Weekend 373.0

Posted on September 3, 2016 by Winston Smith

(1) I-75/University Parkway Diverging Diamond Interchange Design (YouTube) (2) Creator of Brompton folding bicycle steps down from company’s board – disgruntled at way business is run (This is Money) (3) Continue Reading →

Weekend 372.1

Posted on August 6, 2016 by Winston Smith

“So the little prince, in spite of all the good will that was inseparable from his love, had soon come to doubt her. He had taken seriously words which were 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 →

Weekend 371.0

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Winston Smith

(1) How miniature objects reveal bigger pictures (CBS This Morning)

Weekend 370.1

Posted on July 16, 2016 by Winston Smith

The apple tree in my backyard has rust. The good folks at the local nursery assure me it will survive, but I’m still devatsted nonetheless (no apples in the fall). Continue Reading →

Weekend 370.0

Posted on July 16, 2016 by Winston Smith

(1) After Brexit: the myth of post‑truth politics (spiked) “But perhaps the worst thing about the post-truth notion is the way it redefines politics. It makes politics like religion. Remainers, Continue Reading →

Weekend 369.0

Posted on July 9, 2016 by Winston Smith

I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections Or the beauty of innuendoes, The blackbird whistling Or just after. – Wallace Stevens “Do you wish to be Continue Reading →

Weekend 368.1

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Winston Smith

Rush hour in sepia #shareGCT by @anjanihr pic.twitter.com/TnEesprGZx — GrandCentralTerminal (@GrandCentralNYC) July 5, 2016 (1) New Yorkers can start using a secret subway tunnel under Central Park this December (Quartz) Continue Reading →

Weekend 368.0 (Independence Weekend)

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Winston Smith

(1) Liberal Cosmopolitans Lash Out at the Shattering of Their Worldview (National Review) “Liberal cosmopolitanism, regnant since the end of the Cold War, has bought completely into its own rightness. Continue Reading →

Weekend 367.0 (…why bounce around to the same d*** song)

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Winston Smith

(1) Brexit vote: It’s more American than you think (Washington Examiner) (2) Glenn Reynolds: Why politicians love cities (USA Today) (3) A quote from “The Lion and the Unicorn” by Continue Reading →

Limestone Roof

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

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