Ascension Day
The meaning of Ascension Day stays vital in adulthood. The ascension of Christ marks his return to glory.
Christianity
2019
101 posts
Maps of Meaning 10: Genesis and the Buddha
Peterson examines why people defend belief systems fiercely. These systems guide action and value. They help people cooperate without conflict.
Gems
Practical differences between Bash and Zsh
Apple is switching the default shell on macOS from Bash to Zsh. Here is what that means in practice.
Mac
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019), directed by Chad Stahelski, follows John as he is declared excommunicado and given a bounty of fourteen million dollars. Keanu Reeves plays John Wick, now hunted by every assassin in New York with nowhere to hide.
Movies
The Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang Theory is an American comedy series. It aired on CBS from 24 September 2007 to 16 May 2019. Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady created it. Jim Parsons plays Sheldon Cooper, a brilliant but socially lost physicist who shares a flat with his friend and fellow scientist Leonard Hofstadter.
TV Series
Maps of Meaning 09: Patterns of Symbolic Representation
Peterson discusses archetypes as universal patterns. They appear in myths, stories, and images. These patterns are deep. They come from human experience across time.
Gems
What is mediaremoteagent?
If you see mediaremoteagent in Activity Monitor, here is what this macOS process does.
Mac
Monthly update #0348 • April 2019
Monthly update 348 • April 2019 • 2019-04-01 - 2019-04-30
Monthly Updates
Maps of Meaning 08: Neuropsychology of Symbolic Representation
Peterson explores what makes things most real. Real things last long across time. They appear in many situations. He rejects the idea that humans evolved only on the African veldt. Patterns from all evolutionary history shape people.
Gems
Privacy and User Experience
Good serie on privacy and user experience by Smashing Magazine. Worth the read!
Development
Internal Phone Numbers
Internal Phone Numbers let you quickly lookup phone numbers from your colleagues.
Projects
CoreGraphics Geometry Primitives
The article provides a concise guide to Core Graphics geometry types in Swift, essential for Quartz 2D drawing on Apple platforms, covering CGFloat, CGPoint, CGVector, CGSize, and CGRect, with iOS using a top-left origin and macOS a bottom-left origin by default.
Development
Happy Easter
The meaning of Easter stays vital in adulthood. Resurrection day marks the start of new possibilities.
Christianity
Good Friday
The meaning of Good Friday stays vital in adulthood. The death of Christ marks the cost of sin and the gift of grace.
Christianity
Maps of Meaning 07: Images of Story and Metastory
Peterson explores how basic categories frame the world. These categories appear first in images. They exist long before names or words.
Gems
Guided Access
Guided Access, introduced in iOS 6, is an accessibility feature that locks an iOS app to prevent unintended exits, configurable to disable specific screen regions, hardware buttons, motion, keyboards, touch, or set time limits, activated via triple-clicking the Home/Side button or Siri.
Development
What is displaypolicyd?
If you see displaypolicyd running on your Mac, here is what this display management process does.
Mac
RealCharlieKirk
The YouTube channel RealCharlieKirk is run by Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, and focuses on conservative political commentary, interviews, and discussions.
Gems
Monthly update #0347 • March 2019
Monthly update 347 • March 2019 • 2019-03-01 - 2019-03-31
Monthly Updates
Maps of Meaning 06: Story and Metastory (Part 2)
Peterson discusses the human struggle with complexity. Individual consciousness is limited. The world around and inside people is vast and hard to grasp.
Gems
Swift 5 Released!
Swift 5.0 marks a major milestone with ABI stability on Apple platforms, integrating the Swift runtime into macOS, iOS, tvOS, and watchOS for smaller apps and better performance.
Development
UTF-8 String
Swift 5 changes String's preferred encoding from UTF-16 to UTF-8 for better performance in modern computing, like server-side work and C interop, while keeping efficient Objective-C bridging.
Development
Maps of Meaning 05: Story and Metastory (Part 1)
Peterson explains why people see so little of the world. The brain simplifies reality to help action.
Gems
LocalizedError, RecoverableError, CustomNSError
Swift’s error handling works well with Cocoa’s NSError system. Swift 3 added three little-known protocols to make this link even better.
Development
Berlin Station
Berlin Station is an American spy drama series. It aired on Epix from 16 October 2016 to 17 February 2019. Olen Steinhauer created it. Richard Armitage plays Daniel Miller, a CIA officer sent to the agency's Berlin station to find a mole leaking classified information.
TV Series