Eurobloat #0052 • August 2014
The month Brussels banned your vacuum cleaner, flung two satellites into the wrong orbit, carved up its top jobs over dinner, and handed out cheques to the farmers its own sanctions had ruined.
Eurobloat
2014
105 posts
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
What is revisiond?
If you see revisiond running on your Mac, here is what this file versioning process does.
Mac
Monthly update #0292 • August 2014
Monthly update 292 • August 2014 • 2014-08-01 - 2014-08-31
Monthly Updates
De Cock en moord op bestelling by A.C. Baantjer
A young man is shot dead in his doorway in what looks like a criminal settling of scores. Before De Cock can act, a woman is strangled.
Books
Privacy Roundup #0097 • August 2014
August 2014 brought a wave of Snowden disclosures, mega retail card breaches and a hard look at how governments and companies hoard our data.
Privacy
Eurobloat #0051 • July 2014
The month the Parliament crowned Jean-Claude Juncker, the Commission billed Servier nearly half a billion euros, and Brussels found time to redesign your bin, your vacuum cleaner and the entire energy mix while it was at it.
Eurobloat
What is FDERecoveryAgent?
If you see FDERecoveryAgent running on your Mac, here is what this FileVault recovery process does.
Mac
24
24 is an American action thriller series. It aired on Fox from 6 November 2001 to 24 May 2010, with a limited revival in 2014. Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran created it. Kiefer Sutherland plays Jack Bauer, a federal agent at the Counter Terrorist Unit in Los Angeles.
TV Series
What is taskgated?
If you see taskgated running on your Mac, here is what this code signing enforcement process does.
Mac
Privacy Roundup #0096 • July 2014
July 2014 deepened the post-Snowden reckoning, with fresh surveillance leaks, emergency British data laws, transatlantic spy expulsions and a wave of breaches and tracking exposes.
Privacy
De Cock en de blijde Bacchus by A.C. Baantjer
A young man reports that his wealthy, unmarried great-uncle has disappeared. A collection of small statues turns out to matter to the case.
Books
Monthly update #0291 • July 2014
Monthly update 291 • July 2014 • 2014-07-01 - 2014-07-31
Monthly Updates
Guardians of the Galaxy
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), directed by James Gunn, follows a group of criminals and misfits who are thrown together in a space prison and must work as a team to stop a fanatic from destroying an entire planet. Chris Pratt plays Peter Quill, a thief who calls himself Star-Lord.
Movies
Lucy
Lucy (2014), directed by Luc Besson, follows a young woman who gains extraordinary mental powers after a drug is absorbed into her body. Scarlett Johansson plays Lucy, a student in Taipei who is forced to carry a new synthetic substance inside her stomach.
Movies
Eurobloat #0050 • June 2014
The month Brussels installed a Commission president nobody had voted for, charged banks to hold money, and handed Google the job of deciding what the public may remember.
Eurobloat
NSOperation
NSOperation is an abstract class for a single unit of work. It manages state, priority, dependencies, and cancellation in a thread-safe way.
Development
What is akd?
If you see akd running on your Mac, here is what this Apple authentication process does.
Mac
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows concludes the series as Harry, Ron, and Hermione hunt Horcruxes to defeat Voldemort, now controlling the wizarding world.
Books
Monthly update #0290 • June 2014
Monthly update 290 • June 2014 • 2014-06-01 - 2014-06-30
Monthly Updates
De Cock en de dode tempeliers by A.C. Baantjer
A body with a dagger in its back is found in the basement of a house for sale. The murder seems linked to a secret group called the Brotherhood of the Cross.
Books
Privacy Roundup #0095 • June 2014
One year after the first Snowden leak, June 2014 mixed fresh surveillance disclosures with a wave of breaches, encryption launches and a landmark cell phone ruling.
Privacy
What is watchdogd?
If you see watchdogd running on your Mac, here is what this system health monitoring process does.
Mac
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry’s sixth year at Hogwarts uncovers Voldemort’s past through Dumbledore’s lessons, while a mysterious book aids his magic.
Books