The Lab Report for May 22, 2026. WWDC26 invites are out and the keynote is locked for June 8…
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Asteroid City – My Obsidian Theme
A while back I started fiddling with Obsidian’s CSS to make my vault feel less like a dev tool and more like a place I actually wanted to spend time in. The result is Asteroid City, named after the Wes Anderson film…
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The Lab Report for May 15, 2026
This week the Lab Report opens with a tour of the new MacSparky Circle Community. Labs members are already inside, the Discord is winding down, and a public Field Notes space is where I’ll be cross-posting everything plus the works in progress…
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TRMNL X for Status Dashboards
A while back I showed you my little TRMNL e-ink display in the kitchen. The bigger sibling, the TRMNL X, just arrived…
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Testing Typer
I’ve heard from a lot of you who are curious about AI but don’t want to deal with the cloud. You’ve been asking for a recommendation for a good local model app for the Mac…
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The Lab Report for May 8, 2026
Apple posted its best March quarter ever this week. Revenue hit $111.2 billion, up 17% year over year, with iPhone 17 demand Tim Cook called “off the charts.”…
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Lab Report — May 1, 2026
The iOS 26.5 update is nearly here — the last of the 26-series releases before WWDC. It brings monthly subscription billing to the App Store, end-to-end RCS encryption, and a new Suggested Places feature in Apple Maps.
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Deep Dive – Robot Assistant + NotePlan
This month’s Labs Deep Dive was about moving your Robot Assistant setup from Obsidian to NotePlan…
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Sparky’s Automated Blinds
I added new smart blinds to the studio. They open at sunrise, close at 4 p.m. when the afternoon sun hits my desk, and I can shut them with a voice command on my way out…
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Q2 2026 Quarter Planning Meetup
Every quarter I get together with Pathfinder members to work through the quarterly review and planning process. This is the Q2 2026 session.
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