A month when Brussels invented the right to scrub the internet of inconvenient facts, watched a record-low turnout reward the parties that want it gone, and still found time to write a fond essay about its own flag.
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.Preview, controlling how Preview opens and displays files.
The Christian view of Pentecost deepens with time. The coming of the Holy Spirit points to Gods ongoing work.
A young woman reports that her boyfriend has gone missing. It looks like a simple break-up, but it turns into a far harder case.
May 2014 turned the first anniversary of the Snowden leaks into a wave of fresh NSA disclosures, while Europe handed people a right to be forgotten and a run of huge breaches struck eBay, Orange and others.
Monthly update 289 • May 2014 • 2014-05-01 - 2014-05-31
The month Brussels spent building a single market for everything from your mobile bill to your bank account, while its own court tore up the surveillance machine the EU had insisted every member state must run.
The Christian view of Ascension Day deepens with time. Jesus ascending to heaven points to his authority over all.
For me it was easy to pick this subject because I’m an introvert myself. I wrote a majority of this article on a small island in Norway. Almost no people, so almost no distractions. It was wonderful to see words appear on the screen out of nowhere.
J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix follows Harry’s fifth year, where he faces a Ministry denying Voldemort’s return and a tyrannical new teacher, Umbridge.
If you see diagnosticservicesd running on your Mac, here is what this Apple diagnostics process does.
The article explores the roles of IBAction, IBOutlet, and IBOutletCollection in Objective-C development for Cocoa and Cocoa Touch, highlighting their evolution from necessary Interface Builder directives to vestigial yet culturally significant markers.
The body of an Antwerp diamond dealer is found in a squat. There are no signs of crime, but valuable diamonds are missing. De Cock is asked to help.
Monthly update 288 • April 2014 • 2014-04-01 - 2014-04-30
Day 8 of 8 to Møkster, an island in Norway.
Day 7 of 8 to Møkster, an island in Norway.
Day 6 of 8 to Møkster, an island in Norway.
Day 5 of 8 to Møkster, an island in Norway.
April 2014 was defined by the Heartbleed catastrophe and a fresh wave of Snowden surveillance disclosures, as courts and journalists pushed back against state spying.
Day 4 of 8 to Møkster, an island in Norway.
MKGeodesicPolyline, added in iOS 7, draws the true shortest path between points on the Earth’s curved surface. On a flat map this appears as a gentle arc instead of a straight line.
Day 3 of 8 to Møkster, an island in Norway.
Day 2 of 8 to Møkster, an island in Norway.
Day 1 of 8 to Møkster, an island in Norway.
March 2014: Brussels built a brand new central authority to wind up your bank, voted itself a continent-wide rulebook for your data, and lectured Moscow with a guest list. More Europe, as ever, was the only answer on offer.