A drawing of me by my buddy Mark Vollenweider of Iowa City

Hello!

I’m Nikhil Anand. I help design and develop software and systems, and live with my wife, our children, and our diva husky in lovely Des Moines, Iowa

Here’s a little more about me. I’d love to hear from you and hope you have a most splendid day 🖖🏽

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2025 So Far
The Most Satisfying Scene in All of Cinema/misc/d/dictator-slap.mp4
Though aimed at Sci-Fi Nerds, this is a very engrossing, meticulously researched, and totally delightful tour of our little Milky Way Galaxy (mostly)I say ‘little’ relative to all else it finds itself in. Read some place that if the Milky Way were the size of the United States, our ‘little’ Sun would be the size of… drumroll… a grain of sand someplace in the Midwest 🫠🌽
#0004I decided to log into my old Twitter account after many years on a whim. I follow no one and have 39 followers. I saw nothing on my feed but its owner’s boosted posts, a ton of crypto content, Pepe and anti-woke incendiaries, and heavily lopsided pol
#0003Perhaps a bit embarrassing since I’ve read the book so many times1, but I had no idea that The Count of Monte Cristo was based on a real life story, thanks to this video. And am a sucker for all things revenge.↩︎
It's Never Been NormalAnd it might never be. But it’s certainly up to us. /misc/n/never-been-normal.mp4 Love a good Ian Hislop interview. I wish LBC’d publish the entire thing but the few snippets they have are well-worth a listen.

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Reading

There Are Moms Way Worse Than YouGlenn Boozan (2022)
Rating: B+
Black HoleCharles Burns (1995-2005)
Rating: A
Se7enDavid Seidman and Ralph Tedesco (2008)
Rating: A
The Strangest ManGraham Farmelo (2009)
Rating: A
Adventures of the Magic Monkey Along the Silk RoadsEvelyn Nagai-Berthrong and Anker Odum (1983)
Rating: A+
TogetherLuke Adam Hawker (2021)
Rating: A
Ice HavenDaniel Clowes (2005)
Rating: B+
Brief Notes on the Art and Manner of Arranging One’s BooksGeorges Perec (2020)
Rating: B+