped by ruthless mercenaries.
Books
What is systemmigrationd?
If you see systemmigrationd running on your Mac, here is what this Migration Assistant process does.
Mac
What is SCHelper?
If you see SCHelper running on your Mac, here is what this system configuration helper does.
Mac
The Janson Directive by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Janson Directive, ex-agent Paul Janson rescues philanthropist Peter Novak from terrorists, only for the mission to fail spectacularly.
Books
Monthly update #0226 • February 2009
Monthly update 226 • February 2009 • 2009-02-01 - 2009-02-28
Monthly Updates
What is diskarbitrationd?
If you see diskarbitrationd running on your Mac, here is what this disk mounting and ejection process does.
Mac
The Paris Option by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Paris Option, co-authored with Gayle Lynds, Covert-One's Jon Smith hunts a DNA computer after a lab explosion in Paris.
Books
What is vsdbutil?
If you see vsdbutil on your Mac, here is what this volume permissions tool does.
Mac
Monthly update #0225 • January 2009
Monthly update 225 • January 2009 • 2009-01-01 - 2009-01-31
Monthly Updates
The $300 Million Button
The number of customers purchasing went up by 45%. The extra purchases resulted in an extra $15 million the first month. For the first year, the site saw an additional $300,000,000.
Development
The Sigma Protocol by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Sigma Protocol, banker Ben Hartman and agent Anna Navarro uncover a WWII-era cabal, Sigma, manipulating world events through assassinations and age-reversal tech.
Books
The Fourth Protocol by Frederick Forsyth
In Frederick Forsyth’s The Fourth Protocol, a gripping Cold War thriller, a Soviet agent named Valeri Petrofsky is sent to Britain to carry out a sneaky mission to blow up a nuclear device.
Books
Monthly update #0224 • December 2008
Monthly update 224 • December 2008 • 2008-12-01 - 2008-12-31
Monthly Updates
Reflecting on the year 2008
Reflection on the year 2008, checking progress of the goals, and some numbers.
Journal
Merry Christmas
Christmas has become central to how I view the world. Jesus was born to bring salvation to all.
Christianity
WALL·E
WALL·E (2008), directed by Andrew Stanton, follows a small robot left on Earth. Ben Burtt voices WALL·E with beeps and charm. He stacks trash and collects odd things. Elissa Knight acts as EVE, the sleek probe who drops from space.
Movies
Monthly update #0223 • November 2008
Monthly update 223 • November 2008 • 2008-11-01 - 2008-11-30
Monthly Updates
The Cassandra Compact by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Cassandra Compact, co-authored with Philip Shelby, Covert-One agent Jon Smith pursues a stolen smallpox sample from Russia.
Books
What is hdiejectd?
If you see hdiejectd running on your Mac, here is what this disk image ejection process does.
Mac
Nothing to Lose by Lee Child
Nothing to Lose strands Reacher between the Colorado towns of Hope and Despair, where he uncovers a military scrap conspiracy tied to disappearances.
Books