In Robert Ludlum’s The Bancroft Strategy, agent Todd Belknap seeks kidnapped friend Jared Rinehart, intersecting with Andrea Bancroft's probe into her family's foundation and enigmatic Genesis, unveiling a utilitarian cabal.
Monthly update 229 • May 2009 • 2009-05-01 - 2009-05-31
I appreciate the full story of Pentecost more each year. The Spirit came like wind and fire to the disciples.
In Frederick Forsyth’s epic espionage novel, “The Deceiver,” seasoned British SIS officer Sam McCready, known for his cunning, is forced to retire as the Cold War ends in 1989.
I appreciate the full story of Ascension Day more each year. Christ went up to heaven to prepare a place for us.
If you see bluetoothd, BTServer, BlueTool, or bluetoothuiservice running on your Mac, here is what these Bluetooth processes do.
If you see pfctl on your Mac, here is what this firewall tool does.
In Robert Ludlum’s The Ambler Warning, agent Hal Ambler escapes a psychiatric facility, discovering his identity erased.
Monthly update 228 • April 2009 • 2009-04-01 - 2009-04-30
I appreciate the full story of Easter more each year. Christ died for our sins and rose on the third day.
I appreciate the full story of Good Friday more each year. Christ died for our sins on the cross.
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.
Monthly update 226 • February 2009 • 2009-02-01 - 2009-02-28
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.