Monthly update #0220 • August 2008
Monthly update 220 • August 2008 • 2008-08-01 - 2008-08-31
Monthly Updates
2008
71 posts
The Matarese Countdown by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Matarese Countdown, retired CIA agent Brandon Scofield is drawn back into action when the deadly Matarese organisation resurfaces, aiming for global economic domination through mergers and assassinations.
Books
Privacy Roundup #0025 • August 2008
August 2008 was dominated by Phorm fallout, mounting state surveillance plans, and a run of government data losses and smartcard cracks.
Privacy
The Apocalypse Watch by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Apocalypse Watch, American agent Harry Latham infiltrates a neo-Nazi organisation plotting to revive the Fourth Reich.
Books
Privacy Roundup #0024 • July 2008
July 2008 was dominated by ISP snooping, telecom spying immunity and courts wrestling with how much personal data the state and big web firms may hold.
Privacy
Monthly update #0219 • July 2008
Monthly update 219 • July 2008 • 2008-07-01 - 2008-07-31
Monthly Updates
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), directed by Paul Greengrass, ends the chase for Jason Bourne. Matt Damon plays Bourne with steel will and split-second moves. He jumps from London to Madrid. Joan Allen acts as Pamela Landy, the agent who shifts sides.
Movies
The Scorpio Illusion by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s thrilling novel, The Scorpio Illusion, set in the early 1990s, Amaya Bajaratt, a brilliant but ruthless terrorist known as the Baj, seeks revenge against the world’s superpowers for personal and political betrayals.
Books
Monthly update #0218 • June 2008
Monthly update 218 • June 2008 • 2008-06-01 - 2008-06-30
Monthly Updates
The Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth
In Frederick Forsyth’s heart-pounding mercenary novel, The Dogs of War, a ruthless British mining tycoon named Sir James Manson finds a huge platinum deposit in the mysterious African country of Zangaro.
Books
Privacy Roundup #0023 • June 2008
June 2008 was dominated by the Phorm deep packet inspection scandal, a run of lost government and banking data, and fresh fights over telecoms surveillance on both sides of the Atlantic.
Privacy
The Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Supremacy (2004), directed by Paul Greengrass, picks up with Jason Bourne in hiding. Matt Damon plays Bourne with quiet rage and fast hands. He lives in India with Marie. Franka Potente acts as Marie, his light that burns short.
Movies
What is distnoted?
If you see distnoted running on your Mac, here is what this notification distribution process does.
Mac
Seinfeld
Seinfeld is an American comedy series. It aired on NBC from 5 July 1989 to 14 May 1998. Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld created it. Jerry Seinfeld plays a version of himself, a stand-up comedian in New York City, surrounded by three friends who make everything harder than it needs to be.
TV Series
What is tmp_cleaner?
If you see tmp_cleaner on your Mac, here is what this temporary file cleanup process does.
Mac
The Road to Omaha by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Road to Omaha, the hilarious sequel to The Road to Gandolfo, General MacKenzie Hawkins, the wild and wacky “Hawk,” is back with another crazy plan.
Books
Privacy Roundup #0022 • May 2008
May 2008 was dominated by deep packet inspection: Phorm in Britain, NebuAd in America, and governments on both sides of the Atlantic reaching for everyone's communications data.
Privacy
Monthly update #0217 • May 2008
Monthly update 217 • May 2008 • 2008-05-01 - 2008-05-31
Monthly Updates
The Odessa File by Frederick Forsyth
In Frederick Forsyth’s thrilling historical thriller, The Odessa File, set in 1963, young German journalist Peter Miller finds a diary belonging to a Holocaust survivor.
Books
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Identity (2002), directed by Doug Liman, follows a man pulled from the sea with no name. Matt Damon plays Jason Bourne with sharp eyes and quick moves. He wakes on a boat. Two bullets sit in his back.
Movies
Pentecost
Pentecost has become central to how I view the world. The Holy Spirit came after Jesus ascended.
Christianity
The Icarus Agenda by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Icarus Agenda, a heart-pounding political thriller, Colorado congressman Evan Kendrick goes undercover in Oman to infiltrate a terrorist hideout and rescue American hostages during a chaotic 1980s Middle East crisis.
Books
Monthly update #0216 • April 2008
Monthly update 216 • April 2008 • 2008-04-01 - 2008-04-30
Monthly Updates
Ascension Day
Ascension Day has become central to how I view the world. Jesus returned to the Father after his time on earth.
Christianity
Privacy Roundup #0021 • April 2008
April 2008 was dominated by Britain's Phorm scandal, as deep packet inspection at the heart of the ISPs collided with wiretap law, the data watchdog and councils caught snooping on litterbugs.
Privacy