Weekend 648.0 (…things are upside down and in the air.)

Posted on August 2, 2025 by Winston Smith

(1) Inside Brompton: a pioneering provider of folding bicycles for fifty years (Wallpaper) (2) History has a rhythm and this is eerily relevant. A quote from The Brothers York: An Continue Reading →

Weekend 647.0 (…the pigment that colors the eyes of the lovers that betray you.)

Posted on July 25, 2025 by Winston Smith

(1) Reading With Jane Austen (The Imaginative Conservative) (2) The Great Bullion Famine: When Europe’s money ran out (Glint) (2a) A quote from The Brothers York by Thomas Penn: “There Continue Reading →

Weekend 646.0 (‘Perdition cometh!’)

Posted on July 19, 2025 by Winston Smith

“For all its convenience, it [The London Orbital] is a route to nowhere, a road which simply connects to other roads.” “Looking back at the line’s history as I write, Continue Reading →

Independence Day (Weekend) 2025

Posted on July 4, 2025 by Winston Smith

Nice holiday weekend. I saw fireworks with a friend and drank gratuitous amounts of coffee. This post does a great job of representing my interests— Bermuda, Disney (before Eisner and Continue Reading →

Eastern Air Lines at the 1964/1965 World’s Fair

Posted on June 29, 2025 by Winston Smith

This is a photograph of the Eastern Air Lines pavilion at the 1964/65 New York World’s Fair. Special transportation would whisk you away from JFK and LaGuardia Airport(s) right to Continue Reading →

Weekend 645.0

Posted on June 28, 2025 by Winston Smith

“When the tempest rages, take refuge in the recesses of the heart of Jesus and be consoled by that hope which his promises constantly bring to full bloom in every Continue Reading →

Weekend 644.0

Posted on June 21, 2025 by Winston Smith

(1) Behind the scenes at the Brompton factory in west London as Britain’s biggest bike firm turns 50 (The Standard) (2) The Most Hated Building in New York (YouTube)

Weekend 643.0 (687A)

Posted on June 14, 2025 by Winston Smith

“Compression was the art of fitting big dreams into modest spaces.” — Sam Posey (1) A scan from Helvetica and the New York City Subway System by Paul Shaw (2) Continue Reading →

Has it been a good one?

Posted on June 9, 2025 by Winston Smith

“It is foolishness to assume that times past were better than the present.” A post full of melancholy to match the gray and rain. (1) Lyrics from The Lumineers: The Continue Reading →

Weekend 642.0

Posted on May 31, 2025 by Winston Smith

Kingdom Hearts needs an ATARI box. (1) Kingdom Hearts 4’s Latest Tease Could Be the Spark that Starts a Wildfire (GAMERANT)