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De Cock en een veld papavers by A.C. Baantjer

Jasper van de Gouwenaer is found dead in his flat with a dagger in his back, and a newspaper claims De Cock helped arrest him the day before.

Books

Privacy Roundup #0102 • January 2015

January 2015 opened the year with a wave of state surveillance disclosures, fresh breaches and a White House push to write privacy and breach rules into federal law.

Privacy

We Will Not Be Shaken by Bethel Music

Bethel Music's 2015 live album, recorded outdoors at Shasta Lake, a steady set about standing firm in trust.

Music

Monthly update #0297 • January 2015

Monthly update 297 • January 2015 • 2015-01-01 - 2015-01-31

Monthly Updates

The Screen Behind the Mirror by Enigma

Enigma's calm 2000 album, chant samples woven through electronic moods, found by me years after it appeared.

Music

What is wifip2pd?

If you see wifip2pd running on your Mac, here is what this Wi-Fi peer-to-peer process does.

Mac

Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari

In Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari tells the story of humankind from the rise of Homo sapiens in Africa to the present day, asking how a small ape came to rule the world.

Books

Wake Up the Wonder by Elevation Worship

Elevation Worship's live album, recorded before sixteen thousand voices, a big and hopeful set about awe restored.

Music

Useful macOS defaults: Printing

Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.print.PrintingPrefs, controlling printing behaviour on macOS.

Mac

Sons of Anarchy

Sons of Anarchy is an American crime drama series. It aired on FX from 3 September 2008 to 9 December 2014. Kurt Sutter created it. Charlie Hunnam plays Jax Teller, the vice president and later president of an outlaw motorcycle club in the fictional town of Charming, California.

TV Series

De Cock en de gebrandmerkte doden by A.C. Baantjer

A young man tells De Cock that his former girlfriend found her new lover dead, strangled and branded on the forehead. It is the start of a series of identical killings.

Books

Monthly update #0296 • December 2014

Monthly update 296 • December 2014 • 2014-12-01 - 2014-12-31

Monthly Updates

Why I stopped using Facebook

On 1 January 2012 I stopped using Facebook. That’s 3 years ago. I didn’t miss it for a second!

Journal

Privacy Roundup #0101 • December 2014

December 2014 was dominated by the Sony Pictures breach, fresh Snowden disclosures and a run of retail card thefts that exposed how fragile everyday privacy had become.

Privacy