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.
Monthly update 227 • March 2009 • 2009-03-01 - 2009-03-31
If you see fairplayd running on your Mac, here is what this DRM process does.
If you see mDNSResponderHelper running on your Mac, here is what this Bonjour helper process does.
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.
If you see systemmigrationd running on your Mac, here is what this Migration Assistant process does.
If you see SCHelper running on your Mac, here is what this system configuration helper does.
In Robert Ludlum’s The Janson Directive, ex-agent Paul Janson rescues philanthropist Peter Novak from terrorists, only for the mission to fail spectacularly.
Sarah Brightman's 1995 release, soaring vocal lines over lush arrangements. I reached it late and it has stayed with me.
Monthly update 226 • February 2009 • 2009-02-01 - 2009-02-28
U2's 2009 album is their most experimental in years, restless rock searching for the line where sky meets sea.
If you see diskarbitrationd running on your Mac, here is what this disk mounting and ejection process does.
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.
If you see vsdbutil on your Mac, here is what this volume permissions tool does.
Monthly update 225 • January 2009 • 2009-01-01 - 2009-01-31
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.
U2's 1981 second album is their most openly spiritual, a raw, searching record I came to long after its release.
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.
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.
Michael W. Smith's 1995 release, craft and polish in every chorus. I reached it late and it has stayed with me.
Monthly update 224 • December 2008 • 2008-12-01 - 2008-12-31
Reflection on the year 2008, checking progress of the goals, and some numbers.
Christmas has become central to how I view the world. Jesus was born to bring salvation to all.
Gregorian's 1999 album of pop and rock songs sung as chant, a curious record I stumbled on much later.
Newsboys' 1992 album catches the band early, a bright, cheeky pop rock record about plain, open faith.