Will Nicholes
@willnicholes.com
Non-notable musician (@NuclearBlueMusic.com), game designer, eclipse enthusiast, and cat pillow. https://WillNicholes.com
Cuddles thinks she’s a present
December 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Cuddles thinks she’s a present
Here’s a tongue-in-cheek song that examines the shadowy cabal that runs Wikipedia.
If the song ever becomes notable (it will not become notable) I’ll have to add it to [[Category:Songs that namecheck Larry Sanger]].
If the song ever becomes notable (it will not become notable) I’ll have to add it to [[Category:Songs that namecheck Larry Sanger]].
New song up on Bandcamp!
It’s called “The Power 62.”
They say “write what you know,” and, well…
“You’ve got an alert
Revert
Your content’s been deleted
Reliable source?
Of course!
There’s no citation needed…“
nuclearblue.bandcamp.com/track/the-po...
It’s called “The Power 62.”
They say “write what you know,” and, well…
“You’ve got an alert
Revert
Your content’s been deleted
Reliable source?
Of course!
There’s no citation needed…“
nuclearblue.bandcamp.com/track/the-po...
The Power 62 (2025-12-19 demo), by Nuclear Blue
track by Nuclear Blue
nuclearblue.bandcamp.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Here’s a tongue-in-cheek song that examines the shadowy cabal that runs Wikipedia.
If the song ever becomes notable (it will not become notable) I’ll have to add it to [[Category:Songs that namecheck Larry Sanger]].
If the song ever becomes notable (it will not become notable) I’ll have to add it to [[Category:Songs that namecheck Larry Sanger]].
Visit from a cardinal.
December 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Visit from a cardinal.
This is the fourth song I’ve put on Bandcamp, but it was the very first one I wrote and demoed after regaining my voice.
I wrote this in April after the US government sent Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a torture camp in El Salvador despite being ordered by the courts not to.
The more things change…
I wrote this in April after the US government sent Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a torture camp in El Salvador despite being ordered by the courts not to.
The more things change…
New song on Bandcamp: “Cecot Prison Blues.”
The cover art features Times New Roman, Marco Rubio’s favorite font. It seemed fitting since he gets a mention.
“An administrative error
is all it took to send you there…”
nuclearblue.bandcamp.com/track/cecot-...
The cover art features Times New Roman, Marco Rubio’s favorite font. It seemed fitting since he gets a mention.
“An administrative error
is all it took to send you there…”
nuclearblue.bandcamp.com/track/cecot-...
Cecot Prison Blues (2025-12-12 demo), by Nuclear Blue
track by Nuclear Blue
nuclearblue.bandcamp.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
This is the fourth song I’ve put on Bandcamp, but it was the very first one I wrote and demoed after regaining my voice.
I wrote this in April after the US government sent Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a torture camp in El Salvador despite being ordered by the courts not to.
The more things change…
I wrote this in April after the US government sent Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a torture camp in El Salvador despite being ordered by the courts not to.
The more things change…
Another fox sighting on the security camera. 🦊
December 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Another fox sighting on the security camera. 🦊
I’ve long found em dashes useful punctuation (in moderation) and it annoys me that they now have an AI stink about them.
“Within the A.I.’s training data, the em dash is more likely to appear in texts that have been marked as well-formed, high-quality prose.”
“Within the A.I.’s training data, the em dash is more likely to appear in texts that have been marked as well-formed, high-quality prose.”
If you ask AI to describe its own writing style, it’ll say it’s too smooth, too neutral.
“In fact, this is not even remotely true. A.I. writing is marked by a whole complex of frankly bizarre rhetorical features that make it immediately distinctive… It’s not smooth or neutral at all—it’s weird.”
“In fact, this is not even remotely true. A.I. writing is marked by a whole complex of frankly bizarre rhetorical features that make it immediately distinctive… It’s not smooth or neutral at all—it’s weird.”
Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I’ve long found em dashes useful punctuation (in moderation) and it annoys me that they now have an AI stink about them.
“Within the A.I.’s training data, the em dash is more likely to appear in texts that have been marked as well-formed, high-quality prose.”
“Within the A.I.’s training data, the em dash is more likely to appear in texts that have been marked as well-formed, high-quality prose.”
I guess most people aren’t interested in paper receipts these days, which is why fast food kiosks are the way they are.
December 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I guess most people aren’t interested in paper receipts these days, which is why fast food kiosks are the way they are.
I was leafing through an old yearbook (circa 1959) and saw this charming ad for electricity.
Live better — electrically!
Live better — electrically!
December 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I was leafing through an old yearbook (circa 1959) and saw this charming ad for electricity.
Live better — electrically!
Live better — electrically!
I was enjoying the buffet at my favorite local Indian restaurant and couldn’t help but notice a Seussian goat creature staring out at me from the fabric of the seat across from me. #pareidolia
December 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I was enjoying the buffet at my favorite local Indian restaurant and couldn’t help but notice a Seussian goat creature staring out at me from the fabric of the seat across from me. #pareidolia
Today’s winter wonderland
December 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Today’s winter wonderland
Our little one calls the groundhog that lives under our deck Larry.
I hadn’t seen Larry in a while so I assumed he was hibernating.
He came out for a long spell yesterday; overnight we got a half foot of snow.
Maybe he saw the forecast and decided to stock up on grass while it was still visible.
I hadn’t seen Larry in a while so I assumed he was hibernating.
He came out for a long spell yesterday; overnight we got a half foot of snow.
Maybe he saw the forecast and decided to stock up on grass while it was still visible.
December 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Our little one calls the groundhog that lives under our deck Larry.
