2010

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Reflecting on the year 2010

Reflection on the year 2010, checking progress of the goals, and some numbers.

Journal

Monthly update #0247 • November 2010

Monthly update 247 • November 2010 • 2010-11-01 - 2010-11-30

Monthly Updates

Worth Dying For by Lee Child

Worth Dying For picks up after 61 Hours, with an injured Reacher in Nebraska confronting a family-run cartel trafficking humans.

Books

Useful macOS defaults: NSGlobalDomain

Handy defaults write commands for NSGlobalDomain, the global settings domain on macOS.

Mac

Monthly update #0246 • October 2010

Monthly update 246 • October 2010 • 2010-10-01 - 2010-10-31

Monthly Updates

What are InstallerDiagnostics and InstallerProgress?

If you see InstallerDiagnostics or InstallerProgress on your Mac, here is what these installer processes do.

Mac

What is eapolcfg_auth?

If you see eapolcfg_auth on your Mac, here is what this network authentication process does.

Mac

Monthly update #0245 • September 2010

Monthly update 245 • September 2010 • 2010-09-01 - 2010-09-30

Monthly Updates

What is RemoteDesktop.PrivilegeProxy?

If you see RemoteDesktop.PrivilegeProxy running on your Mac, here is what this remote management process does.

Mac

Monthly update #0244 • August 2010

Monthly update 244 • August 2010 • 2010-08-01 - 2010-08-31

Monthly Updates

What is captiveagent?

If you see captiveagent on your Mac, here is what this Wi-Fi login process does.

Mac

What is ifdreader?

If you see ifdreader running on your Mac, here is what this smart card reader process does.

Mac

What is usbaudiod?

If you see usbaudiod running on your Mac, here is what this USB audio device process does.

Mac

Monthly update #0243 • July 2010

Monthly update 243 • July 2010 • 2010-07-01 - 2010-07-31

Monthly Updates

What is CrashReporterSupportHelper?

If you see CrashReporterSupportHelper on your Mac, here is what this crash reporting process does.

Mac

Useful macOS defaults: Finder

Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.finder, controlling how Finder looks and behaves.

Mac

Toy Story 3

Toy Story 3 (2010), directed by Lee Unkrich, shows Andy grown and toys left behind. Tom Hanks voices Woody, the leader who holds hope. Tim Allen acts as Buzz Lightyear, the friend who glitches to Spanish mode.

Movies

Monthly update #0242 • June 2010

Monthly update 242 • June 2010 • 2010-06-01 - 2010-06-30

Monthly Updates

61 Hours by Lee Child

61 Hours traps Reacher in a South Dakota blizzard after a bus crash, tasked with protecting a witness from a prison gang and a Mexican cartel.

Books

What is nfsconf?

If you see nfsconf on your Mac, here is what this NFS configuration tool does.

Mac

Monthly update #0241 • May 2010

Monthly update 241 • May 2010 • 2010-05-01 - 2010-05-31

Monthly Updates

Monthly update #0240 • April 2010

Monthly update 240 • April 2010 • 2010-04-01 - 2010-04-30

Monthly Updates

Iron Man 2

Iron Man 2 (2010), directed by Jon Favreau, follows Tony Stark as the world demands he hand over the Iron Man suit while a new enemy with a personal grudge builds weapons to destroy him. Robert Downey Jr. plays Tony Stark, now famous and under pressure from every side.

Movies

What is dhcp6d?

If you see dhcp6d running on your Mac, here is what this IPv6 networking process does.

Mac

Toen Was Geluk Heel Gewoon

Toen was geluk heel gewoon (When Happiness Was Very Common) is a Dutch sitcom that aired on KRO from 2 January 1994 to 3 June 2009.

TV Series