The Core Dump
The Core Dump is the personal blog of Nic Lindh, a Swedish-American pixel-pusher living in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Review: 1776
Required reading for anybody interested in American history.
Movie roundup, part 12
Includes Kung Fu Panda, The Wrestler, Righteous Kill, The King of Kong, Gangs of New York, Forgetting Sarah Marshall and 30 Days of Night. A bit of a good, bad and ugly.
Review: Let the Right One In (novel and movie)
Both the movie and the novel Let the Right One In kick Nic in the teeth.
Movie roundup, part 11
Included in this movie round-up are: Tell No One, Harakiri, Babylon A.D., Death Race, Wall-E, Let the Right One In, Hellboy II, Good Night, and Good Luck and Kingdom of Heaven.
The British Wallander
Kenneth Branagh takes on Swedish detective icon Kurt Wallander. Unfortunately it doesn’t turn out well.
Review: Gang Leader for a Day
Very interesting insights into the shadow economy.
Review: American Shaolin
Very interesting and funny book about an American who travels to China to become a Shaolin monk.
Movie roundup, part ten
In this installment of the movie round-up: Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, Iron Man, Payback: The Director’s Cut, Blade Runner: The Final Cut, Doomsday, Maxed Out and The Dark Knight.
Review: Ready for Anything
Not as shattering as Getting Things Done, but a worthwhile read.
Movie roundup, part nine
Includes Quantum of Solace, Control, Live Free or Die Hard, Hitman, Oldboy, and Shoot ’Em Up. Not a bad round-up.
Review: The First Law Trilogy
It’s like these novels were written for Nic.
Review: Presentation Zen
Required reading for anybody who gives presentations.
Review: Here Comes Everybody
An important book on how technology is changing society.
Review: The Last Colony
The weakest novel in John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War Universe.