Iceland Day 02
Day 02 of 11 to Iceland together with my brother.
Trips
Blog
Iceland Day 01
Day 01 of 11 to Iceland together with my brother.
Trips
NSError
NSError is Cocoa's way to handle errors without exceptions. It tells about failures with a code, domain, and userInfo dictionary.
Development
The Last Samurai (Original Motion Picture Score) by Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer's 2003 release, orchestral writing made to serve the screen. I came to it well after release and have returned to it since.
Music
Key-Value Observing
Key-Value Observing (KVO) has an ugly, wordy API, but it is one of Cocoa’s most powerful features.
Development
Monthly update #0281 • September 2013
Monthly update 281 • September 2013 • 2013-09-01 - 2013-09-30
Monthly Updates
De Cock en de geur van rottend hout by A.C. Baantjer
A woman wearing a heady perfume reports that her husband, who runs an export firm, has disappeared. De Cock and Vledder soon meet the hard reality of the crime.
Books
The Kill List by Frederick Forsyth
In Frederick Forsyth’s The Kill List, a gripping espionage thriller, a mysterious U.S. agency called TOSA is on a mission to hunt down threats to national security.
Books
Masters of Chant Chapter IX by Gregorian
Gregorian's 2013 album turns modern hits into solemn chant, from a U2 anthem to an R.E.M. ballad.
Music
De Cock en moord bij maanlicht by A.C. Baantjer
A sect moves into a former printing works in Amsterdam. Soon after, a psychiatrist is killed on the Kalkmarkt. De Cock must find out if the two are connected.
Books
Monthly update #0280 • August 2013
Monthly update 280 • August 2013 • 2013-08-01 - 2013-08-31
Monthly Updates
Worship God by Rebecca St. James
Rebecca St. James's 2002 release, bright, well-built pop songs. I came to it well after release and have returned to it since.
Music
NSHashTable & NSMapTable
NSHashTable acts as a general version of NSSet. It is mutable, holds weak references, can copy items on input, and handles arbitrary pointers using pointer identity for equality and hashing.
Development
Useful macOS defaults: System Preferences
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.systempreferences, controlling the legacy System Preferences app.
Mac
What are the coredisplay and corestorage processes?
If you see coredisplay or corestorage processes on your Mac, here is what they do.
Mac
What is TrustEvaluationAgent?
If you see TrustEvaluationAgent running on your Mac, here is what this certificate trust process does.
Mac
The Utopia Experiment by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Utopia Experiment, co-authored with Kyle Mills, Covert-One's Jon Smith looks into a new brain-computer device that may not be the gift its inventor claims.
Books
Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! by Enigma
A 1996 Enigma record I found years later, the third album, where chant and electronics search for the eternal.
Music
De Cock en het roodzijden nachthemd by A.C. Baantjer
De Cock and Vledder try to find the person who has murdered several women, each dressed in a red silk nightgown.
Books
Monthly update #0279 • July 2013
Monthly update 279 • July 2013 • 2013-07-01 - 2013-07-31
Monthly Updates
World War Z
World War Z (2013), directed by Marc Forster, shows a fast zombie plague. Brad Pitt plays Gerry Lane, a former UN worker pulled back to help. He flies from city to city. Mireille Enos acts as his wife Karin, who waits at home.
Movies
NSPredicate
NSPredicate is a Foundation class that defines logical conditions to fetch or filter data. Its syntax mixes SQL WHERE clauses with regex for expressive queries on collections.
Development
NSExpression
NSExpression is a class in Cocoa that simplifies complex data tasks. It evaluates mathematical expressions, such as 4 + 5 - 2**3, which gives 1.
Development
What is startupdiskhelper?
If you see startupdiskhelper on your Mac, here is what this boot disk helper process does.
Mac
Monthly update #0278 • June 2013
Monthly update 278 • June 2013 • 2013-06-01 - 2013-06-30
Monthly Updates