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What is KernelEventAgent?

If you see KernelEventAgent running on your Mac, here is what this kernel event handler does.

Mac

After the War by Gary Moore

Gary Moore's 1989 release, expressive playing rooted in the blues. It came to me long after release and earned its place.

Music

The Memory of Trees by Enya

A 1995 Enya record found later: layered Celtic and new age songs, calm and bright, built from many voices at once.

Music

Monthly update #0189 • January 2006

Monthly update 189 • January 2006 • 2006-01-01 - 2006-01-31

Monthly Updates

Chameleon Days by Yanni

Yanni's 1988 release, calm and patient instrumental writing. I reached it late and it has stayed with me.

Music

Angels & Demons by Dan Brown

Dan Brown’s Angels & Demons follows Harvard symbolist Robert Langdon as he races to stop an ancient secret society, the Illuminati, from destroying Vatican City with a stolen antimatter device.

Books

Monthly update #0188 • December 2005

Monthly update 188 • December 2005 • 2005-12-01 - 2005-12-31

Monthly Updates

Reflecting on the year 2005

Reflection on the year 2005, checking progress of the goals, and some numbers.

Journal

Merry Christmas

By now Christmas means more than it did before. The birth of Jesus is the start of salvation.

Christianity

The Trees They Grow So High by Sarah Brightman

Sarah Brightman's 1988 release, grand and unhurried singing. I found it some years after it appeared and was glad I did.

Music

Monthly update #0187 • November 2005

Monthly update 187 • November 2005 • 2005-11-01 - 2005-11-30

Monthly Updates

Amarantine by Enya

Enya's 2005 album returns to her layered, dreamlike sound, with songs in English, Latin, and an invented tongue.

Music

The Mission Bell by Delirious?

Delirious? sharpen into a leaner rock band on this 2005 album about answering the call to go and serve.

Music

Not to Us by Chris Tomlin

A late find: Chris Tomlin's 2002 album Not to Us is early, singable worship about giving God the glory.

Music

Asterix and the Falling Sky by Albert Uderzo

It is the thirty-third book in the Asterix series. Aliens land near the village. They want the magic potion for their galactic wars.

Books

Monthly update #0186 • October 2005

Monthly update 186 • October 2005 • 2005-10-01 - 2005-10-31

Monthly Updates

Achtung Baby by U2

U2's bold 1991 reinvention, a darker record about love and betrayal that I came to long after its release.

Music

Monthly update #0185 • September 2005

Monthly update 185 • September 2005 • 2005-09-01 - 2005-09-30

Monthly Updates

i 2 (EYE) by Michael W. Smith

Michael W. Smith's 1988 release, melodic songs with a strong hook. I found it some years after it appeared and was glad I did.

Music

Nothing Is Sound by Switchfoot

Switchfoot's restless 2005 album wrestles with doubt and discontent, heavier and darker than its breakthrough.

Music

Lifesong by Casting Crowns

Casting Crowns' 2005 album turns daily life into worship, with the storm-tested anthem Praise You in This Storm.

Music

Downfall

Downfall (2004), directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, shows the final days of Adolf Hitler in his Berlin bunker as the Soviet army closes in. Bruno Ganz plays Hitler. The film is based on the accounts of Traudl Junge, his last secretary, and the book by Joachim Fest.

Movies

Monthly update #0184 • August 2005

Monthly update 184 • August 2005 • 2005-08-01 - 2005-08-31

Monthly Updates

A Rush of Blood to the Head by Coldplay

Coldplay's darker, sharper 2002 album, the one where the band grew up, anchored by Clocks and The Scientist.

Music

Thrive by Newsboys

A late find: Newsboys' 2002 album Thrive is bright Christian pop rock about living fully, not just getting by.

Music