Welcome to Nic's Core Dump. Enjoy.
Why We Get Fat
Nic reads a life-changing book on nutrition and wants to share it with you.
Productivity for people who don’t have ADD
Nic thinks a lot about productivity and shares some books that have helped him.
Gaze of the Predator
Nic attempts to reinvigorate the tradition of posting cat pictures on Fridays.
Movie roundup, part 17
Nic watches movies. They mostly suck. Included are I am Number Four, Jonah Hex, Doctor Zhivago, Valhalla Rising, Bronson, Centurion and Resident Evil: Afterlife.
Phoenix ComiCon impressions
Nic takes his daughter to go nerd watching at the Phoenix ComiCon.
Some good podcasts for you
Nic listens to a lot of podcasts on his commute. He hopes some of them might make you happy.
Closer to the metal
Nic switches from WordPress to Jekyll. He’s excited. Everybody else is bored to tears.
Something in the water: 10 years of the Apple Store
Nic talks about the early days of the Apple Store and how it came damn close to killing him.
FiveFingers help chronic compartment syndrome
Nic finds that Vibram FiveFingers help with his chronic compartment syndrome. This makes him happy.
Twitter is not your free advertising
Nic gets his panties all in a bunch about how some people are using Twitter as an ad-hoc means of getting free advertising.
Review: Griftopia
Matt Taibbi’s Griftopia is an important book, and it will make you angry enough to froth at the mouth.
Review: The Heroes
The Heroes is an intense, wild ride into a maelstrom of violence, brutality and flawed human beings. You should read it.
Slowing down the news
Nic explains why you don’t need Live on the Scene With Action News and why it’s so compelling anyway.
Kinda I want to
Nic discovers Nine Inch Nails as a broke student with an IROC-Z in Louisiana. He still loves Pretty Hate Machine.
A panegyric to e-book readers
Nic really digs e-book readers. No, seriously, he really digs them. And you should, too.
Your computer is becoming an appliance. Deal.
The future and now of personal computing is appliances. This post parses why you shouldn’t worry about it.
Video on the Web: Your HTML5 won’t save you now
Grab a hankie and a strong drink to help you through this discussion of the pain that awaits you if you want to put video on the Web.
Frosty the windshield
There’s frost on the car windows in Phoenix. Confusion ensues.