Welcome to Nic's Core Dump. Enjoy.
Review: The Praxis
The first novel about the Shaa empire is pure and unabashed space opera.
She’s beautiful! Let’s name her Metallica
A Swedish couple decide to name their daughter Metallica. \m/
Done with movie theaters
Nic has (yet another) horrible experience at a movie theater and swears he’s done.
Review: 300
300’s strength and weakness are the same thing: it’s based on a graphic novel.
Review: The Undercover Economist
Marketed as being similar to Freakonomics, which it is not.
The voice in the wilderness
College is a time for drama, as this graffiti artist illustrates.
Early morning coffee
Nic tries to understand why anybody would stop on the way to work to buy coffee when there’s free coffee at work.
Movie roundup, part two
The Departed, The Great Raid, Bastard of the Party, A Scanner Darkly, Sexy Beast, Miami Vice and Layer Cake.
Doing it for free
Why the first job for any technology company is to make their product easy to use.
All your podcasts are belong to us
Nic puts an iPod connector in his car and his life is changed forever.
Review: What the Dormouse Said
A great history of the early days of the personal computer revolution.
How to spot movies that stink
Nic provides an easy rule of thumb for determining if a movie stinks.
The tortellini incident
Getting your child to eat can be unbelievably frustrating.
Review: The Tyranny of the Night
First book in Glen Cook’s The Instrumentalities of the Night series. Good stuff.
The future reality TV winner
Nic’s daughter is introduced to show-and-tell at school.