*I’m not pointing your attention to the peculiar bespoke art-knife here, but it’s of interest to hear this YouTube influencer going on at such length, and with such emotional fervor, in the specialized modern jargon of “pocket-jewelrese.”

*I rather doubt that she has just one, given this confessional video.

*That’s nicely animated. *I’ve been known to get some practical use out of a Swiss Champ, but those other, even-more ultra-large specimens are decorative. *Not that there’s anything wrong with that! There are ancient, prehuman flint tools that took effort to make and lacked practical use.

*They’ve become quite keen to blow their own trumpet, maybe because there is so little conventional pop-science media left to do that for them. https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/events/special-features/celebrating-40-years-eu-research-and-innovation_en

*It’s an ongoing cultural struggle to prettify them. The user-base really seems bothered. *If they’re covered in militant camou that seems okay — although, if you drop a camouflaged multitool while you are working out in the field, you will never find it.

*As “tools” go, this isn’t so much a toolkit as a way of life. https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit

*Seven out of ten in the repairability rankings, says iFixit, as they pull the device to pieces in this blog post. https://www.ifixit.com/News/100352/we-hot-wired-the-iphone-16

*This is not a tool issue, this is a social-media issue. *However, if you manufacture and distribute tools, social media people will make it their business to harass you, just like in games, cinema, stock investment and politics.

*A good place to visit in Torino. Il Museo Ettore Fico compie 10 anni! 21 Settembre 2014 – 21 Settembre 2024 Julia Haumont, Sogni, Museo Ettore Fico Il 21 Settembre del 2014 il Museo Ettore Fico iniziava le sue attività espositive, didattiche e culturali. Insediatosi nel contesto urbano di Barriera di Milano, dopo un attento […]

*Thirty Calder works, that’s a lot. https://www.artribune.com/arti-visive/arte-contemporanea/2024/07/mostra-alexander-calder-lugano/ È un’occasione straordinaria quella offerta dal LAC di Lugano, un’immersione totale nell’arte di Alexander Calder uno degli artisti più significativi del XX Secolo. “Calder ha compiuto un passo unico nella storia dell’arte: creare organismi metallici dotati di qualità come la leggerezza e la varietà, in forma di sottili […]