Reflecting on the year 2010
Reflection on the year 2010, checking progress of the goals, and some numbers.
Journal
2010
77 posts
A Different Beat by Gary Moore
Gary Moore's 1999 release, a record that leans on tone and touch. I found it some years after it appeared and was glad I did.
Music
Merry Christmas
Christmas now speaks to me as a young adult. The birth of Jesus inspires daily living.
Christianity
A Day Without Rain by Enya
Enya's calm 2000 album, layered Celtic-tinged songs about time and seasons, found by me years after it appeared.
Music
De Cock en het lijk aan de kerkmuur by A.C. Baantjer
The body of a tramp is found against a church wall, but a doctor finds he was murdered in an unusual way, and the dead man turns out to be a rich baron.
Books
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
And If Our God Is for Us... by Chris Tomlin
Chris Tomlin's 2010 worship record, a confident set of modern hymns about a God who is for us.
Music
The Celts by Enya
Enya's 1992 reissue of her 1987 debut, a soundtrack to a Celtic history series, which I found years after its release.
Music
Lucky Luke versus the Pinkertons by Daniel Pennac
Set under President Lincoln, Lucky Luke crosses swords with Allan Pinkerton, the ambitious detective who fancies himself the marshal's successor.
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
De Cock en de stervende wandelaar by A.C. Baantjer
A student found dead in a police cell was put there to sleep off the drink, but the post-mortem shows he was poisoned, and De Cock must find out who killed him.
Books
Dark Side of the Chant by Gregorian
Gregorian's 2010 record, rock and pop songs reworked as choral chant, solemn and oddly moving.
Music
What is eapolcfg_auth?
If you see eapolcfg_auth on your Mac, here is what this network authentication process does.
Mac
Eden by Sarah Brightman
Sarah Brightman's 1998 release, grand and unhurried singing. I found it some years after it appeared and was glad I did.
Music
Here Is Love by Bethel Music
Bethel Music's first live album from 2010, spontaneous and unguarded worship recorded among the congregation.
Music
De Cock en de romance in moord by A.C. Baantjer
A well-liked nurse is murdered and a young burglar is the obvious suspect. De Cock knows the burglar well and does not believe the simple story.
Books
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
The A-Team
The A-Team (2010), directed by Joe Carnahan, is an action film based on the 1980s television series. Liam Neeson plays Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith, the leader of a four-man Special Forces unit framed for a crime they did not commit and forced to clear their names while on the run.
Movies
Beyond These Shores by Iona
Iona's 1993 Celtic concept album, a voyage drawn from the legend of St Brendan, which I found long after its release.
Music
De Cock en de zorgvuldige moordenaar by A.C. Baantjer
In a dark, narrow Amsterdam alley the body of a young woman is found in a fur coat. De Cock and Vledder face a case that seems impossible to crack.
Books
Monthly update #0244 • August 2010
Monthly update 244 • August 2010 • 2010-08-01 - 2010-08-31
Monthly Updates