Cannon Beach, Oregon
Nic is sad after the first presidential debate of 2012 and explains why lying makes sense for the candidates at this point.
From the heights of athletic excellence to the depths of depravity, this roundup includes The First 20 Minutes, Double Cross, The Heroin Diaries, Tattoos and Tequila, Dodger, Farthing, and Devil Said Bang.
Nic makes a new ebook and is dismayed by the sad state of ebook publishing.
Nic hears there’s a lack of cat pictures on the Internet and decides to help out by posting a picture of his cat Phoebe.
Nic reviews four sets of midrange headphones. They all meet with approval.
Nic immigrated to an America that looks to the future and uses science and engineering to make the world as great as possible. And then there's another America.
Joyent decides to screw over its VC customers and handles it poorly to say the least.
Includes Wabi-Sabi, Making Things Happen, D-Day, Tallula Rising, Blood Song, The Americans and Amped. All in all, a happy romp through the meadows of literature.
The great soft box in the sky hovered over Phoenix on the 4th of July, so it was time for some barbecue photography.
One of the equivalences of haircut and clothing on the Internet is your email address.
Fiddliness be gone! Nic simplifies things.
Includes Search Inside Yourself, The Information Diet, Redshirts, The Gone-Away World, Wool, Leviathan Wakes, and Prince of Thorns. One of these may very well change your life.
The Lindhs go to La Jolla on vacation. It's pretty great.
Nic watches movies. Included are Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Haywire, Underworld: Awakening, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, The Lincoln Lawyer, The Guns of Navarone and Immortals. Several of these movies are bad but only one made Nic turn it off.
Nic discovers yoga/Pilates is a great antidote to middle-age decrepitude.
Includes Shadow Ops: Control Point, The Night Circus, The Hunger Games, Quiet, The Science of Yoga, and Kitchen Confidential. Lots of good stuff in this one.
Nic loves his Kamado grill so much he makes a video about grilling on it.
Nic buys a Kamado grill and wants to share his joy with the world.
After a few weeks of heavy usage, Nic shares his feelings about the new iPad.
Includes Angelmaker, The Magicians, Magician King, Iron Council, Thinking, Fast and Slow, Distrust That Particular Flavor, and Talking to Girls About Duran Duran. One of these is the most important book of 2011.