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
2015
94 posts
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
If I Had One Chance to Tell You Something by Rebecca St. James
Rebecca St. James's 2005 release, bright, well-built pop songs. I found it some years after it appeared and was glad I did.
Music
What is iOSScreenCaptureAssistant?
If you see iOSScreenCaptureAssistant running on your Mac, here is what this iPhone screen capture process does.
Mac
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
Monthly Updates
De Cock en moord in de hondsdagen by A.C. Baantjer
In a heatwave, De Cock finds the body of an animal activist with six small dead dogs beside him. The motive is a puzzle.
Books
What is misagent?
If you see misagent running on your Mac, here is what this provisioning profile process does.
Mac
This Is Not a Test by TobyMac
TobyMac's 2015 album, bright Christian hip hop and pop rock about living each day as if it counts.
Music
De Cock en de wortel van het kwaad by A.C. Baantjer
A young woman reports her brother missing, and De Cock finds him dead at the clubhouse of a charity. The dead man held five hundred thousand euros and a dark secret.
Books
Useful macOS defaults: Activity Monitor
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.ActivityMonitor, controlling what Activity Monitor shows.
Mac
What are the systemstats processes?
If you see systemstats.analysis, systemstats.daily, or systemstats.microstackshot_periodic on your Mac, here is what they do.
Mac
Monthly update #0303 • July 2015
Monthly update 303 • July 2015 • 2015-07-01 - 2015-07-31
Monthly Updates
Kerst vanuit de Eusebius by Martin Mans
Martin Mans's 2005 release, a rich set of works for the king of instruments. I came to it well after release and have returned to it since.
Music
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
Top Gear
Top Gear is a British motoring programme. It aired on BBC Two from 20 October 2002 to 28 June 2015 in its best known form. Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May presented it together for 22 series.
TV Series
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
What are remoted and remotemanagementd?
If you see remoted or remotemanagementd running on your Mac, here is what these remote access processes do.
Mac
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
What is warmd?
If you see warmd running on your Mac, here is what this app preloading process does.
Mac
How Can It Be by Lauren Daigle
Lauren Daigle's 2015 debut, soulful Christian pop and pop rock built around grace that is hard to grasp.
Music