diff --git a/components/portfolio/CommandPalette.tsx b/components/portfolio/CommandPalette.tsx
index eb3aa76..4dd12e9 100644
--- a/components/portfolio/CommandPalette.tsx
+++ b/components/portfolio/CommandPalette.tsx
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ export function CommandPalette() {
         <p className="section-label">COMMAND PALETTE</p>
         <Command.Input
           autoFocus
-          placeholder="Type a command or search the blacksite..."
+          placeholder="Command…"
           className="mt-3 w-full bg-transparent font-mono text-base text-blacksite-text outline-none placeholder:text-blacksite-muted focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-signal-cyan sm:text-lg"
         />
       </div>
diff --git a/components/portfolio/FieldNotes.tsx b/components/portfolio/FieldNotes.tsx
index 02f61ba..b9eafd8 100644
--- a/components/portfolio/FieldNotes.tsx
+++ b/components/portfolio/FieldNotes.tsx
@@ -23,16 +23,11 @@ export function FieldNotes({ posts }: FieldNotesProps) {
   return (
     <section
       id="notes"
-      className="border-y border-blacksite-line bg-blacksite-bg2 px-4 py-24 text-blacksite-text sm:px-6 lg:px-8"
+      className="border-y border-blacksite-line bg-blacksite-bg2 px-6 py-28 text-blacksite-text sm:px-8 sm:py-36 lg:px-12"
     >
       <div className="mx-auto max-w-7xl">
-        <div className="mb-10 max-w-4xl">
-          <div>
-            <p className="section-label mb-3">FIELD NOTES /.04</p>
-            <h2 className="font-display text-4xl font-semibold tracking-[-0.04em] text-blacksite-text sm:text-6xl">
-              Blog telemetry from the archive.
-            </h2>
-          </div>
+        <div className="mb-12">
+          <p className="section-label">FIELD NOTES /.06</p>
         </div>
 
         {recentPosts.length > 0 ? (
@@ -71,15 +66,7 @@ export function FieldNotes({ posts }: FieldNotesProps) {
           </>
         ) : (
           <div className="border border-dashed border-blacksite-line bg-blacksite-surface/45 p-8 sm:p-10">
-            <p className="section-label mb-5 !text-blacksite-text">
-              NO FIELD NOTES ON RECORD — ARCHIVE OPENS SOON
-            </p>
-            <Link
-              href="/blog/"
-              className="section-label inline-flex rounded-md border border-blacksite-line px-4 py-3 !text-blacksite-text transition-colors hover:border-signal-cyan/70 hover:!text-signal-cyan focus-visible:outline-signal-cyan"
-            >
-              All field notes →
-            </Link>
+            <p className="section-label !text-blacksite-text">ARCHIVE EMPTY</p>
           </div>
         )}
       </div>