Cannon Beach, Oregon
On the Mac’s 30th anniversary, Nic reminisces about his first.
The standard right-wing approach to privatizing public goods like education and health care.
The iPhone was announced Jan. 9, 2007. It now occupies a huge chunk of Nic’s life.
It’s Caturday. Nic introduces one of his cats.
Nic watches movies. Some are good and some are terrible. Includes Star Trek: Into Darkness, Dredd, Oblivion, Django Unchained, Hungry for Change, Bullet to the Head, Hansel and Gretel, Act of Valor, The Queen of Versailles, Indie Game: The Movie, and The Other F Word.
Some solid reading awaits you in this installment. Includes The Outpost, Masters of Doom, How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, The Everything Store, Bomber Command, Gods of Guilt, and Low Town.
Nic loves podcasts. Here are some recommendations.
Nic types 50,000 words in a month. He’s tired now.
The Arizona Republic editorial board thinks the young ’uns are lazy.
Nic is very impressed with the speed of the iPhone 5S and iPad Air.
Nic is wicked excited to take part in National Novel Writing Month.
If things are in balance, there should be Marxists.
Nic tries to understand the Tea Party. Predictably, it doesn't go well.
Nic ruminates on the changes ten years have wrought.
Nic tells you how to find a theme for your new site.
Nic gives the site a face lift and sings the praises of Bootstrap 3.
Nic cleans out the firebox on his Kamado grill.
Nic encrypts his 2013 Nexus 7 and bad things happen.
A tired Nic makes an ass of himself at a grocery store.
A slimmer-than-usual book roundup is heavy on the non-fiction, including several must-read titles.