Cannon Beach, Oregon
Stranger than Fiction, The Black Dahlia, Blades of Glory, Hot Fuzz, Zero Kelvin and March of the Penguins.
Douglas Coupland continues the exploration of the lives of tech workers he started in Microserfs.
Hard boiled crime fiction from one of the writers for The Wire.
Nic’s daughter loses her first tooth and the tooth fairy is off to a shaky start.
The granddaddy of dark fantasy. Highly recommended.
Very interesting book about how intelligence works and the challenges we face in trying to build intelligent machines.
The stupid things you say as a teenager have a way of coming back to haunt you.
Version control is a necessity for staying sane. Nic looks at some options.
Pathfinder, Stalker, Pusher and Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny.
A solution to a weird Firefox glitch is proffered to the altar of Google.
Well-deservedly known as a classic.
Nic moves his site to a new server. Excitement! Drama! Jazz hands!
Das Boot in spaaaaaace.
A decent installment in the Harry Bosch saga.
Nic explains why he has a hard time dealing with super hero movies and the ways his brain lets him down.
A slim volume on how we determine whether we’re happy or not. Worth reading.
Being a dad is the best and hardest thing that can happen to a man. Nic looks back at five years of trying to figure it out.
It’s Nic and his wife’s 13th wedding anniversary.
On the joys of giving medicine to a cat.