The Hard Way by Lee Child
The Hard Way begins with Reacher witnessing a ransom drop in New York, hired to recover a kidnapped wife from a mercenary crew.
Books
Blog
The Holcroft Covenant by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s thrilling novel, The Holcroft Covenant, set in the late 1970s, a New York architect named Noel Holcroft stumbles upon a shocking secret. He’s the heir to a massive fortune linked to a clandestine agreement made by his Nazi officer father and two others during World War II.
Books
Monthly update #0209 • September 2007
Monthly update 209 • September 2007 • 2007-09-01 - 2007-09-30
Monthly Updates
Privacy Roundup #0014 • September 2007
September 2007 was dominated by stolen customer databases, the Storm botnet's grip on the world's spam, and fresh fights over state surveillance on both sides of the Atlantic.
Privacy
One Shot by Lee Child
In One Shot, a sniper kills five in an Indiana city, but Reacher doubts the accused's guilt and investigates a frame job tied to local corruption.
Books
Ratatouille
Ratatouille (2007), directed by Brad Bird, follows Remy, a rat who dreams of cooking. Patton Oswalt voices Remy with keen nose and big heart. He lives in Paris. Lou Romano acts as Linguini, the clumsy kitchen boy who teams with Remy.
Movies
What is usbd?
If you see usbd running on your Mac, here is what this USB management process does.
Mac
iPhone orientation detection
Here is the most basic JavaScript to get the iPhone orientation detection going...
Development
The Chancellor Manuscript by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Chancellor Manuscript, a heart-pounding conspiracy thriller, novelist Peter Chancellor, mourning the loss of his family, uncovers a terrifying rumor: FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover’s death was no accident...
Books
Privacy Roundup #0013 • August 2007
August 2007 was dominated by the rampaging Storm Worm, the swelling cost of the TJX card breach, and a run of leaks and laws that showed how casually personal data was still being handled.
Privacy
Monthly update #0208 • August 2007
Monthly update 208 • August 2007 • 2007-08-01 - 2007-08-31
Monthly Updates
The Enemy by Lee Child
The Enemy flashes back to 1990, with Reacher as an Army MP investigating a general's death that uncovers a conspiracy threatening national security.
Books
Validating email addresses is hard
Validating email addresses is hard...
Development
The Illusionist
In 1900 Vienna, a master magician uses stunning illusions to reunite with his lost love and outwit the powerful elite in this elegant mystery.
Movies
The Gemini Contenders by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s epic World War II thriller, The Gemini Contenders, a secret vault filled with ancient documents that could shake the very core of Christianity is smuggled out of a Greek monastery in 1939.
Books
Monthly update #0207 • July 2007
Monthly update 207 • July 2007 • 2007-07-01 - 2007-07-31
Monthly Updates
Privacy Roundup #0012 • July 2007
July 2007 was dominated by the fight over how long search engines and phone companies may hoard our records, while spammers and ransomware crews sharpened their tools.
Privacy
Persuader by Lee Child
In Persuader, Jack Reacher goes undercover in a Maine arms dealer's fortress to rescue a kidnapped agent and settle a decade-old score from his Army days.
Books
The Road to Gandolfo by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s hilarious satirical thriller, The Road to Gandolfo, written under the pseudonym Michael Shepherd, U.S. Army General MacKenzie Hawkins, a decorated but disgraced war hero, comes up with a crazy plan to kidnap Pope Francesco I and demand a billion dollars for his release.
Books
Privacy Roundup #0011 • June 2007
June 2007 saw Google branded the web's worst privacy offender while data breaches, wiretap rulings and new surveillance laws sharpened the debate over how much our digital lives reveal.
Privacy
Monthly update #0206 • June 2007
Monthly update 206 • June 2007 • 2007-06-01 - 2007-06-30
Monthly Updates
Without Fail by Lee Child
Lee Child's Without Fail sees Reacher hired to test Secret Service security for the Vice President-elect after credible assassination threats surface.
Books
The Rhinemann Exchange by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s thrilling World War II espionage novel, The Rhinemann Exchange, U.S. intelligence officer David Spaulding embarks on a secret mission in 1943 Buenos Aires.
Books
Privacy Roundup #0010 • May 2007
May 2007 showed how loosely guarded data leaks everywhere, from the record TJX card theft to British DNA records, MySpace, ID cards and a spear-phishing raid on company bosses.
Privacy
Monthly update #0205 • May 2007
Monthly update 205 • May 2007 • 2007-05-01 - 2007-05-31
Monthly Updates