2015

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Bridge of Spies

Bridge of Spies (2015), directed by Steven Spielberg, tells the true story of James Donovan. He is a lawyer who swaps spies during the Cold War. Tom Hanks plays Donovan with steady calm.

Movies

Monthly update #0307 • November 2015

Monthly update 307 • November 2015 • 2015-11-01 - 2015-11-30

Monthly Updates

Swift 3 API Design Guidelines

Swift 3 aims to set API design guidelines and apply them across libraries to make the language feel more unified.

Development

The Swift Linux Port

Apple released a Linux port of Swift with the open source project launch. Users can build it from sources or download binaries for Ubuntu on x86_64 architecture.

Development

The Swift.org Blog

Apple has launched the open source Swift project and the Swift.org website. They aim to work with the community to fix issues, add features, and expand Swift to new platforms.

Development

Look Who's Back

Look Who's Back (2015), directed by David Wnendt, adapts Timur Vermes's book. It places Adolf in modern Berlin. He wakes up in 2014. Oliver Masucci plays Adolf with sharp mimicry and deadpan humour. He thinks the world is his again.

Movies

Make Me by Lee Child

Make Me drops Reacher in the isolated town of Mother’s Rest, investigating a journalist’s disappearance into a dark web conspiracy. With her partner, he uncovers a sinister underground service.

Books

Monthly update #0306 • October 2015

Monthly update 306 • October 2015 • 2015-10-01 - 2015-10-31

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Monthly update #0305 • September 2015

Monthly update 305 • September 2015 • 2015-09-01 - 2015-09-30

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What Happens Next Will Amaze You

When the Snowden revelations first came to light, it felt like we might be heading towards an Orwellian dystopia. Now we know that the situation is much worse.

Gems

Inside Out

Inside Out (2015), directed by Pete Docter, shows the mind of Riley, an eleven-year-old girl. Amy Poehler voices Joy, the leader who keeps smiles. Phyllis Smith acts as Sadness, soft and blue.

Movies

NSURL

NSURL is Foundation’s class for URLs. Create it with NSURL(string:), it returns nil if the string is invalid.

Development

Monthly update #0304 • August 2015

Monthly update 304 • August 2015 • 2015-08-01 - 2015-08-31

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Monthly update #0303 • July 2015

Monthly update 303 • July 2015 • 2015-07-01 - 2015-07-31

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The Internet With A Human Face

I’ve come to believe that a lot of what’s wrong with the Internet has to do with memory. The Internet somehow contrives to remember too much and too little at the same time, and it maps poorly on our concepts of how memory should work.

Gems

Prague Day 05

Day 5 of my trip to Prague in the Czech Republic.

Trips

Prague Day 04

Day 4 of my trip to Prague in the Czech Republic.

Trips

Prague Day 03

Day 3 of my trip to Prague in the Czech Republic.

Trips

Prague Day 02

Day 2 of my trip to Prague in the Czech Republic.

Trips

Prague Day 01

Day 1 of my trip to Prague in the Czech Republic.

Trips

Kill all browser plugins

In the last few years all big players on the internet, started adopting HTML5 for video streaming. Like YouTube, Netflix and all kinds of news websites.

Development

Monthly update #0302 • June 2015

Monthly update 302 • June 2015 • 2015-06-01 - 2015-06-30

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CloudKit

CloudKit, a powerful framework by Apple, enables iOS developers to integrate iCloud functionality into apps, eliminating the need for custom backend code and server maintenance by providing seamless user authentication, data storage, and file management.

Development

Monthly update #0301 • May 2015

Monthly update 301 • May 2015 • 2015-05-01 - 2015-05-31

Monthly Updates

Fletta

Fletta is a webbrowser specially designed for usages in public places, for example in hotels, restaurants, libraries, etc. It wil take cares of your users privacy.

Projects