Aerotropolis Counter Point

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Winston Smith

The danger is in the graft…and don’t share this article with Thomas Friedman. Spain Ghost Airports: Symbols of Boom Turned Bust But signs abound that Spain has not fully learned Continue Reading →

Weekend 188.0

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Winston Smith

(1) Magnetic Color Cubes® by The Orb Factory (2) Festival of colors (Design You Trust) (3) Birth by Sleep (KH 358/2) (3a) Disney Epic Mickey Digicomics (4) Television: Pan Am Continue Reading →

Weekend 187.0

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Winston Smith

“But if flight represents freedom, reinvention, and self-renewal—and barring all of that escape—then the terminal itself has evolved into something resembling a destination…They’re amnesiac places with no future and no Continue Reading →

Weekend 186.0

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Winston Smith

(1) Morris Mini Cooper S (Flickr) (2) The Terrifying Truth About New Technology: Do robots and Twitter make you nervous? Growing old is what you’re really afraid of (3) Kumho Continue Reading →

Connecticut Taxes

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Winston Smith

(1) Has Connecticut taken a hard turn to the left? (2) Connecticut About To Adopt Amazon Internet Sales Tax (2a) Tax Hikes On Cars, Planes, Jewelry and Drags In Connecticut Continue Reading →

Weekend 185.0 (Austin Edition)

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Winston Smith

(1) Austin Museum of Art (AMOA) (1a) GOOD DESIGN: stories from herman miller (2) Game On (Austin Monthly) – Short article about Richard Garriott (aka Lord British) and the video Continue Reading →

Weekend 184.0

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Winston Smith

(1) Coast to Coast in Eight Days (WSJ) (2) Lost in a World Without Roots (WSJ) (3) ‘Down and Dirty’ with the Disney Girl (4) A Macy’s branded bicycle? (5) Continue Reading →

Now your ageless bell…

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Winston Smith

“A date, being mere kronos, has no character. It is almost nothing. It is a one-dimensional line, the circumference. A line can have no color. Only kairos, only a two-dimensional Continue Reading →

Bikes and Books

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Winston Smith

(1) A bike ride through East Sussex (2) Are Books An Endangered Species? (3) PUBLIC D3 (WARNING: BIKE PRON) (4) To Lend or Not To Lend, That is the Question Continue Reading →

A.N.T. Part 1

Posted on May 21, 2011 by Winston Smith

Over a year ago I schlepped into NYC for Bespoke: The Handbuilt Bicycle at the Museum of Arts & Design. The exhibit featured bikes from six independent builders. My favorite Continue Reading →