Reflecting on the year 2017
Reflection on the year 2017, checking progress of the goals, and some numbers.
Journal
2017
54 posts
Origin by Dan Brown
Dan Brown’s Origin follows Harvard symbolist Robert Langdon as he investigates the murder of a tech billionaire in Bilbao, Spain, who claims to have solved humanity’s biggest questions...
Books
Monthly update #0331 • November 2017
Monthly update 331 • November 2017 • 2017-11-01 - 2017-11-30
Monthly Updates
What is wifivelocityd?
If you see wifivelocityd running on your Mac, here is what this Wi-Fi performance process does.
Mac
The Midnight Line by Lee Child
In The Midnight Line, Reacher finds a West Point ring in a pawn shop and tracks its owner, a female veteran caught in Wyoming’s opioid trade.
Books
Modus
Modus is a Swedish crime thriller series. It aired on TV4 from 19 September 2015 to 2017. Based on the novel by Anne Holt. Melinda Kinnaman plays Inger Johanne Vik, a psychologist and criminal profiler whose young autistic daughter witnesses a murder.
TV Series
What is rapportd and why does it want incoming network connections?
If your firewall is asking about rapportd wanting incoming connections, here is what this macOS process does.
Mac
What is applekeystored?
If you see applekeystored running on your Mac, here is what this Secure Enclave keystore process does.
Mac
Paddington 2
Paddington 2 (2017), directed by Paul King, follows Paddington as he is wrongly sent to prison after a thief steals the birthday present he planned to give his aunt. Ben Whishaw voices Paddington, now a beloved member of the Brown family and the neighbourhood.
Movies
Asterix and the Chariot Race by Jean-Yves Ferri
It is the thirty-seventh book in the Asterix series. Caesar organises a chariot race across Italy. Asterix and Obelix enter to represent Gaul.
Books
Monthly update #0330 • October 2017
Monthly update 330 • October 2017 • 2017-10-01 - 2017-10-31
Monthly Updates
What is AssetCache?
If you see AssetCache processes running on your Mac, here is what this content caching service does.
Mac
Swift 4.1 Release Process
Swift 4.1 is a source-compatible update to Swift 4.0 that adds minor language enhancements, improves the Swift Package Manager and Linux support, and includes quality fixes to the compiler and standard library, but it lacks binary compatibility due to ABI stabilisation work for Swift 5.
Development
What is apfsd?
If you see apfsd running on your Mac, here is what this Apple File System process does.
Mac
What is coupond?
If you see coupond in Activity Monitor, here is what this macOS process does.
Mac
Xcode 9.1 Improves Display of Fatal Errors
Swift has features that let you set expectations in your code. If these are not met at runtime, the program stops.
Development
Dictionary and Set Improvements in Swift 4.0
Swift 4 adds new methods and initialisers to dictionaries and sets that simplify tasks like grouping, filtering, and transforming data.
Development
Useful macOS defaults: Keyboard
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.keyboard and related domains, controlling key repeat, function keys, and input behaviour.
Mac
Monthly update #0329 • September 2017
Monthly update 329 • September 2017 • 2017-09-01 - 2017-09-30
Monthly Updates
Swift 4.0 Released!
Apple released Swift 4 as a major update that builds on Swift 3 with better robustness, stability, source compatibility, standard library improvements, and new features like archival and serialisation.
Development
Monthly update #0328 • August 2017
Monthly update 328 • August 2017 • 2017-08-01 - 2017-08-31
Monthly Updates
Swift Local Refactoring
Xcode 9 features a new refactoring engine that transforms Swift code either locally in one file or globally across files and languages.
Development
The Resistance by Skillet
You can take my heart, you can take my breath; When you pry it from my cold, dead chest;
Music
Monthly update #0327 • July 2017
Monthly update 327 • July 2017 • 2017-07-01 - 2017-07-31
Monthly Updates
Cars 3
Cars 3 (2017), directed by Brian Fee, brings Lightning McQueen back to the track. Owen Wilson voices McQueen with age and drive. He faces new fast cars. Cristela Alonzo acts as Cruz Ramirez, the young trainer who dreams big.
Movies