Mine In Mono

A personal weblog by Robert, a Christian, aspiring minimalist, inveterate notetaker, budget audiophile and paper airplane mechanic.

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  • Omarchy

    37Signals tries its hand at making an operating system for devs.

  • Tangled Up In Chaos

    A few days ago, I received a plea in my normal email from the media outlet Tangle. The last six months have been a difficult time for media outlets. Overwhelmed by the news, many readers and listeners are tuning out. Those who are staying up to date are increasingly relying on artificial intelligence round-ups to…

  • Falling On My Sword

    In honor of Tops’ new album Bury The Key being released yesterday, I’m featuring one of the tracks, “Falling On My Sword,” as the Saturday Night Video this week.  “Falling On My Sword” is my favorite among the early singles from this LP and probably the one that most closely matches the 70’s prog rock-inspired cover art.…

  • Of Human Bondage

    Breaking bread with the dead in film and books.

  • Perfect Days

    I finally got around to watching Wim Wenders Perfect Days, in which it must be said that the city of Tokyo is as much a character as any of the actors. The beautiful, future-forward and unusual toilets which protagonist Hirayama has to clean for his meager living make many appearances. They set the stage for…

  • No Respect

    A slice of comedy in the eighties.

  • Rad Dad Redemption

    I’ve temporarily lost my cool dad status. Despite my son’s well-planned and executed request (in which he invoked his “mental, physical and emotional health”) to be able to purchase Red Dead: Online, I refused to let him have anything to do with it. Red Dead: Online is the networked version of the Red Dead Redemption…

  • Sacred Alaska Is So Much Further Than Lincoln Nebraska

    Faith in the frozen North.

  • I Don’t Know

    The death of Ozzy Osbourne seems like the perfect opportunity to highlight an up-and-coming doom metal band.

  • Laura Groves – Sky At Night

    Though Laura Groves “Sky At Night” was released as part of her album *Radio Red* in 2023, it may be my favorite “new to me” song this year.