The Core Dump
The Core Dump is the personal blog of Nic Lindh, a Swedish-American pixel-pusher living in Phoenix, Arizona.
Welcome to Nic's Core Dump. Enjoy.
Kindle Paperlight: Amazon giveth and Amazon taketh away
Nic is ecstatic about the backlighting on the Kindle Paperlight, but Amazon has made some strange design decisions and there’s a display hardware flaw.
Lying as a rational strategy
Nic is sad after the first presidential debate of 2012 and explains why lying makes sense for the candidates at this point.
Movie roundup, part 20
Nic watches movies again. Included are Moon, Snow White and the Huntsman, The Avengers, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, Coriolanus, The Grey and Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows. Nic is mostly unimpressed.
Book roundup, part eight
From the heights of athletic excellence to the depths of depravity, this roundup includes The First 20 Minutes, Double Cross, The Heroin Diaries, Tattoos and Tequila, Dodger, Farthing, and Devil Said Bang.
Ebook creation is still a bag of hurt
Nic makes a new ebook and is dismayed by the sad state of ebook publishing.
Noises in my head: Four midrange headphones reviewed
Nic reviews four sets of midrange headphones. They all meet with approval.
Two Americas, one good one bad
Nic immigrated to an America that looks to the future and uses science and engineering to make the world as great as possible. And then there's another America.
Book roundup, part seven
Includes Wabi-Sabi, Making Things Happen, D-Day, Tallula Rising, Blood Song, The Americans and Amped. All in all, a happy romp through the meadows of literature.
4th of July barbecue
The great soft box in the sky hovered over Phoenix on the 4th of July, so it was time for some barbecue photography.
Book roundup, part six
Includes Search Inside Yourself, The Information Diet, Redshirts, The Gone-Away World, Wool, Leviathan Wakes, and Prince of Thorns. One of these may very well change your life.
Movie roundup, part 19
Nic watches movies. Included are Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Haywire, Underworld: Awakening, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, The Lincoln Lawyer, The Guns of Navarone and Immortals. Several of these movies are bad but only one made Nic turn it off.
The core is weak
Nic discovers yoga/Pilates is a great antidote to middle-age decrepitude.
Book roundup, part five
Includes Shadow Ops: Control Point, The Night Circus, The Hunger Games, Quiet, The Science of Yoga, and Kitchen Confidential. Lots of good stuff in this one.
Sweet, sweet BBQ
Nic loves his Kamado grill so much he makes a video about grilling on it.
Enter the Kamado
Nic buys a Kamado grill and wants to share his joy with the world.
The new iPad: Dat screen
After a few weeks of heavy usage, Nic shares his feelings about the new iPad.
Book roundup, part four
Includes Angelmaker, The Magicians, Magician King, Iron Council, Thinking, Fast and Slow, Distrust That Particular Flavor, and Talking to Girls About Duran Duran. One of these is the most important book of 2011.
Rural Arizona 2012 Decay Tour
Pictures of hard times and decay in rural Arizona.