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Never Go Back by Lee Child

Never Go Back sees Reacher return to his old Army unit in Virginia, only to face false charges and a conspiracy, plus a possible daughter.

Books

Eurobloat #0042 • October 2013

The month Brussels discovered it was being spied on, was outraged, and promptly resolved to spy on the rest of us more efficiently, between handing itself the keys to the banks and a prize for its own conscience.

Eurobloat

What is sysdiagnose?

If you see sysdiagnose running on your Mac, here is what this system diagnostic tool does.

Mac

Asterix and the Picts by Jean-Yves Ferri

It is the thirty-fifth book in the Asterix series. A frozen Pict washes ashore. Asterix and Obelix help him return to Scotland and fight for his clan.

Books

Privacy Roundup #0087 • October 2013

October 2013 was dominated by fresh Snowden documents that exposed mass NSA surveillance across allied nations, alongside major data breaches at Adobe and Experian and a wave of legislative pushback.

Privacy

De Cock en een dodelijk rendez-vous by A.C. Baantjer

De Cock and Vledder are drawn into a murder in the red light district. The crime happens on their own ground, but it proves to be a complicated case.

Books

What is iconservicesd?

If you see iconservicesd or iconservicesagent running on your Mac, here is what these icon management processes do.

Mac

What is postupgraded?

If you see postupgraded running on your Mac, here is what this post-update cleanup process does.

Mac

What is usernoted?

If you see usernoted in Activity Monitor consuming CPU, here is what it does and how to fix it.

Mac

Monthly update #0282 • October 2013

Monthly update 282 • October 2013 • 2013-10-01 - 2013-10-31

Monthly Updates

Iceland Day 11

Day 11 of 11 to Iceland together with my brother.

Trips

Iceland Day 10

Day 10 of 11 to Iceland together with my brother.

Trips

Eurobloat #0041 • September 2013

The month Brussels named a single telecoms market its most ambitious plan in twenty-six years, handed the ECB a continent of banks to supervise, and was told by its own lawyers that the tax it most wanted was illegal.

Eurobloat

Iceland Day 09

Day 09 of 11 to Iceland together with my brother.

Trips

Iceland Day 08

Day 08 of 11 to Iceland together with my brother.

Trips

Iceland Day 07

Day 07 of 11 to Iceland together with my brother.

Trips

Iceland Day 06

Day 06 of 11 to Iceland together with my brother.

Trips

Iceland Day 05

Day 05 of 11 to Iceland together with my brother.

Trips

Iceland Day 04

Day 04 of 11 to Iceland together with my brother.

Trips

Iceland Day 03

Day 03 of 11 to Iceland together with my brother.

Trips

Iceland Day 02

Day 02 of 11 to Iceland together with my brother.

Trips

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

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