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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.

    Review: Day Watch

    Continues the Nightwatch saga in strong form.

    July 19, 2007

    Review: Nightwatch

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

    July 19, 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.

    July 9, 2007

    A dark and hungry god arises

    The hype about the iPhone mystifies Nic.

    June 30, 2007

    Review: Hardwired

    Classic cyberpunk, well worth reading.

    June 25, 2007

    WWDC Keynote Death March

    Nic attends his first and last Stevenote.

    June 12, 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.

    June 9, 2007

    Review: The Digital Photography Book

    Will help improve the quality of your photographs.

    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.

    June 5, 2007

    The fairy princess Wii

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

    May 30, 2007

    Review: The Ghost Brigades

    Fun space opera with emotional depth.

    May 30, 2007

    Review: The Dead Yard

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

    May 30, 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.

    May 22, 2007

    Review: Bitter Gold Hearts

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

    May 22, 2007

    Review: Sweet Silver Blues

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

    May 22, 2007

    Voices in my head

    Children are dwarves on acid.

    May 9, 2007

    Review: Dead I Well May Be

    A strong first novel in a dark and grim series.

    May 7, 2007

    Review: Judas Unchained

    The follow-up to Pandora’s Star is epic sci-fi at its finest.

    May 2, 2007

    Car alarm yadda yadda

    Nic gets stuck in customer service hell when he replaces the fob to his car alarm.

    May 2, 2007

    Wii first impressions

    Nic’s family scores a Wii. Here are his first impressions.

    April 24, 2007

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