Reflecting on the year 2024
Reflection on the year 2024, checking progress of the goals, and some numbers.
Journal
2024
108 posts
Moon
We’ll find out how the shape and the orientation of the airfoil helps airplanes remain airborne. We’ll also learn about the behavior and properties of air and other flowing matter.
Gems
Embracing the Ecosystem
The upcoming Vapor 5 release embraces the modern Swift ecosystem by integrating key packages, with JWTKit v5 leading the way by adopting Swift 6, Swift Testing, Benchmark, and Swift Crypto, eliminating BoringSSL to improve build times and leveraging Swift Concurrency.
Development
Monthly update #0415 • November 2024
Monthly update 415 • November 2024 • 2024-11-01 - 2024-11-30
Monthly Updates
In Too Deep by Lee Child
In Too Deep, co-authored with Andrew Child, finds Reacher waking up amnesiac and handcuffed in Chicago, escaping to probe a mob’s artefact smuggling ring.
Books
Paddington in Peru
Paddington in Peru (2024), directed by Dougal Wilson, follows Paddington and the Brown family as they travel to Peru to visit Aunt Lucy at the Home for Retired Bears. Ben Whishaw voices Paddington, who returns to the country of his birth and discovers a mystery in the jungle.
Movies
Monthly update #0414 • October 2024
Monthly update 414 • October 2024 • 2024-10-01 - 2024-10-31
Monthly Updates
The Diplomat
The Diplomat is an American political thriller series. It aired on Netflix from 20 April 2023. Debora Cahn created it. Keri Russell plays Kate Wyler, an American career diplomat thrust into the role of ambassador to the United Kingdom during an international crisis.
TV Series
Three Sisters by Heather Morris
Three Sisters, chronicles the harrowing true story of Cibi, Magda, and Livia; three Slovakian sisters who pledge unwavering fidelity to one another.
Books
Cilka’s Journey by Heather Morris
Cilka’s Journey, a powerful sequel to The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris, recounts the harrowing yet inspiring true story of Cilka Klein.
Books
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
Based on a true story, “The Tattooist of Auschwitz” by Heather Morris is a compelling novel that explores the themes of love and survival amidst the darkest of circumstances.
Books
The Grand Tour
The Grand Tour is a British motoring programme. It aired on Amazon Prime Video from 18 November 2016 to 13 September 2024. Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May present it. The show picked up where their time on Top Gear left off.
TV Series
Monthly update #0413 • September 2024
Monthly update 413 • September 2024 • 2024-09-01 - 2024-09-30
Monthly Updates
Great Rivers Path part 15
Hiking from Kranenburg to Kleve (16.83 km).
Hiking
Great Rivers Path part 14
Hiking from Nijmegen to Kranenburg (18.00 km).
Hiking
Great Rivers Path part 13
Hiking from Dodewaard to Nijmegen (26.59 km).
Hiking
Great Rivers Path part 12
Hiking from Tiel to Dodewaard (24.60 km).
Hiking
Announcing Swift 6
Swift 6 is a major release expanding the language’s reach with full data-race safety via an opt-in language mode, typed throws for precise error handling, and non-copyable type support in generics for low-level performance.
Development
What is alwaysonexclavesd?
If you see alwaysonexclavesd running on your Mac, here is what this always-on processing daemon does.
Mac
Milestone - Weight: sub 90 kg
Today, I reached a significant milestone in my journey. I now weigh less than 90 kilograms.
Journal
Milestone - BMI: No longer obese
Today, I reached another milestone in my journey. My BMI is below 30.0, so I do no longer fall in the obese category.
Journal
Useful macOS defaults: Window Manager
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.WindowManager, controlling window tiling and Stage Manager on macOS Sequoia and later.
Mac
Great Rivers Path part 11
Hiking from Geldermalsen to Tiel (22.86 km).
Hiking
What is wallpaper.export?
If you see wallpaper.export running on your Mac, here is what this wallpaper rendering process does.
Mac
Great Rivers Path part 10
Hiking from Leerdam to Geldermalsen (22.26 km).
Hiking