Weekend 217.0
(1) Orchidelirium: Blooming on everything from fabric to fine china, orchids are the season’s most intoxicating flowers (WSJ) (2) Is it worth buying British bikes? (3) The Man Behind the Continue Reading →
(1) Orchidelirium: Blooming on everything from fabric to fine china, orchids are the season’s most intoxicating flowers (WSJ) (2) Is it worth buying British bikes? (3) The Man Behind the Continue Reading →
(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 →
Apologies for the BLOG maintenance. Still testing WP install and updates. Done for the weekend. I just need to create a CUSTOM 404 but need an assist from my creative Continue Reading →
(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 →
I was in NYC on Saturday to demo and purchase a Brompton from NYCeWheels. I spent half the demo trying to fold and unfold the bike and probably looked like Continue Reading →
ritratto pietra (1) The War Without a Loser (WSJ) (2) Olympics fever will help to make 2012 the year of the bike (3) Colouroids // Illustrations by Kevin Dart (3a) Continue Reading →
First ride of 2012! It was mostly an excuse to test the installation of a Brooks Flyer Saddle. I rode to the post office and stopped for coffee. I had Continue Reading →
The proprietor of Limestone Roof doesn’t want to stay a monk forever and is prone to look at pretty dresses from time-to-time (and not for myself) AND the Bike Lane Continue Reading →
Yeah. I’ve added a category for tires/tyres because of my obsession with vulcanized rubber. Photographs of tires/tyres for me are like hi-res food shots to foodies. I watched Tokyo Story Continue Reading →
(1) Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1373 (2) Fantastic hyperrealistic oil paintings by Steve Mills (3) Ways to Manage an Image (WSJ) (3a) The Art and Soul of Disney (4) Jean Nouvel: Continue Reading →