Steve Jobs: Pixar, The Early Days
To mark Toy Story's 30th anniversary, a previously unseen interview with Steve Jobs from 22 November 1996 is released.
Gems
2012
114 posts
Eurobloat #0032 • December 2012
The month Brussels collected a peace prize in Oslo, levied its biggest ever fine, and quietly handed the banks of an entire continent to the central bank nobody elected.
Eurobloat
Reflecting on the year 2012
Reflection on the year 2012, checking progress of the goals, and some numbers.
Journal
Eurobloat #0031 • November 2012
A month in which Brussels failed to agree its own budget, demanded a separate euro-area budget anyway, set quotas for company boards, and packed three presidents off to Oslo to collect a peace prize that three actual peace laureates begged it to refuse.
Eurobloat
Merry Christmas
Years of reflection make Christmas even more meaningful. The birth of Jesus offers hope that lasts through all seasons.
Christianity
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), directed by Peter Jackson, is based on the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien. Martin Freeman plays Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit who leaves his comfortable home to join a company of dwarves on a quest to reclaim their lost kingdom.
Movies
Going Public by Newsboys
The Newsboys' bright 1994 album Going Public mixes pop rock and wit with songs of grace, an old record I found later.
Music
De Cock en een duivels komplot by A.C. Baantjer
Three scientists who made a remarkable invention are murdered, and De Cock must work out who wanted them dead.
Books
Privacy Roundup #0076 • November 2012
The Petraeus affair pushed email privacy into the headlines, breaches struck Adobe, NASA and South Carolina, and governments from Syria to Washington reached for new powers over our data.
Privacy
KVC Collection Operators
The article discusses Key-Value Coding (KVC) Collection Operators in Objective-C, which provide a concise, Ruby-like syntax for performing aggregate operations on collections using valueForKeyPath:.
Development
Monthly update #0271 • November 2012
Monthly update 271 • November 2012 • 2012-11-01 - 2012-11-30
Monthly Updates
A Wanted Man by Lee Child
In A Wanted Man, Reacher hitches a ride with kidnappers, then joins the FBI to pursue them after a roadside murder in Nebraska.
Books
Eurobloat #0030 • October 2012
The month Brussels gave itself a medal for peace, lost a commissioner to a cash-for-snus scandal, launched a banking takeover, and discovered that its own boardroom quota was illegal.
Eurobloat
NSOrderedSet
NSOrderedSet is not a subclass of NSSet due to problems with Objective-C's single inheritance and the mutable/immutable class pairs in Foundation's class clusters.
Development
Ecossaise 2 by Jan Mulder
Jan Mulder's 2001 release, wordless music for reflection. I reached it late and it has stayed with me.
Music
NS_ENUM & NS_OPTIONS
NS_ENUM and NS_OPTIONS are the modern, Apple-approved way to declare enums and bit-masks.
Development
Live from New York by Jesus Culture
Jesus Culture's 2012 Live from New York is a long, fervent night of worship with Martin Smith and Kim Walker-Smith.
Music
Masters of Chant Chapter III by Gregorian
Gregorian's 2002 third volume of chant covers, a darker, leaner set I found while exploring the series.
Music
De Cock en danse macabre by A.C. Baantjer
Three single men who collect antiques die of heart attacks within a short time, each found in a house that has been stripped bare.
Books
NSURLProtocol
NSURLProtocol is the most powerful (and least-known) piece of Apple’s URL Loading System.
Development
Monthly update #0270 • October 2012
Monthly update 270 • October 2012 • 2012-10-01 - 2012-10-31
Monthly Updates
Lone Riders by Daniel Pennac
Back in jail and sick of failure, the Dalton brothers turn on Joe and bet that whoever first earns a million dollars will lead the gang, then break out and go their separate ways.
Books
Privacy Roundup #0075 • October 2012
October 2012 paired huge state and corporate breaches with a widening fight over tracking, as carriers, advertisers and governments all reached for more of our data.
Privacy
New Horizons by Flyleaf
Flyleaf's 2012 New Horizons is a heavy, hopeful album, the last with Lacey Sturm, full of fire and farewell.
Music
Eurobloat #0029 • September 2012
September 2012, the month Brussels banned the rest of your light bulbs, demanded a federation of nation states, and handed the European Central Bank the keys to everyone's banks and bond markets at once.
Eurobloat