Weekend 220.1

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Winston Smith

(1) I would run to you (advertisement for NIKE) (1a) Joel Kotkin: The Great California Exodus (WSJ) (2) Suddenly Simple: Authentic, organic and local isn’t just about your food—American minimalist Continue Reading →

Weekend 219.0

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Winston Smith

So let us go forward quietly, each on his own path, forever making for the light. – Vincent Van Gogh (1) How cities fail their cyclists in different ways (2) Continue Reading →

Weekend 218.0 (Monuments out of moments)

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Winston Smith

(1) Espousing the Marriage to Slowness (WSJ) This rhythm ricochets through “Collected Poems,” the complete sentence yielding to a sequence of fragments. The grammar impedes the action, performing the “marriage Continue Reading →

Weekend 216.0

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Winston Smith

(1) How To Be Creative (WSJ) (2) The London Oratory (2a) @LondonOrat – “We must pray incessantly for the gift of perseverance.” (3) The Story of The Famous Poster – Continue Reading →

Weekend 215.0 (Inventors Edition)

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Winston Smith

(1) The Nucleus of the Digital Age: In pursuit of hydrogen bombs, a math genius and a brilliant tinkerer in Princeton developed the modern computer (WSJ) (2) A related quote Continue Reading →

Speed of sound…

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Winston Smith

“But indifference is not a virtue. And neutrality is not a value. A cool box building has no place in this world–the world is enriched not by neutrality or indifference, Continue Reading →

Weekend 214.0 (Almost)

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Winston Smith

(1) The scan is from The Art of the The Secret World of Arrietty. I can’t scan the entire book BUT will add the abandoned gazebo (not tea house) in Continue Reading →

Weekend 213.1 (Memento mori)

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Winston Smith

(1) A Supreme Confidence: A level-headed leader of men and nations—Eisenhower is revered today by both conservatives and liberals (WSJ) “Despite the spate of revisionist histories in recent decades, Eisenhower Continue Reading →

Weekend 212.2

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Winston Smith

(1) Where Time and the Timeless Intersect (WSJ) (2) “The moral, as I take it, is that sometimes you have to leave home for a while in order to recognize Continue Reading →

Weekend 212.1