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Storm rolling in over Phoenix

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.

    Movie roundup, part seven

    Lots of violence in this round-up. Flags of our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Smashing Machine, Slim Susie, Grindhouse: Planet Terror and Grindhouse: Deathproof.

    Feb. 15, 2008

    Super Tuesday! Tuesday! Tuesday!

    Nic goes to the polls and discovers you need two proofs of identity to vote in Ariz. now.

    Feb. 5, 2008

    The worms

    My daughter hears anti-semitism and blissfully misinterprets it.

    Jan. 26, 2008

    Review: Consider the Lobster

    Excellent collection of writing from the great David Foster Wallace.

    Review: The Overlook

    Michael Connelly delivers a weak Harry Bosch novel.

    Jan. 21, 2008

    Review: Darkness, Take My Hand

    Dennis Lehane manages to write a novel that is too noir for Nic.

    Jan. 21, 2008

    The nerd has flown

    Reflections from Macworld 2008.

    Jan. 20, 2008

    The nerd has landed

    Nic reports from Macworld 2008.

    Jan. 16, 2008

    Review: The Big Switch

    Nice book on the commoditization of corporate IT services. Worth reading for anybody in the field.

    Review: Heat

    Entertaining book about a man’s obsessive quest to become a professional chef.

    Jan. 10, 2008

    Corporate communications at its finest

    Cox Communications isn’t great at, well, communicating.

    Jan. 8, 2008

    Review: Perdido Street Station

    Excellent fantasy from China Miéville.

    Dec. 18, 2007

    Review: Made in America

    For the word nerds.

    Dec. 7, 2007

    Lost in the woods

    Nic loses sight of his daughter at the store and freaks out.

    Dec. 6, 2007

    Say hello to my little friend

    We adopt a third cat, Athena Fairy Princess.

    Dec. 3, 2007

    Review: The Lies of Locke Lamora

    A tentative debut novel from Scott Lynch.

    Nov. 30, 2007

    Game changer: Flip Video

    How the Flip Video is turning the amateur video recording industry on its head.

    Nov. 30, 2007

    Review: Nature Girl

    Carl Hiaasen wants you to not visit Florida.

    Nov. 29, 2007

    Review: Bleeding Hearts

    A disappointing non-Rebus novel from Ian Rankin.

    Nov. 29, 2007

    The G-rated Internet

    Nic highly recommends OpenDNS if you have children who use the Internet.

    Nov. 12, 2007

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