Nolan’s Internet House

Caleb

In middle school, there was a boy named Caleb who would routinely eat things off the cafeteria floor, claiming it helped his immune system. He never got sick so maybe he was right.

During lunch one day, another boy reached for a chicken nugget off Caleb’s hard plastic cafeteria tray…

In Rainbows

Today, I took advantage of Radiohead’s anti-man-in-the-middle distribution model by downloading In Rainbows from the band’s website. To recap the download process, I went to their website, entered how much I desired to give Radiohead, entered in my credit card info, and then I was emailed a link to a ZIP…

Man and the Myth

When we consider, however, instead of the physical, the psychological character of our species, the most evident distinguishing sign is man’s organization of his life according primarily to mythic, and only secondarily economic, aims and laws. Food and drink, reproduction and nest-building, it is…

Shutters and Apertures

Through college, I used a little Canon PowerShot that more or less had an on-and-off switch and handled all the messy details of focusing and metering for me. For capturing events, it worked, but there was nothing timeless or intriguing about the images I took.

Truth about Software

I spend a lot of my time thinking about software develoment, keeping up with what works for other people and what works for me. I’ve recently read Peopleware and Code Complete, and I’ve formulated some thoughts about software development and technical management that I’ve been meaning to…

Twitter to Flickr, and Back Again

I just got back from a week in Hawaii and only took my film camera. I shot 5 or 6 rolls of film and…