Weekend 291.0
(1) A Good Book Is a Good Friend (The Huffington Post) (2) How Real is Spike Jonze’s ‘Her’? Artificial Intelligence Experts Weigh In (WSJ) (2a) Tech Time Warp of the Continue Reading →
Author Archives: Winston Smith
Weekend 290.0 [And this is my deputy, McMillan and Wife.]
(1) Playmobil celebrates 40th anniversary with special edition products (Toy News) (1a) ITVS GE signs with Playmobil for Super 4 animation (2) The fructose kingpin. Photo by Kristin H. (3) Continue Reading →
Trappist Monks
(1) Monks in Spencer launch brewery (Boston Globe) Credit: Catherine A
Weekend 289.0
(1) The map that saved the London Underground (BBC) (2) How to Save Detroit: The Motor City needs help. Why not turn it into Hong Kong? (WSJ) (2a) Foundations Aim Continue Reading →
New Year’s Day 2014
Any predictions (bold or otherwise)? Resolutions or regrets? One of my resolutions for 2014 is to work on more creative projects. On that note… Just launched Playmobil365. The site is Continue Reading →
Weekend 288.0
(1) These 20 Pictures Of Expo 67 Will Leave You Speechless. There Are No Words (1a) ‘Norman Bel Geddes: I Have Seen the Future’ (WSJ) (2) As City Cycling Grows, Continue Reading →
Christmas Day 2013
“What’s lost is nothing to what’s found, and all the death that ever was, set next to life, would scarcely fill a cup.” — Frederick Buechner
2013 Christmas Poem (by Mum)
HOST OF DAYS I watched a gyre of leaves…caught up in a rustling spin When admidst the whirl…a bird broke free Minding me to look within. I long embraced the Continue Reading →
Weekend 287.0 (New England Snow)
Should have saved that Chris Ware scan for this weekend! It’s snowing in New England and I’m scrambling to find a Wall Street Journal.
Wednesday Delivery!
A PUBLIC basket full of #flowers. #PublicBikes #bicycle #bikeporn #bikebasket http://t.co/givewBmSPd — PUBLIC Bikes (@PUBLICBikes) December 11, 2013 (1) Town receives grant for road enhancements (Fairfield-Sun) (2) The top 5 Continue Reading →