Cannon Beach, Oregon
Cannon Beach, Oregon

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.

The first five years from a father’s perspective

Being a dad is the best and hardest thing that can happen to a man. Nic looks back at five years of trying to figure it out.

Sunday, 19 August, 2007

Lucky 13

It’s Nic and his wife’s 13th wedding anniversary.

Tuesday, 07 August, 2007

You and what army?

On the joys of giving medicine to a cat.

Thursday, 19 July, 2007

Review: Twilight Watch

Brings the Nightwatch trilogy to a satisfying end.

Thursday, 19 July, 2007

Review: Day Watch

Continues the Nightwatch saga in strong form.

Thursday, 19 July, 2007

Review: Nightwatch

The first novel in the great Nightwatch saga. If you like fantasy, this is the real deal.

Thursday, 19 July, 2007

Movie roundup, part four

This round-up includes Day Watch, Smokin’ Aces, Children of Men, Paycheck and Beerfest. One of them is somewhat funny.

Monday, 09 July, 2007

A dark and hungry god arises

The hype about the iPhone mystifies Nic.

Saturday, 30 June, 2007

Review: Hardwired

Classic cyberpunk, well worth reading.

Monday, 25 June, 2007

WWDC Keynote Death March

Nic attends his first and last Stevenote.

Tuesday, 12 June, 2007

The end of the Y

Nic sings the praises of the local YMCA where he sent his daughter to preschool and the Reggio Emilia method.

Saturday, 09 June, 2007

Review: The Digital Photography Book

Will help improve the quality of your photographs.

Thursday, 07 June, 2007

Life in the cloud

Keeping data in sync between different computers and different people is tricky. Nic looks at some ways it can be done.

Tuesday, 05 June, 2007

The fairy princess Wii

Fairytopia rips off the Wii mote and it actually doesn’t suck.

Wednesday, 30 May, 2007

Review: The Ghost Brigades

Fun space opera with emotional depth.

Wednesday, 30 May, 2007

Review: The Dead Yard

The second Michael Forsythe novel is grim and fast-paced.

Wednesday, 30 May, 2007

Movie roundup, part three

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Casino Royale and Battle Royale. One of these movies doesn’t suck.

Tuesday, 22 May, 2007

Review: Bitter Gold Hearts

The second Garrett, P.I. novel is an improvement on the first.

Tuesday, 22 May, 2007

Review: Sweet Silver Blues

The first Garrett, P.I. novel is a fun mix of fantasy and noir.

Tuesday, 22 May, 2007

Voices in my head

Children are dwarves on acid.

Wednesday, 09 May, 2007

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