tehn @tehn@merveilles.town

#introduction

we live on a farm in a forest. we create sound machines and open source ecosystems at https://monome.org. we help build community at https://llllllll.co.

that's the short version.

it's a new day. hello.

walnut harvest time.

the last several years we've been getting walnuts direct from this extraordinary farm: https://mmorganics.com

owned by two women since 1997, organic, dry farmed, and the most incredible flavor.

we buy in bulk and distribute among local friends and freezers.

(i selfishly hesitated to share this link... they do run out.)

@oppen ariane is absolutely sublime--- the handling of images and sound is just perfect. my dream is that some day all of my digital viewing could be so elegant.

you're achieving beautiful, appropriate minimalism. all substance, with style.

respect!

eternal september.

looking for writing that goes beyond "code of conduct" (aka peace keeping) and more towards healthy community building.

getting a bunch of people together and saying "don't be jerks" doesn't make a strong or interesting community--- but the internet is in such a horrifying state that we've very much set the bar this low.

follow up: i didn't actually drink half the bottle, but still don't feel ok with the state of computers. i'll maybe elaborate later. or maybe just go outside.

on a positive note, we watched a phenomenal film: housekeeping (1987)

simply trying to transfer some video
from my phone to my computer
without a fucking cloud service
should not make me need
to drink a half a bottle of tequila
to make me feel ok about
how far we've fallen

just had a transcendent session field recording in the woods which was somewhat interrupted by a predictable sudden fixation with designing a better field recorder.

certainly, i enjoy some elements of designing things--- but i wouldn't be sad if i didn't feel compelled to redesign things--- if more objects and tools in my life were simply elementally perfect for their task. a few that have won this distinction:

iron teapot, japanese knife, scythe

aerc mail, yes

"It is our very creativity, our extraordinary ability as a species to organize ourselves to solve problems collectively, that leads us into a trap from which there is no escaping. Complexity is 'insidious,' in Tainter’s words. 'It grows by small steps, each of which seems reasonable at the time.' And then the world starts to fall apart, and you wonder how you got there."

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/04/magazine/societal-collapse.html

nnn file manager, yes

deeply recommend this read--- please ignore the title as it's fundamentally not about trump, but a winding beautiful synthesis ranging from early internet culture, illuminati, qanon, hunter s. thompson, gnosticism... and the point: a proper definition of fascism.

and the accompanying art is astonishing.

https://evergreenreview.com/read/donald-trumps-operation-mindfuck/

chop firewood

reality tunnel of love

image from all hallows, considered putting it back on today

ansi memory lane https://16colo.rs/