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Wide city street with faded lane lines and utility spray. Laser cut metal pavilion in front of under-construction house.

#416: Makers Mod Their Tools

Two consciousnesses and a hallmark of a maker.

Feb 18 2024
Holding between fingers a maple leaf, green center radiating to red, still connected to branch.

#410: Catnip for Perfectionists

On reorganizing my workshop.

Nov 20 2023

#389: Working with Your Hands

On tools, machines, and materiality.

Feb 05 2023
Tied Arch Bridge getting ready to be moved over I-94. Red cranes and tracks, Fisher Building in background.

#374: On AI-Assisted Writing

Cybernetic hero journeys and “artists” vs “creators”.

Jul 25 2022
Black and white. Sleeping pup at foot of bed. Julia on laptop, out of focus.

#363: Tools and Platforms

Defining, discerning between the two.

Mar 20 2022

#319: Wendell Berry’s Tiny Little No

On rules for adopting new technology.

Dec 13 2020
Black and white. Smokies through a clearing of trees.

#316: A Marvel, An Obfuscation

Thoughts on developing film.

Oct 19 2020
Harvesting first leaves from the garden.

#308: Three Meditations on Tools

Hara's knives, Steinbeck's pencils, and more thoughts on exactness.

Jun 01 2020
A sleeping pup.

#306: Writing with Steinbeck

Finding camaraderie in John Steinbeck’s East of Eden journal.

May 10 2020
Sunset with silhouetted trees, through paned windows.

#305: The Exactness of Tools

Garden work, technological toolkits, and revisiting story charts.

May 03 2020
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