Weekend 303.0 “Lars Porsena of Clusium”

Posted on June 14, 2014 by Winston Smith

(1) When a Monarch Calls It Quits: A history of royal abdication, from Tarquin the Proud in 509 B.C. to Juan Carlos of Spain (WSJ – Registration Required) (2) Artists’ Long Continue Reading →

Weekend 301.0 (Memorial Day Weekend)

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Winston Smith

My sister always lends me great books and she found a real gem with In Unfamiliar England by Thos D. Murphy. Only forty pages invested, and there’s already been references Continue Reading →

Weekend 289.0

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Winston Smith

(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 →

Weekend 286.0

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Winston Smith

(1) Brompton aims to boost sales in New York (2) Why bike sharing benefits everyone (even if you already own a bike) (3) Masdar: the shifting goalposts of Abu Dhabi’s Continue Reading →

Weekend 284.0

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Winston Smith

(1) A resort train winds through Kyushu (NHKWorld) (2) Model R.R. (Pop Pop)

Weekend 279.0 (Post Con/Abridged)

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Winston Smith

(1) Disney to Release Space Mountain Graphic Novel with Gorgeous Kelley Jones Art (1a) The Guy Who Created Star Tours and Splash Mountain: Disney Legend and former Imagineering executive Tony Continue Reading →

Weekend 276.0

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Winston Smith

Nice weekend in the northeast (weather-wise). Was able to bike a bit and noticed that the abandoned Free Spirit at the train station has been robbed of its tyres. My Continue Reading →

Weekend 274.0 (Baskets Encouraged)

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Winston Smith

Finished A History of Capitalism According to the Jubilee Line by John O’Farrell and The 32 Stops by Danny Dorling. The latter is a clever work using facts to provide Continue Reading →

Weekend 273.0 (Train-spotters)

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Winston Smith

(1) A quote from What We Talk About When We Talk About The Tube (The District Line) by John Lanechester “When you start researching the Underground, you soon realize there’s Continue Reading →

Weekend 272.2 (…the Roman Road aslant the eastern border)

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Winston Smith

Going biking now (must remember sunblock today…my arms look like lobster claws). (1) A quote from A Good Parcel of English Soil (The Metropolitan Line) by Richard Mabey “But the Continue Reading →

Limestone Roof

Our history now descends from a kingdom of gold to one of iron and rust.

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