Weekend 487.0 (XK-120)

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Winston Smith

(1) Let’s play 2400 A.D., a futuristic Ultima-like!

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 486.2 (LETSGO)

Posted on April 4, 2021 by Winston Smith

(1) I’m replaying 2400 AD by Chuck “Chuckles” Bueche. I’m using a IIe emulator called AppleWin (1.29.16.0). You can find the ROM Images on sites like ftp.apple.asimov.net. (1a) Matt Chat Continue Reading →

Weekend 486.1 (A Tale of Two Cities)

Posted on April 4, 2021 by Winston Smith

My morning ride was to central London (the area around Old Street) whilst my afternoon ride included the bucolic streets of Ham and the hills of Richmond Park. There’s a Continue Reading →

Easter 2021 (Born to see; meant to look)

Posted on April 4, 2021 by Winston Smith

I’ve been thinking about Pontius Pilate, the Centurion, and Joseph of Arimathea since Palm Sunday. I’ve written about Pilate before and think he’s one of the most tragic figures in Continue Reading →

Weekend 486.0

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Winston Smith

Post WWII Japan was initially a sandbox for progressives but thankfully history intervened. The parallels to the current situation in the US is startling as the excesses of democracy and Continue Reading →

Weekend 485.0

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Winston Smith

(1) A quote from How to Be Like Walt: Capturing the Disney Magic Every Day of your Life by Pat Williams with Jim Denney: “Walt Disney was a walking paradox. He was Continue Reading →

Woke Disney

Posted on March 23, 2021 by Winston Smith

Disney is being upended by a bunch of rag tag content creators who know authenticity left the mouse house sometime between Eisner and Iger (and is hitting its virtue-signaling apex 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 484.0 [(Art)ifact]

Posted on March 20, 2021 by Winston Smith

This weekend post is all-over the place but IF you ever read my profile on Flickr it makes perfect sense. It’s been ALMOST one year since I finished KH3 (March Continue Reading →