Eurobloat #0018 • October 2011
The month Brussels conjured a trillion euros out of leverage, told scientists what an embryo is, and decided your sandwich needed a font-size rule.
Eurobloat
Blog
MacPorts, Fink and Homebrew
There are three main package managers for macOS: MacPorts, Fink and Homebrew. Here is how they compare.
Mac
Monthly update #0258 • October 2011
Monthly update 258 • October 2011 • 2011-10-01 - 2011-10-31
Monthly Updates
De Cock en een variant op moord by A.C. Baantjer
A woman finds her company director dead in his chair, but when she returns the body has vanished. De Cock and Vledder must work out whether she really saw what she thinks she saw.
Books
Privacy Roundup #0063 • October 2011
October 2011 paired a surge of Anonymous hacks and breach disclosures with hard questions about how companies and governments quietly track ordinary people.
Privacy
Eurobloat #0017 • September 2011
The month Brussels looked at a continent on fire and decided the missing ingredient was a brand new EU-wide tax, a sermon about more Europe, and a ruling that turns honey into a regulated substance.
Eurobloat
What is sandboxd?
If you see sandboxd running on your Mac, here is what this app sandboxing process does.
Mac
Johnny English Reborn
Johnny English Reborn (2011), directed by Oliver Parker, follows Johnny English as he returns from exile to stop an assassination plot against the Chinese Premier. Rowan Atkinson plays Johnny, older but no wiser, pulled back into service by MI7.
Movies
De Cock en de dood van een clown by A.C. Baantjer
A clown is found stabbed to death at the foot of the Schreierstoren, and a collection of antique jewels has been stolen. De Cock must work out whether the two crimes are connected.
Books
Remembering Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs, the brilliant co-founder of Apple, passed away on October 5, 2011. Every time I use a Mac, iPhone, or iPad, I am connecting with the legacy of a man who revolutionised technology by combining art and innovation.
Remembering
Privacy Roundup #0062 • September 2011
A rogue certificate authority collapsed, hacktivists kept dumping personal data, and firms from Facebook to OnStar were caught watching people who thought they had left.
Privacy
Useful macOS defaults: TextEdit
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.TextEdit, controlling how TextEdit opens and saves files.
Mac
What is systemsoundserverd?
If you see systemsoundserverd running on your Mac, here is what this system sound process does.
Mac
Monthly update #0257 • September 2011
Monthly update 257 • September 2011 • 2011-09-01 - 2011-09-30
Monthly Updates
Eurobloat #0016 • August 2011
The month two leaders met in Paris and decided the cure for too much Europe was a true European economic government, while an unelected central banker posted Italy a homework list.
Eurobloat
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), directed by Tomas Alfredson, is based on the novel by John le Carre. Gary Oldman plays George Smiley, a retired British intelligence officer called back to find a Soviet mole at the top of MI6.
Movies
What are DumpGPURestart and DumpPanic?
If you see DumpGPURestart or DumpPanic processes on your Mac, here is what these crash diagnostic processes do.
Mac
De Cock en moord op melodie by A.C. Baantjer
De Cock investigates the murders of two former drug users and the woman who ran their boarding house. Music seems to link the killings, and it draws him to a concert at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw.
Books
Monthly update #0256 • August 2011
Monthly update 256 • August 2011 • 2011-08-01 - 2011-08-31
Monthly Updates
Privacy Roundup #0061 • August 2011
August 2011 was dominated by hacktivist data dumps, the BART cell shutdown free-speech fight, web tracking exposed, and the fraudulent certificates that broke trust in the web.
Privacy
Eurobloat #0015 • July 2011
July 2011, in which seventeen leaders posted another nine-figure cheque to Greece, the Commission asked for its own taxes, and Brussels found time to police your food label and your roaming bill.
Eurobloat
The Ares Decision by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Ares Decision, co-authored with Kyle Mills, Covert-One's Jon Smith goes to Uganda to track a drug that turns ordinary people into killers, with Iran behind the supply.
Books
Simulate slow internet connections on a Mac
How to throttle your network connection on macOS to test how your app or website behaves on a slow connection.
Mac
Monthly update #0255 • July 2011
Monthly update 255 • July 2011 • 2011-07-01 - 2011-07-31
Monthly Updates
De Cock en de ganzen van de dood by A.C. Baantjer
De Cock deals with threatening letters and a woman tied to a wheelchair, while a suspect held for beating an old couple to death may not be the real killer.
Books