Cannon Beach, Oregon
Cannon Beach, Oregon

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.

A good kind of hungry

Eating a low-carb diet changes how your hunger feels.

Sunday, 04 March, 2012

Rural Arizona 2012 Decay Tour

Pictures of hard times and decay in rural Arizona.

Saturday, 25 February, 2012

Exercise for the middle-aged fat guy

An exhortation to exercise for my fellow middle-aged fat guys.

Thursday, 16 February, 2012

Photo safari to Cleator and Watson Lake

Nic is dragged along on a photo safari to rural Arizona.

Sunday, 05 February, 2012

Book roundup, part three

Includes The Drop, Ready Player One, Moon Called, Among Others, Excession, Inferno, The Paleo Solution and I am Ozzy.

Thursday, 19 January, 2012

Review: Blue HR heart rate monitor strap

If you have an iPhone 4S, the Blue HR is a solid device.

Tuesday, 17 January, 2012

Movie roundup, part 18

Nic watches movies. Included are Contagion, Drive, Conan the Barbarian, Fast Five, Hanna, Priest and Bridesmaids. Can you guess which one Nic hated?

Monday, 09 January, 2012

The dragon flies at night

It’s 1989. Nic moves to Louisiana and discovers there’s such a thing as black culture.

Thursday, 29 December, 2011

O Tannenbaum

Christmas is behind us and it’s time to get back in the saddle.

Tuesday, 27 December, 2011

Merry Christmas!

It’s once again the winter solstice. It’s time to sit back and relax.

Saturday, 24 December, 2011

Clouds over a CostCo parking lot

Arizona experiences winter rain storms and Nic commits photography.

Tuesday, 20 December, 2011

On azcentral.com outsourcing comments to Facebook

Nic outlines some of the risks of ceding comments on news stories to Facebook.

Thursday, 08 December, 2011

Fixing technology education in K12

Students aren’t being taught how to use computers. Nic offers suggestions to fix a broken system.

Thursday, 01 December, 2011

Book roundup, part two

Includes Sandman Slim, Snuff, The Cold Commands, Reamde, Goodbye Darkness, Steve Jobs and The Psychopath Test.

Thursday, 24 November, 2011

More contrast, please

Nic is frustrated by a design choice for a JBL remote.

Wednesday, 23 November, 2011

Cain and the Democratic conspiracy

The harrassment charges against Cain and the sad kabuki theater of the Republican nominations.

Wednesday, 09 November, 2011

The shibboleth of style

Nic is not pleased with the AP stylebook.

Thursday, 27 October, 2011

Thank you, Steve Jobs

We have lost a visionary.

Wednesday, 05 October, 2011

Kindle 4 first impressions

Nic buys a new Kindle and tells you what he thinks about it. Read and find out if you should buy one.

Monday, 03 October, 2011

Why I’m all-in on FiveFingers

Nic loves his freaky clown shoes. This post explains why.

Wednesday, 28 September, 2011

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