Reflecting on the year 2020
Reflection on the year 2020, checking progress of the goals, and some numbers.
Journal
2020
99 posts
Man of Steel: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer's 2013 release, orchestral writing made to serve the screen. It came to me long after release and earned its place.
Music
Merry Christmas
Three decades after my first memories Christmas still inspires. Jesus was born and that fact changes history.
Christianity
Cameras and Lenses
Pictures have always been a meaningful part of the human experience. From the first cave drawings, to sketches and paintings, to modern photography, we’ve mastered the art of recording what we see.
Gems
Monthly update #0367 • November 2020
Monthly update 367 • November 2020 • 2020-11-01 - 2020-11-30
Monthly Updates
What is handwritingd?
If you see handwritingd running on your Mac, here is what this handwriting recognition process does.
Mac
The Sentinel by Lee Child
Co-authored with Andrew Child, The Sentinel sees Reacher save an IT manager from kidnappers in Tennessee, uncovering a ransomware plot threatening local elections.
Books
Apple Silicon Support
All my Mac apps have native support for Apple Silicon Macs. From the following versions Apple Silicon is supported...
Projects
Introducing SwiftNIO SSH
SwiftNIO SSH is a new open-source Swift package for the Swift Server ecosystem, providing a programmatic implementation of the SSHv2 protocol for building custom SSH clients and servers.
Development
What are gamecontrollerd and gamepolicyd?
If you see gamecontrollerd or gamepolicyd running on your Mac, here is what these gaming processes do.
Mac
What is trustd?
If you see trustd making network connections from your Mac, here is what it does and whether it leaks information to Apple.
Mac
Church Volume Two by Jesus Culture
Jesus Culture's 2020 second live volume keeps the church singing, with songs of freedom, courage and lifted eyes.
Music
Monthly update #0366 • October 2020
Monthly update 366 • October 2020 • 2020-10-01 - 2020-10-31
Monthly Updates
A Cowboy in High Cotton by Jul
Lucky Luke unwillingly inherits a Louisiana cotton plantation and hands it to the enslaved people who work it, turning every planter in the parish against him.
Books
Available?
Tired of checking everyday if a movie is available for purchase? No more… add the desired movie to Available? and it will send you a notification when a movie is available for purchase.
Projects
Introducing Swift Service Discovery
Swift Service Discovery is a new open-source package for the Swift Server ecosystem, providing a standard API for service discovery backends like DNS or key-value stores, without implementing the functionality itself.
Development
Talning
With Talning you will never miss an important day again. Like a birthday, wedding day, retirement day, sport event, vacation, and much more.
Projects
Useful macOS defaults: Photos
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.Photos, controlling how Apple Photos behaves.
Mac
What is ContainerMigrationService?
If you see ContainerMigrationService running on your Mac, here is what this app data migration process does.
Mac
Revival's in the Air by Bethel Music
Bethel Music's 2020 live album is a long, hopeful set of revival songs, full of resurrection power and praise.
Music
Announcing Swift Algorithms
Swift Algorithms is a new open-source package offering a suite of generic sequence and collection algorithms, such as chunking, combinations, permutations, and random sampling, designed to replace error-prone loops with clear, performant code.
Development
The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 3] by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 3] chronicles the later stages of the Gulag system, including hard labor prisons, exile, and the post-Stalin era.
Books
Monthly update #0365 • September 2020
Monthly update 365 • September 2020 • 2020-09-01 - 2020-09-30
Monthly Updates
Introducing Swift Atomics
Swift Atomics is a new open-source package enabling low-level atomic operations in Swift, allowing systems programmers to build concurrent data structures safely.
Development
The Piano Dreamer by Jan Mulder
Jan Mulder's 2012 release, calm and patient instrumental writing. I came to it well after release and have returned to it since.
Music