Will Nicholes

Closeup of a friendly tabby cat

A visit from Dolly Purrton. #Caturday

Duracell poster with the text “A unique blend of nickel & lithium”

Looks like they got artisanal batteries at Kroger now

“I enjoy not having polio” bumper sticker on a car window

Spotted on a car at the local No Kings rally today.

Green-eyed grey cat relaxing on a desk

Gloria glamour shot. #Caturday

Security camera still of a squirrel carrying a nut in its mouth, walking on a chain link fence

Squirrel detected 🐿️

Dodge ‘Em (Dodger Cars) – September 1980, Atari Archive Atari has once again returned to the pool of arcade conversions for its second of three fall 1980 releases, Dodge 'Em.

A nice deep-dive into the classic Atari game Dodge ‘Em, and the Sega game that inspired it, Head-On.

www.atariarchive.org/blog/dodge-e...

A flock of geese in the blue evening sky, with a cloud formation that resembles a dove. Electric poles and wires in the foreground.

I saw a flock of geese and decided to snap a picture, but didn’t even notice the cloud formation behind them that looked like a dove. 🕊️

Screenshot of the Gmail app’s “You’re all done!” message

Nothing quite like the feeling the Gmail app gives you when it makes you think it’s lost or deleted the thousand or so emails of varying importance in your inbox.

Calico cat peeking around a corner

Peekaboo! Mugsy wants to know what we’re up to. #Caturday

Little butterfly relaxing on the window of a Kroger.

Little butterfly relaxing on the window of a Kroger.

Facebook screenshot of an MSNBC article about J.B. Pritzer, with a dumb comment superimposed over the bottom

“What if,” asked the Director of Making Facebook Even Grosser, “we have the algorithm pluck out the stupidest comment on an article, and plop it right on top the article itself?”

“So you don’t even need to click the article to see stupid comments about it?“

“Exactly! Like an overlay of idiocy!”

Closeup of a light fixture that vaguely resembles a face

That moment when your dining room light fixture looks at you like it’s the Master Control Program from Tron. #pareidolia

Had a visit from an enormous whistle pig today.

Filed under the category “people who seem like they should be wearing a monocle, but aren’t”

Calico cat resting on a footstool

Mugsy aaaalmost asleep on the little footstool that fits her perfectly. #Caturday

The speech wars come for Wikipedia

Interesting Wikipedia goings-on: co-founder Larry Sanger drops by the site with “Nine Theses” that include (among other things) a proposal to require power users to identify themselves “so they can be held accountable in the real world.”

www.politico.com/newsletters/...

A TouchTunes digital jukebox with the T removed so that it reads ouchTunes

Saw this at a restaurant today and got to thinking about what might be an appropriate playlist for it.

We’re in Indiana, so naturally you’d need some John Mellencamp (“Hurts So Good”) in there someplace.

“Cuts Like a Knife,” maybe. What else?

Tiffin: Spelling Bee Appearances The word 'tiffin' has appeared in no solution sets, according to data going back to May 9, 2018. In fact, it has been explicitly disallowed from the following 36 puzzles.

These folks seem to think it’s never been allowed: www.sbsolver.com/h/Tiffin

2 synthesizers and a keyboard

Synthesizers are complicated!

I have been enjoying learning how to use them, though. Figuring out how to approximate the sounds I fell in love with in the 80s and then using those sounds in new arrangements has been as exciting as I thought it might be.

Calico cat peeking through a dryer door

Mugsy really likes the dryer. Laundry is interesting! #Caturday

Rainbow on a water fountain in a pond

Spotted a nice little rainbow today while out for a walk.

I'm baby-stepping my way into music production.

I've got my first song up over at Bandcamp. If it's your cup of tea, please follow the Nuclear Blue page over there and here on Bluesky.

Monarch caterpillar on a milkweed plant

We spotted an aspiring monarch butterfly in our garden today. We used to see lots of them, but these days it’s a rare treat.

Monarch caterpillar on a milkweed plant

Nom nom nom

Monarch caterpillar on a milkweed plant

I was so excited to spot this monarch caterpillar in our garden this morning.

Back in 2020 we had tons of these little fellas but they’ve been pretty scarce since then.

Calico cat sitting on a man’s shoulder

Like my new scarf?

(Mugsy likes to climb up my torso and sit on my shoulders. She’s a ridiculous kitten.)

Happy birthday! 🎉

Hoverfly resting on the back of a man’s hand

These little guys are annoying, but also endearing in their own way

Black iPod with a Big Daddy playlist

I sometimes forget that other people don’t still carry their iPods around with them.

I suppose they have their reasons.

White and grey cat resting with her front paws extended out

There are many cats, but there is only one Marsha. #Caturday