2013

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The Janus Reprisal by Robert Ludlum

In Robert Ludlum’s The Janus Reprisal, co-authored with Jamie Freveletti, Covert-One's Jon Smith survives a terrorist attack in The Hague and chases a Pakistani warlord across Europe.

Books

NSURLCache

NSURLCache is the built-in, automatic HTTP(S) cache used by NSURLConnection, NSURLSession (default/ephemeral configs), and WKWebView.

Development

De Cock en het duel in de nacht by A.C. Baantjer

After a death notice for a notorious burglar arrives, De Cock and Vledder face a run of mysterious murders.

Books

Monthly update #0273 • January 2013

Monthly update 273 • January 2013 • 2013-01-01 - 2013-01-31

Monthly Updates

NSValue

NSValue is the lightweight way to put any C scalar or struct (int, float, CGPoint, CGRect, NSRange, etc.) into an object so it can live in NSArray, NSDictionary, NSSet, etc.

Development

The Killing

The Killing is a Danish crime drama series. It aired on DR1 from 7 January 2007 to 25 November 2012. Søren Sveistrup created it. Sofie Gråbøl plays Sarah Lund, a detective in Copenhagen who cannot let go of a case until she finds the truth.

TV Series

NSLocalizedString

NSLocalizedString is a macro in Foundation that gives a localised version of a string. It takes a key to find the string and a comment to help translators.

Development

Useful macOS defaults: Dashboard

Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.dashboard, controlling the legacy Dashboard widgets feature.

Mac

Monthly update #0272 • December 2012

Monthly update 272 • December 2012 • 2012-12-01 - 2012-12-31

Monthly Updates

De Cock en de ontluisterende dood by A.C. Baantjer

Two teachers are found dead on an Amsterdam car park within a short time, and an identical killing in Friesland brings De Cock into the case.

Books