Good Friday
Years of reflection make Good Friday even more meaningful. The cross of Jesus offers hope that lasts.
Christianity
Blog
Privacy Roundup #0068 • March 2012
March 2012 saw Google merge its privacy policies, the FBI switch off thousands of GPS trackers after the Jones ruling, and governments from Mexico to Pakistan push fresh surveillance powers.
Privacy
Monthly update #0263 • March 2012
Monthly update 263 • March 2012 • 2012-03-01 - 2012-03-31
Monthly Updates
Eurobloat #0022 • February 2012
The month Brussels signed a global internet treaty, watched a quarter of a million people march against it, and then quietly asked its own court to find a way out.
Eurobloat
What are timed, sntpd, and tzlinkd?
If you see timed, sntpd, or tzlinkd running on your Mac, here is what these time synchronisation processes do.
Mac
De Cock en het masker van de dood by A.C. Baantjer
A woman vanishes from a hospital, and three more turn out to be missing. De Cock follows the trail of these disappearances.
Books
Monthly update #0262 • February 2012
Monthly update 262 • February 2012 • 2012-02-01 - 2012-02-29
Monthly Updates
Privacy Roundup #0067 • February 2012
February 2012 exposed how freely mobile apps and advertising networks helped themselves to personal data, while breaches and surveillance rows piled up around the world.
Privacy
Eurobloat #0021 • January 2012
January 2012, in which Brussels signs a secret copyright treaty in Tokyo, drafts a balanced budget rule for everyone else's constitution, and decides it may now tax the sky over China.
Eurobloat
De Cock en de dode minnaars by A.C. Baantjer
While guarding a millionaire's art treasures, De Cock and Vledder are called to the murder of a young man chained to a radiator. That same night a valuable silver jug is stolen from the exhibition.
Books
Monthly update #0261 • January 2012
Monthly update 261 • January 2012 • 2012-01-01 - 2012-01-31
Monthly Updates
Privacy Roundup #0066 • January 2012
January 2012 brought the SOPA blackout, the Megaupload takedown, Google's plan to merge user data and a string of breaches and surveillance disclosures.
Privacy
Eurobloat #0020 • December 2011
The month twenty-six leaders signed a pact to write Brussels budget rules into their own constitutions, one prime minister said no, and the printing press worked overtime to keep the whole thing alive.
Eurobloat
Nova Zembla
In 1596, a Dutch crew led by Willem Barentsz sails for a northern route to Asia but gets trapped in Arctic ice and must survive a brutal winter on Nova Zembla.
Movies
Useful macOS defaults: Screenshots
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.screencapture, controlling screenshot format, location, and behaviour.
Mac
De Cock en moord op de Bloedberg by A.C. Baantjer
A funeral in Amsterdam for a criminal killed in Antwerp opens an international case. De Cock spots a mourner he knows has been dead for two years.
Books
Privacy Roundup #0065 • December 2011
December 2011 was dominated by the Carrier IQ phone-logging firestorm, a wave of plaintext Chinese password leaks, and the Anonymous raid on Stratfor.
Privacy
Monthly update #0260 • December 2011
Monthly update 260 • December 2011 • 2011-12-01 - 2011-12-31
Monthly Updates
Reflecting on the year 2011
Reflection on the year 2011, checking progress of the goals, and some numbers.
Journal
Eurobloat #0019 • November 2011
The month Brussels decreed that water does not prevent dehydration, installed two unelected technocrats to run sovereign nations, and floated the idea of mutualising everyone else's debt.
Eurobloat
Merry Christmas
As a real adult Christmas holds mature significance for me. The Christian faith rests on the fact that God sent his son.
Christianity
De Cock en moord op termijn by A.C. Baantjer
What looks like a narcotics matter turns into a string of sinister murders. De Cock and Vledder are pulled deeper into a case than ever before.
Books
Monthly update #0259 • November 2011
Monthly update 259 • November 2011 • 2011-11-01 - 2011-11-30
Monthly Updates
Privacy Roundup #0064 • November 2011
November 2011 mixed smartphone snooping rows, fresh breaches and landmark surveillance fights as Carrier IQ, GPS tracking and a wave of hacks dominated the privacy agenda.
Privacy
The Affair by Lee Child
The Affair revisits 1997, showing Reacher’s exit from the Army, sent undercover to Mississippi to investigate murders near a base hiding dark secrets.
Books