Iceland Day 10
Day 10 of 11 to Iceland together with my brother.
Trips
2013
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Eurobloat #0041 • September 2013
The month Brussels named a single telecoms market its most ambitious plan in twenty-six years, handed the ECB a continent of banks to supervise, and was told by its own lawyers that the tax it most wanted was illegal.
Eurobloat
Iceland Day 09
Day 09 of 11 to Iceland together with my brother.
Trips
Iceland Day 08
Day 08 of 11 to Iceland together with my brother.
Trips
Iceland Day 07
Day 07 of 11 to Iceland together with my brother.
Trips
Iceland Day 06
Day 06 of 11 to Iceland together with my brother.
Trips
Iceland Day 05
Day 05 of 11 to Iceland together with my brother.
Trips
Iceland Day 04
Day 04 of 11 to Iceland together with my brother.
Trips
Iceland Day 03
Day 03 of 11 to Iceland together with my brother.
Trips
Iceland Day 02
Day 02 of 11 to Iceland together with my brother.
Trips
Iceland Day 01
Day 01 of 11 to Iceland together with my brother.
Trips
NSError
NSError is Cocoa's way to handle errors without exceptions. It tells about failures with a code, domain, and userInfo dictionary.
Development
The Last Samurai (Original Motion Picture Score) by Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer's 2003 release, orchestral writing made to serve the screen. I came to it well after release and have returned to it since.
Music
Key-Value Observing
Key-Value Observing (KVO) has an ugly, wordy API, but it is one of Cocoa’s most powerful features.
Development
Monthly update #0281 • September 2013
Monthly update 281 • September 2013 • 2013-09-01 - 2013-09-30
Monthly Updates
De Cock en de geur van rottend hout by A.C. Baantjer
A woman wearing a heady perfume reports that her husband, who runs an export firm, has disappeared. De Cock and Vledder soon meet the hard reality of the crime.
Books
Privacy Roundup #0086 • September 2013
The Snowden disclosures reached their peak as the NSA was shown to undermine encryption itself, while leaders abroad and watchdogs at home pushed back.
Privacy
Eurobloat #0040 • August 2013
The month Brussels carved up its own solar market for Beijing, declared the recession over by a third of a percent, and sent a fact-finding team to Gibraltar to discover that Spain was being difficult.
Eurobloat
The Kill List by Frederick Forsyth
In Frederick Forsyth’s The Kill List, a gripping espionage thriller, a mysterious U.S. agency called TOSA is on a mission to hunt down threats to national security.
Books
Masters of Chant Chapter IX by Gregorian
Gregorian's 2013 album turns modern hits into solemn chant, from a U2 anthem to an R.E.M. ballad.
Music
De Cock en moord bij maanlicht by A.C. Baantjer
A sect moves into a former printing works in Amsterdam. Soon after, a psychiatrist is killed on the Kalkmarkt. De Cock must find out if the two are connected.
Books
Privacy Roundup #0085 • August 2013
August 2013 belonged to the Snowden fallout, as fresh leaks, an audit of thousands of NSA violations and the shutdown of encrypted email services laid bare the cost of mass surveillance.
Privacy
Monthly update #0280 • August 2013
Monthly update 280 • August 2013 • 2013-08-01 - 2013-08-31
Monthly Updates
Eurobloat #0039 • July 2013
The month Brussels swallowed Croatia, drafted its own prosecutor, lectured Washington about snooping while building a snooping directive of its own, and approved a tax its own lawyers said was illegal.
Eurobloat
Worship God by Rebecca St. James
Rebecca St. James's 2002 release, bright, well-built pop songs. I came to it well after release and have returned to it since.
Music