Reflecting on the year 2014
Reflection on the year 2014, checking progress of the goals, and some numbers.
Journal
2014
102 posts
Merry Christmas
The Christian view of Christmas deepens with time. Jesus birth points to Gods great love and justice.
Christianity
Another Journal Entry by BarlowGirl
BarlowGirl's 2005 release, guitars with weight and drive. I reached it late and it has stayed with me.
Music
NSUndoManager
NSUndoManager gives you full undo/redo with almost no code. While you change something, tell the undo manager how to reverse it.
Development
De Cock en geen excuus voor moord by A.C. Baantjer
A young woman asks De Cock for help, but she is too late: her husband has hanged himself. It is the start of a grim case with no official support.
Books
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), directed by Peter Jackson, brings the story of Bilbo Baggins and Thorin Oakenshield to its end. Martin Freeman plays Bilbo, who watches his friend lose himself to greed as armies gather at the gates of the Lonely Mountain.
Movies
Monthly update #0295 • November 2014
Monthly update 295 • November 2014 • 2014-11-01 - 2014-11-30
Monthly Updates
The Janson Option by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Janson Option, co-authored with Douglas Corleone, Paul Janson and Jessica Kincaid head to Somalia to rescue an aid worker held by pirates.
Books
Personal by Lee Child
In Personal, Reacher hunts a sniper who targeted the French president, linked to a past enemy from his Army days.
Books
Paddington
Paddington (2014), directed by Paul King, follows a young bear from Peru who arrives in London looking for a home. Ben Whishaw voices Paddington, a polite and hopeful bear who wears a red hat, loves marmalade, and believes the best of everyone he meets.
Movies
Healing Rain by Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith's 2004 release, craft and polish in every chorus. I found it some years after it appeared and was glad I did.
Music
Core Location in iOS 8
iOS 8 introduces significant updates to the Core Location framework, enhancing developer capabilities and user privacy through granular permissions, indoor positioning, and visit monitoring.
Development
Winter Chants by Gregorian
Gregorian gather carols and ballads into a 2014 winter record, choral voices and gentle arrangements for the quiet end of the year.
Music
De Cock en moord in reclame by A.C. Baantjer
De Cock gives a newly widowed woman a well-meant piece of advice, and seems to set off a case in which three murders follow in quick succession.
Books
Monthly update #0294 • October 2014
Monthly update 294 • October 2014 • 2014-10-01 - 2014-10-31
Monthly Updates
The Dalton Uncles by Laurent Gerra
The jailed Daltons learn they have a small nephew to raise, and Lucky Luke is saddled with minding both the brothers and the unruly boy.
Books
John Wick
John Wick (2014), directed by Chad Stahelski, follows a retired hitman who returns to the criminal underworld after a group of thugs steal his car and kill the puppy his dying wife left him. Keanu Reeves plays John Wick, a man the whole underworld fears.
Movies
Love Ran Red by Chris Tomlin
Chris Tomlin centres his 2014 worship album Love Ran Red on the cross, with congregational songs of grace, awe, and a gathered table.
Music
Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong. by for KING & COUNTRY
for KING & COUNTRY return in 2014 with a bold pop-rock record about living fully, holding fast to faith, and loving without holding back.
Music
De Cock en de dood van de Helende Meesters by A.C. Baantjer
A plastic surgeon vanishes from the Clinic of the Healing Masters. It is not his colleagues who call the police, but a woman who had grown close to him.
Books
What is nsurlsessiond and why is it using so much bandwidth?
If you see nsurlsessiond using network resources on your Mac, here is what this process does.
Mac
Monthly update #0293 • September 2014
Monthly update 293 • September 2014 • 2014-09-01 - 2014-09-30
Monthly Updates
The IT Crowd
The IT Crowd is a British comedy series. It aired on Channel 4 from 3 February 2006 to 27 September 2013. Graham Linehan created it. Chris O'Dowd plays Roy and Richard Ayoade plays Moss, two IT support staff in the basement of a London corporation.
TV Series
Useful macOS defaults: Mission Control and Spaces
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.dock (Mission Control settings) and com.apple.spaces, controlling how Spaces and Mission Control behave.
Mac
I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
Terry Hayes’ “I Am Pilgrim” is an intense, globe-trotting thriller that seamlessly integrates espionage, mystery, and high-stakes action.
Books