Weekend 486.3

Posted on April 5, 2021 by Winston Smith

“Eyes like starlight through the darkness…” A couple of days of walking and biking is like this song from Howard Jones beginning at 2:30. (1) The Four Seasons: Summer by Continue Reading →

Weekend 484.1

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Winston Smith

(1) Feeling the strain: stress and anxiety weigh on world’s workers (Financial Times) (1a) Biden sleepwalks into a stagflation nightmare (Asia Times) (2) Brompton Bicycle “I’m getting on” by Antidote Continue Reading →

Weekend 454.0

Posted on November 10, 2019 by Winston Smith

A couple of quotes from Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History by Roy Adkins and Lesley Adkins: “Previously governor of Greenwich Hospital, Hardy† had earlier in the year been Continue Reading →

Southampton

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Winston Smith

Concluding my three city swing (Austin, Portland, and Southampton) with another list. What’s surprisingly missing from this one is anything White Star Line / Titanic related. I was in Southampton Continue Reading →

Weekend 432.2

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Winston Smith

It’s not really a trilogy but I suggest watching (1) Darkest Hour, (2) Dunkirk, and (3) Their Finest all together (in that order). If history isn’t your cup of tea…how about Continue Reading →

Weekend 421.0

Posted on May 12, 2018 by Winston Smith

“User anonymity and free speech would become things of the past. The moment IOI took it over, the OASIS would cease to be the open-source virtual utopia I’d grown up Continue Reading →

Weekend 388.0

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Winston Smith

(1) World’s Fair Beer Relaunches With a New Recipe (Knoxville Mercury) (2) Will the high-tech cities of the future be utterly lonely? (The Week)

Weekend 382.1

Posted on February 26, 2017 by Winston Smith

(1) The British Castle—A Symbol in Stone / Friday, April 7, 2017 – Sunday, August 6, 2017 (Yale Center for British Art) (2) Creative Space: Jane Smith

Endless River

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Winston Smith

(1) Two quotes from Sir Winston Churchill: “…whatever the worries of the hour or the threats of the future once the picture has begun to flow along…they pass out into Continue Reading →

Weekend 372.0 (…it’s worth trying to explain in picture…)

Posted on August 5, 2016 by Winston Smith

(1) Friday A/V Club: What We Left at the World’s Fair: John Crowley and Jason Robards look back at a festival of social planning (1a) The World of Tomorrow 1/6 Continue Reading →

Limestone Roof

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

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