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Author: David Eisinger <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:52:21 -0500
Add book reference
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diff --git a/content/journal/dispatch-45-november-2026/index.md b/content/journal/dispatch-45-november-2026/index.md
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ references:
url: https://evilmartians.com/chronicles/introducing-overmind-and-hivemind
date: 2026-11-08T04:54:46Z
file: evilmartians-com-yestli.txt
+- title: "Analog Office - What We're Reading These Days at the Analog Office"
+ url: https://analogoffice.net/2026/11/05/what-were-reading-these-days.html
+ date: 2026-11-10T05:51:09Z
+ file: analogoffice-net-sthyzr.txt
- title: "Slower Living Club: A field guide to disconnecting and the life that opens up"
url: https://slowerliving.club/
date: 2026-11-08T03:43:43Z
@@ -98,39 +102,40 @@ Here's a fun weekend hack. I read [a post][7] about loading [KOreader][8] onto a
### Reading & Listening
* Fiction: [_The Thrice-Bound Fool_][13], Christopher Buehlman
-* Non-fiction: [_The Art of Organizing Thoughts_][14], Shigehiko Toyama
-* Music: [_Soft Bulletin_][15], Flaming Lips
+* Non-fiction: [_The Art of Organizing Thoughts_][14], Shigehiko Toyama ([via][15])
+* Music: [_Soft Bulletin_][16], Flaming Lips
[12]: https://www.bandlab.com/mastering
[13]: https://christopherbuehlmanauthor.com/book/the-thrice-bound-fool/
[14]: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/837511/the-art-of-organizing-thoughts-by-shigehiko-toyama/
-[15]: https://shop.darksiderecords.com/products/flaming-lips-soft-bulletin
+[15]: https://analogoffice.net/2026/11/05/what-were-reading-these-days.html
+[16]: https://shop.darksiderecords.com/products/flaming-lips-soft-bulletin
### Links
-* [Slower Living Club: A field guide to disconnecting and the life that opens up][16]
+* [Slower Living Club: A field guide to disconnecting and the life that opens up][17]
> How to be less online, and what to do with the time you get back.
-* [Most people are conservative | /dev/urandom's dev site][17]
+* [Most people are conservative | /dev/urandom's dev site][18]
> One of my strongly-held opinions, and one that helps understand a lot about both politics and real life, is that most people are conservative. This is distinct from as being a conservative in the way that those who want to deport undocumented immigrants or pay as little taxes as possible or allow prayer in schools are, but rather simply that (aside from whichever issues happen to specifically matter to that specific person) most people want things to generally stay the same or slightly improve, and not be bothered otherwise.
-* [Vivek Ramaswamy Is Going After The Abusive Parent Vote | Defector][18]
+* [Vivek Ramaswamy Is Going After The Abusive Parent Vote | Defector][19]
> Some of that is ideological, but a great deal of it is just reflex. Trump, who only understands things in terms of size and leverage, would personally identify with that predation and the worldview behind it; he's made his life out of that. But Trump would also choose abuser over abused because he would not ever want to be confused for the weaker half of any binary. Trump would identify, instantly and instinctively, with the person doing the most harm, because they would seem to him to be winning.
-* [The Brand Ledger | Worse on Purpose][19] ([via][20])
+* [The Brand Ledger | Worse on Purpose][20] ([via][21])
> Tracking the brands that got worse on purpose — and the ones that didn't. The Brand Ledger tracks 466 brands, from the tools in your garage to the pans in your kitchen. Who owns them, what they used to be, whether they're still worth buying. Updated as things change.
-* [Vibe coding is turning the music gear world upside down | The Verge][21]
+* [Vibe coding is turning the music gear world upside down | The Verge][22]
> These sorts of custom firmware were exceedingly rare in the pre-LLM days and required both deep expertise and an incredible investment of time. It could take weeks or months to add a simple feature like velocity sensitivity to a Korg Volca. Now, hobbyist hackers are able to turn Temu synths into full-fledged grooveboxes in a matter of days.
-[16]: https://slowerliving.club/
-[17]: https://devurandom.xyz/thoughts/most_people_are_conservative/
-[18]: https://defector.com/vivek-ramaswamy-is-going-after-the-abusive-parent-vote
-[19]: https://ledger.worseonpurpose.com/
-[20]: https://kottke.org/26/11/0049940-a-growing-list-of-brands-
-[21]: https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/1013493/vibe-coding-ai-music-gear-hacking-custom-firmware
+[17]: https://slowerliving.club/
+[18]: https://devurandom.xyz/thoughts/most_people_are_conservative/
+[19]: https://defector.com/vivek-ramaswamy-is-going-after-the-abusive-parent-vote
+[20]: https://ledger.worseonpurpose.com/
+[21]: https://kottke.org/26/11/0049940-a-growing-list-of-brands-
+[22]: https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/1013493/vibe-coding-ai-music-gear-hacking-custom-firmware
diff --git a/static/archive/analogoffice-net-sthyzr.txt b/static/archive/analogoffice-net-sthyzr.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+[1]Analog Office
+
+ • [2]Home
+ • [3]Subscribe
+ • [4]Archive
+ • [5]About
+ • [6]Bookshelf
+ • [7]Contact
+ • [8]Ask a Question
+ • [9]Office Holders
+ • [10]"How To" Directory
+ • [11]Support
+ • [12]Search
+
+What We're Reading These Days at the Analog Office
+
+Here at the Analog Office, we are looking forward to reading You Don’t Need a
+Smartphone, by August Lamm, and The Art of Organizing Thoughts: Slow Wisdom for
+a Fast World, by Shigehiko Toyama.
+
+Both authors expand on the value of using paper for your thoughts, and share
+the ways they are using notebooks, envelopes, index cards, paper maps, etc.
+
+Even though I haven’t read these books yet, I did flip through the pages of the
+books in the bookstore, and that is how I knew they discuss paper in the kind
+of lush, sensory detail I am looking for.
+
+Speaking of lush, sensory details, one of the greatest sounds in the world is
+the sound of pages in a book going flip, flip, flip, as you search through them
+for whatever you were looking for.
+
+Or the crinkling of a paper map. And then the low mutter of sotto voce salty
+language rising to pained shouts as you and your passenger-navigator realize
+the paper map was upside down, and you just missed the exit, and the next exit
+is 17 miles away. And now everyone in the car is late.
+
+Tbh I don’t miss using paper maps while driving at all.
+
+two books, side by side
+*****
+Written on 5 November 2026
+ © 2026 Anna Havron. All rights reserved. Website hosted by [13]micro.blog
+
+References:
+
+[1] https://analogoffice.net/
+[2] https://analogoffice.net/
+[3] https://analogoffice.net/subscribe/
+[4] https://analogoffice.net/archive/
+[5] https://analogoffice.net/about/
+[6] https://analogoffice.net/books/
+[7] https://analogoffice.net/contact/
+[8] https://analogoffice.net/advice/
+[9] https://analogoffice.net/office-holders/
+[10] https://analogoffice.net/how-to-directory/
+[11] https://analogoffice.net/support/
+[12] https://analogoffice.net/search/
+[13] https://micro.blog/
