nicholasjon.com

Nick, looking unnecessarily stern, as generated by OpenAI

Hi, I'm Nick. This is where I write about things.

It's been a very long time — way more than a decade I think — since I had a personal website that actually got maintained with any sort of regularity.

This means I am really out of practice.

In the intervening years, I've posted a few times at these places:

... but having my own site sounds fun for the first time in a long time. So here I am.

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The Evolution of Stupidity (and Octopus Intelligence)

When Do We Stop Finding New Music?

Eclipse projection 2024

An image of the 2024 eclipse projected through a pinhole about four feet from the paper.

Eclipse

Making a Kigumi table

Anatomy of a credit card rewards program

A new take on the shape of chess pieces

The Man Who Invented VR Goggles 50 Years Too Soon

The Burial of William the Conqueror: A Comedy of Errors

How to build a fully offline smart home