Welcome to Nic's Core Dump. Enjoy.

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.

Review: Den of Thieves

The story of the bond traders of the 80s and the damage they did. A bit of a slog, but very important.

Ice palace

A fire on an icy January day.

Bad Stevenote. No credit card

Nic is disappointed in the 2007 Macworld Expo announcements.

Boy are my arms tired

Nic and his daughter are bumped to first class.

The culinary final frontier

Nic sings the praises of kebab pizza.

Happy solstice!

Nic celebrates the solstice.

Remembering Carl Sagan

Nic is still sad about the death of Carl Sagan.

Frost on window pane

Dawn frost

Airport play park

Arrived in Sweden

The MacBook and the Apple curse

Gardening for dummies

IM IN UR XMAS TREE

Review: How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk

Review: Valentine’s Rising