I hadn’t seen Larry in a while so I assumed he was hibernating.
He came out for a long spell yesterday; overnight we got a half foot of snow.
Maybe he saw the forecast and decided to stock up on grass while it was still visible.
I hadn’t seen Larry in a while so I assumed he was hibernating.
He came out for a long spell yesterday; overnight we got a half foot of snow.
Maybe he saw the forecast and decided to stock up on grass while it was still visible.
As a kid with an Apple //c computer I was intrigued by the color fringes on nominally monochrome text (which Apple winkingly called “fringe benefits”.)
I just came across this excellent video explaining exactly why it does that: youtu.be/SqLJox6UQwg?...
I just came across this excellent video explaining exactly why it does that: youtu.be/SqLJox6UQwg?...
How early computers TRICKED TVs into making color (out of nothing at all)
YouTube video by Coco Town
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
As a kid with an Apple //c computer I was intrigued by the color fringes on nominally monochrome text (which Apple winkingly called “fringe benefits”.)
I just came across this excellent video explaining exactly why it does that: youtu.be/SqLJox6UQwg?...
I just came across this excellent video explaining exactly why it does that: youtu.be/SqLJox6UQwg?...
Earlier this year, my little one asked me, out of the blue, if I would ever go out for milk and not come back.
I said absolutely not; we need to stick together.
But the question stuck with me. So I wrote a song about it.
I said absolutely not; we need to stick together.
But the question stuck with me. So I wrote a song about it.
November 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Earlier this year, my little one asked me, out of the blue, if I would ever go out for milk and not come back.
I said absolutely not; we need to stick together.
But the question stuck with me. So I wrote a song about it.
I said absolutely not; we need to stick together.
But the question stuck with me. So I wrote a song about it.
I saw @jasonkpargin.bsky.social comment that Pluribus is what a zombie apocalypse would be like if all the zombies were Ned Flanders.
For me it brings to mind a frustrated Microsoft Office user, suddenly surrounded by millions of Clippys, all trying to be helpful.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_...
For me it brings to mind a frustrated Microsoft Office user, suddenly surrounded by millions of Clippys, all trying to be helpful.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_...
Office Assistant - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I saw @jasonkpargin.bsky.social comment that Pluribus is what a zombie apocalypse would be like if all the zombies were Ned Flanders.
For me it brings to mind a frustrated Microsoft Office user, suddenly surrounded by millions of Clippys, all trying to be helpful.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_...
For me it brings to mind a frustrated Microsoft Office user, suddenly surrounded by millions of Clippys, all trying to be helpful.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_...
I started watching Severance this weekend.
I saw John Turturro’s name in the opening credits, but couldn’t identify him on-screen, so I Wikipedia’ed him and holy cow how is it possible that he’s old enough to play Irving? He was like 30 years old in Box of Moonlight, which came out recently in 1996
I saw John Turturro’s name in the opening credits, but couldn’t identify him on-screen, so I Wikipedia’ed him and holy cow how is it possible that he’s old enough to play Irving? He was like 30 years old in Box of Moonlight, which came out recently in 1996
November 23, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I started watching Severance this weekend.
I saw John Turturro’s name in the opening credits, but couldn’t identify him on-screen, so I Wikipedia’ed him and holy cow how is it possible that he’s old enough to play Irving? He was like 30 years old in Box of Moonlight, which came out recently in 1996
I saw John Turturro’s name in the opening credits, but couldn’t identify him on-screen, so I Wikipedia’ed him and holy cow how is it possible that he’s old enough to play Irving? He was like 30 years old in Box of Moonlight, which came out recently in 1996
We started watching Pluribus last night and I couldn’t help but wonder how challenging HIPAA compliance must be in a world with a hive mind.
November 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
We started watching Pluribus last night and I couldn’t help but wonder how challenging HIPAA compliance must be in a world with a hive mind.
My dad brought me some non-working flashlights to troubleshoot the other day.
I was amused by this laurel-encircled “Made in China” tag on the box, stylized to look like a “2025 Academy Award Winner” blurb.
I never could get the flashlights to work.
I was amused by this laurel-encircled “Made in China” tag on the box, stylized to look like a “2025 Academy Award Winner” blurb.
I never could get the flashlights to work.
November 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
My dad brought me some non-working flashlights to troubleshoot the other day.
I was amused by this laurel-encircled “Made in China” tag on the box, stylized to look like a “2025 Academy Award Winner” blurb.
I never could get the flashlights to work.
I was amused by this laurel-encircled “Made in China” tag on the box, stylized to look like a “2025 Academy Award Winner” blurb.
I never could get the flashlights to work.
When I lost my ability to speak last year, I promised myself that if I ever got it back, I would kick to the curb my self-consciousness about my voice, and record some music.
I wrote and demoed this track in May; this new demo reflects some things about music production I’ve learned since then.
I wrote and demoed this track in May; this new demo reflects some things about music production I’ve learned since then.
Now up on Bandcamp: a demo of the title track from the forthcoming album The Dumbest Timeline.
nuclearblue.bandcamp.com/track/the-du...
nuclearblue.bandcamp.com/track/the-du...
The Dumbest Timeline (2025-11-05 demo), by Nuclear Blue
track by Nuclear Blue
nuclearblue.bandcamp.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
When I lost my ability to speak last year, I promised myself that if I ever got it back, I would kick to the curb my self-consciousness about my voice, and record some music.
I wrote and demoed this track in May; this new demo reflects some things about music production I’ve learned since then.
I wrote and demoed this track in May; this new demo reflects some things about music production I’ve learned since then.