Iron Man 3
Iron Man 3 (2013), directed by Shane Black, follows Tony Stark after the events that nearly broke him. Robert Downey Jr. plays Tony, who suffers from panic attacks and buries himself in building suits he cannot stop making.
Movies
2013
103 posts
Useful macOS defaults: Disk Utility
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.DiskUtility, controlling what Disk Utility shows.
Mac
What is findmymacmessenger?
If you see findmymacmessenger running on your Mac, here is what this Find My messaging process does.
Mac
NSSecureCoding
NSSecureCoding is a protocol from iOS 6 / OS X Mountain Lion. It adds the class method supportsSecureCoding.
Development
Best Friend by Hillsong United
A later discovery: Hillsong United's 2000 live album captures the young worship band's early fire and plain devotion.
Music
Monthly update #0275 • March 2013
Monthly update 275 • March 2013 • 2013-03-01 - 2013-03-31
Monthly Updates
De Cock en kogels voor een bruid by A.C. Baantjer
De Cock suspects a link between the murder of a young woman and the disappearance of a former colleague who had been threatened.
Books
Happy Easter
Easter continues to shape my adult life. The events of that first Easter weekend bring lasting peace.
Christianity
Good Friday
Good Friday continues to shape my adult life. The events of that first Good Friday bring lasting peace.
Christianity
Borgen
Borgen is a Danish political drama series. It aired on DR1 with three seasons from 26 September 2010 to 10 March 2013. Adam Price created it. Sidse Babett Knudsen plays Birgitte Nyborg, a politician who becomes Denmark's first female Prime Minister by chance.
TV Series
What are the xpc system daemons?
If you see xpc.roleaccountd, xpc.smd, or xpc.uscwoap running on your Mac, here is what these XPC processes do.
Mac
De Cock en de dood van een profeet by A.C. Baantjer
De Cock looks into the murder of a failed theology student who had taken up the cause of young people with few chances.
Books
Les Chants Magnétiques (Magnetic Fields) by Jean-Michel Jarre
A 1981 electronic landmark I found years later, Jarre's Magnetic Fields, four parts of pure synthesiser music.
Music
Monthly update #0274 • February 2013
Monthly update 274 • February 2013 • 2013-02-01 - 2013-02-28
Monthly Updates
Zion by Hillsong United
Hillsong United's 2013 album reworks worship through electronic textures, the home of the song Oceans.
Music
NSAssertionHandler
In Objective-C, Foundation has macros like NSAssert for methods and NSCAssert for functions. They also have versions for parameters: NSParameterAssert and NSCParameterAssert.
Development
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
Worship by Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith's 2001 release, a set of songs written for the gathered church. I came to it well after release and have returned to it since.
Music
Useful macOS defaults: Dashboard
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.dashboard, controlling the legacy Dashboard widgets feature.
Mac