https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/ Films, books, music, objects, systems, and culture by Mattias Camner. en Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/le-samourai.html https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/le-samourai.html Le Samouraï is a note on Jean-Pierre Melville's 1967 film — solitude, ritual, the professional who has made silence into a system. Mattias Camner Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/zippo.html https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/zippo.html Zippo Lighter is a note on the mechanism from Bradford, Pennsylvania — unchanged since 1932, still repairable, still windproof by design. Mattias Camner Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/victorinox-farmer.html https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/victorinox-farmer.html Victorinox Farmer is a note on the Swiss Army knife built around actual work — saw, blade, reamer, nothing decorative. Mattias Camner Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/stiletto.html https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/stiletto.html Stiletto Knife is a note on Italian geometry, spring-loaded — the blade as the complete argument, nothing else needed. Mattias Camner Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/sony-tcd5m.html https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/sony-tcd5m.html Sony TC-D5M is a note on the professional portable cassette recorder — metal construction, VU meters, tape, and no abstraction between the operator and the sound. Mattias Camner Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/macbook-air-m4.html https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/macbook-air-m4.html MacBook Air M4 is a note on the machine that stopped being a compromise — silent, thin, and capable enough to stay. Mattias Camner Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/lamy-2000.html https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/lamy-2000.html Lamy 2000 is a note on the pen designed in 1966 that decided what a pen should be for the next fifty years. Mattias Camner Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/jlc-reverso.html https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/jlc-reverso.html Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso is a note on the 1931 watch designed around a constraint — the case that flips to protect itself. Mattias Camner Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/fender-stratocaster.html https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/fender-stratocaster.html Custom Fender Stratocaster is a note on a working instrument built around feel — the most copied design in electric guitar history, built right the first time. Mattias Camner Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/drakes-donkey-chore.html https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/drakes-donkey-chore.html Drake's Donkey Chore is a note on the British workwear jacket that looks worse new and better old — material that accumulates rather than degrades. Mattias Camner Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/camaro-1967.html https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/camaro-1967.html Chevrolet Camaro 1967 is a note on the first-generation pony car — long hood, short deck, steel drawn before it was decorated. Mattias Camner Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/arkangel.html https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/arkangel.html Arkangel is a note on James Rollins, Sigma Force, myth, archives, Arctic pressure, and the machinery of the global thriller. Mattias Camner Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/first-blood.html https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/first-blood.html First Blood is a note on David Morrell's 1972 novel, survival, trauma, authority, pursuit, and violence after war. Mattias Camner Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/machine-room.html https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/machine-room.html A note on local computation, owned infrastructure, and the philosophy of keeping real work on your own hardware. Mattias Camner Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/brave-new-world.html https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/brave-new-world.html Brave New World is a note on Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel, comfort, conditioning, pleasure, stability, and the quiet violence of a frictionless world. Mattias Camner Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/good-time.html https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/good-time.html Good Time is a note on the Safdie brothers' 2017 film, panic, brotherhood, neon, bad decisions, and momentum without escape. Mattias Camner Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/coolthing.html https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/coolthing.html coolThing is a note on a repository for retro web experiments, local tools, Mega Movie, Mega Guitar, Mega Now, and browser interfaces with backend weight. Mattias Camner Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/unknown-pleasures.html https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/unknown-pleasures.html Unknown Pleasures is a note on Joy Division's 1979 album, post-punk, isolation, minimalism, and a room that will not let you leave. Mattias Camner Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/kill-em-all.html https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/kill-em-all.html Kill 'Em All is a note on Metallica's 1983 debut, speed, energy, thrash, and the moment before polish. Mattias Camner Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/crime-von-schirach.html https://mcamner.github.io/mcamner-journal/posts/crime-von-schirach.html Crime is a note on Ferdinand von Schirach's short cases, law, justice, morality, and complete worlds in miniature. Mattias Camner Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000