The Core Dump

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RFID credit cards

JWZ has been [doing some thinking](http://www.livejournal.com/users/jwz/287421.html) about wireless credit cards. Eminently worth a read.

JWZ has been doing some thinking about wireless credit cards. Eminently worth a read.

Perhaps I’m just becoming a Luddite, but how does having your money sitting on a chip in your pocket that is readable by anybody with a scanner without you knowing it not freak people out?

Is taking out your credit card, swiping it, then signing the receipt really such a pain point for people?

Music: “When Things Go Wrong (Original Mix)” by Airwave

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For your enjoyment, the 10 latest posts

Book roundup, part eleven

Another book roundup, including some stellar athletes and soldiers, what might be the most jaded, soul-weary protagonist ever, and some grimdark fantasy.

Paywalls and tinfoil hats

The Internet is getting creepy, and Nic is breaking out his tinfoil hat after newspaper paywalls push him over the edge.

OK then, Mr. Gekko

Nic is tired of tech sites obsessing over Apple’s financials and business strategy. So very tired.

Read this book: Salt Sugar Fat

Nic reads a book about the processed food industry and is incensed.

The cargo cult of technology

Computers are complicated. This brings out the irrational in people.

Seen a Rechthaberei lately?

Nic proposes the loan word Rechthaberei be incorporated into American English.

Book roundup, part ten

The Core Dump is back! Books were read during the hiatus. Includes The Coldest Winter, Oh, Myyy!, Tough Sh*t, The Revolution Was Televised, The Rook, Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore, Gun Machine, Fortress Frontier, Standing in Another Man’s Grave, and The Memory of Light.

The Core Dump is hibernating

This site will return in February.

Book roundup, part nine

From a true patriot to a world-weary detective, a dead god, and a civilization about to sublime from the galaxy, this book roundup spans the gamut. Includes Where Men Win Glory, Wild, Inside the Box, The Black Box, Three Parts Dead, Red Country, and The Hydrogen Sonata.

Ode to joy

Springsteen gives a concert in Phoenix. It’s fantastic.

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