⚡ 15FEB2026: Stolen by a serial thief
Reading newsletters as a newspaper, a carry-on bag that really sucks, Japanese watches, my new calendar app, and film photography fun.
Happy Sunday everyone!
This week, I've been getting amped watching the Spider-Noir trailer, really hoping that this new Samurai armor company is real and not AI slop, swooning over these gorgeous Otsuka Lotec watches, admiring this timelapse of how the production crew set up the entire set for the incredible Bad Bunny halftime show in just 7 minutes, and rooting for this 35mm Panoramic SLR Camera project on Kickstarter (thanks Ya Wassim!).
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On to the Good Stuff:
🧳 BlackVoyage Air Carry-on Bag - This is a really clever roller bag setup that features built-in vacuum bags for compressing your effects down to the smallest possible volume. Apart from its core gimmick, it's also got a bunch of premium/fancy features like a built-in battery and wheel locks.
⌨️ ProtoArc XK04 Mini Keyboard - My iPad Mini was stolen by a serial thief in our neighborhood (my daughter), and I've been thinking I'd get another one whenever they come out with a refresh. This is probably the keyboard I'll grab to go with it. It folds up super tiny to just 5.7" x 4" (14.5cm x 10cm), but connects to up to 3 devices via Bluetooth and supports iOS, iPadOS, and Android, and seemingly has pretty decently clicky scissor switches. Not bad for ~$25-$30.
📰 Analog Reader - Analog Reader is kinda genius— it aggregates all your most favorite newsletter sources (ahem) into a beautiful, printable newspaper that you can physically print and read or load onto an e-reader device for a beautifully formatted, distraction-free reading experience. They've even got a roadmap to eventually offer printing and mailing services, so you can get your custom newspaper in the mail each week.
📷 FilmMeter for iOS - FilmMeter is an all-in-one film photographer's companion app. For film lovers, it lets you track what film stocks you're using in which cameras, when you loaded them, what shots you've taken on the roll, and more. For everyone else, the app also offers real-time light metering, LiDAR distance measurement, flash calculation, and focal length previews with different camera and lens presets. It's got me inspired to send my old film camera rig in for a CLA in time for some summer shooting.
📆 Dot for MacOS - I've been growing increasingly dissatisfied with Fantastical, and have finally found the perfect replacement in Dot, a newly launched indie calendar app. It lives in the menu bar, has great natural language processing (i.e. it will turn "Call with Bobby on Friday at 2pm" into a calendar event), and is highly customizable to look and act in a way that's most useful for you. I will say it is not a full calendar replacement (like Fantastical is); you will still need to set up your calendar accounts via the native Mac calendar app, but this is a really great way to get things done in the calendar.
That's it for this week— May you rediscover a favorite book from your youth and read it in an all-new light.