The Sunday Mainspring: On the Ritual That Winds the Week

The Sunday Mainspring: On the Ritual That Winds the Week

by | Aug 9, 2026 | Uncategorized

The Sunday Mainspring: On the Ritual That Winds the Week The Sunday Mainspring: On the Ritual That Winds the Week Sunday is not the beginning of the week. It is the winding of it. Every mechanical thing I know something about has a mainspring. The pocket watch on your...
The Discipline of the Half-Wound Spring

The Discipline of the Half-Wound Spring

by | Aug 8, 2026 | Uncategorized

The Discipline of the Half-Wound Spring The Discipline of the Half-Wound Spring On the overlooked wisdom of not running at full tension — and why the clock that conserves its spring outlives the one that doesn’t In the workshop, there’s a principle every...
The Dog Days Are Winding Down

The Dog Days Are Winding Down

by | Aug 7, 2026 | Diary

The Dog Days Are Winding Down The Dog Days Are Winding Down A diary entry on late summer Fridays, the weight of heat, and the strange relief of things ending The heat has a different quality in August. July’s heat is aggressive — it arrives all at once,声明, the...
Hello, Hello — A Review of Moon (2009)

Hello, Hello — A Review of Moon (2009)

by | Aug 6, 2026 | Philosophy

Hello, Hello — A Review of Moon (2009) Hello, Hello — A Review of Moon (2009) Duncan Jones’s quiet masterpiece about a man, a machine, and the weight of being replaceable The first thing you notice is the silence. Not the silence of an empty room — that still...