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Hello Walkers— I am writing this from Tbilisi, with August still on my mind.

Released Refmode CLI, a macOS command-line tool for switching Apple display reference modes from Terminal, scripts, and hardware controllers.

Many AI products right now follow the same recipe: take one bounded capability, wrap a model and a chat loop around it, and call it an agent with a hip .ai domain.

Refmode is a focused macOS command-line tool for discovering, reading, switching, and resetting the reference modes available on compatible Apple displays.

Hello Walkers— I was watching Silo when one of the characters said: Memory is our internal biography.

Launched Traces, a new series of scans, memorabilia, documents, and other records of my life and work, beginning with Kyojima Studio, 2024–2026—an interactive 3D scan preserving the studio just before packing began.

Patchcord is an agent-friendly way to build CircuitPython projects.

Got married to Ludovica in Rome.

AR/VR products like Apple Vision Pro and Meta’s smart glasses are stepping stones at best toward a fully dynamic medium.

Hands are made to interact with the world.

Modern ad-driven technology companies like Meta, Google, Snapchat, TikTok, and Instagram cannot invent genuinely novel user interfaces or interaction models.

Hello Walkers— I have been trying to write a normal announcement and failing at it, so let me start with a bench in Madrid instead.

Triage is an Obsidian plugin for resurfacing unprocessed notes in an Anki-style triage queue before they disappear into the vault.

Went to a couple of wine festivals in Tbilisi; the Zero Compromise natural wine festival was a highlight.

Often attributed to Gustav Mahler: Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.

Better Kanban Bases View is an Obsidian plugin that adds a focused Kanban layout to Bases.

TP-7 CLI is a Rust command-line tool for humans and agents to manage files on a Teenage Engineering TP-7 field recorder from macOS.

My rule for AI use is a border of interaction.

Watched the Artemis II launch live.

Things CLI is a short macOS command-line tool for managing Things 3 tasks from the terminal.

Metrics is an Obsidian plugin for viewing and editing structured metric records stored as plain *.metrics.ndjson files.

Vault Tasks is an Obsidian plugin that gathers Markdown tasks from across the vault into one organized view.

Made a leather-bound pillow guestbook with debossed covers—first attempt, and it actually worked!

Withingy CLI is a Go CLI for pulling Withings data from the terminal.

Whoopy CLI is an unofficial WHOOP data CLI written in Go.

Coding has taken off as a use case for AI because of the prior existence of mature tooling.

A simple jig for cutting clean 45-degree corners on book board.

Shot a photoshoot for a Rome-based collective with two friends (Thank you Kaiki and Rana!).

Universal Content Bundle is a proposal for a file format that packages any type of content (text, images, data, code, media) into a single self-describing bundle that humans, software, and AI agents can all read and work with.

Traveled to Hong Kong and Macau for New Year’s—my first time exploring the city.

Renewed focus on Rust and AI work.

Hello Walkers— Paper is a strange technology.

The modern world assumes you have a smartphone.

Dumb phones do not work.

Traveled to Fukushima for a weekend trip photographing autumn foliage and visited Sazaedo Temple, known for its double-helix spiral staircase architecture.

Plaintext Commons is a manifesto for keeping long-form knowledge in durable, human- and agent-friendly files.

Arrowhead (on GitHub) helps AI agents and command-line tools make sense of my Obsidian vault.

I kickstarted work on my first proper photobook intended for publishing.

Received the lost-in-mail Out of Memory Vol. 10 photobook after six weeks — turned out chunkier than expected.

Stamp CLI is my note-naming assistant for Plaintext Commons vaults and folders.

Published the Thermometer Panel for Jobo Systems guide.

Problem: Jobo CPE and CPP3 processors are great for home darkrooms, but their temperature monitoring isn’t as accurate as it should be for color development.

Designed and built a custom 4-probe thermometer panel for JOBO CPE-3 to achieve precise temperature control during C-41 film development Published V2 of the VNS adapter with improved baseplate design bringing film closer to light source Completed editing…

Hello Walkers— Right now, I’m nowhere near a sidewalk: I’m wedged into seat 29C, somewhere over Mongolia, on my fifteenth long-haul of the year.

Initiated the application process for a Canadian visa (I need one, as all Georgians do.)

Hello fellow walkers, tinkerers, and beautiful curious people.

Whether you’re a follower of Scronkfinkle or Pastus, AI-based tools are rapidly taking over the world.

Completed printing workprints for Out of Memory Vol. 7 and Vol. 8, including custom storage boxes—now only two volumes behind digital archive Designed and published a 40-roll rugged film storage box design Listed all my 4×5 and 6×17 lenses on Mercari as p…

The Problem: I bulk roll 200 feet of film for several of my black and white projects.

Made significant progress on Soma.app Participated in Tokyo Zine Fest with Lorenzo to promote Jinny Street Gallery Published The Flâneur No. 10: Gear, Gear, Gear‑Freeze!