Train Sim World (Dovetail Games)
As a self-proclaimed train fanatic this is arguably the best developer in the space. This isn’t a review though; it’s just a list of fantastical wishes. It would be grand Continue Reading →
Weekend 649.0
“…for he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and maker is God.” (1) Coin (Noble) Showing Henry VI (The Met) (2) Notable on X:
National Lighthouse Day
A quote from Bermuda’s Story by Terry Tucker: “For a long time it had been very plain that there would continue to be many shipwrecks around our coasts unless a Continue Reading →
Weekend 648.0 (…things are upside down and in the air.)
(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.)
(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!’)
“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
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
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
“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
(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)