What is WindowServer?
If you see WindowServer using CPU on your Mac, here is what this essential display process does.
Mac
2006
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What is getty?
If you see getty running on your Mac, here is what this terminal login process does.
Mac
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta (2005), directed by James McTeigue, sets a masked man against a cruel state. Hugo Weaving plays V with smooth voice and sharp blade. He hides his face but shows fire for freedom.
Movies
Monthly update #0190 • February 2006
Monthly update 190 • February 2006 • 2006-02-01 - 2006-02-28
Monthly Updates
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