Joyful Cosmology

Posted on August 12, 2014 by

(1) Woody Allen’s Bleak Vision by Rev. Robert Barron “If you consult the philosophers of antiquity and the Middle Ages, you would find a very frank acknowledgement that what Woody Continue Reading →

Weekend 309.0

Posted on August 9, 2014 by

(1) Sturmey Archer “The Planetary Gearset” (YouTube) (2) Speed Traps For Japan’s Escalators (WSJ – Registration Required) (3) Shakespeare as a Life Coach (WSJ) “The world is grown so bad Continue Reading →

Weekend 308.1

Posted on August 2, 2014 by

(1) Architect Lord Norman Foster on Good Design and Collectible Cars: The sought-after British architect reveals what he’s seeking, riding, collecting and coveting (WSJ) “The best way to quickly transform Continue Reading →

Weekend 308.0 (Allucciolato)

Posted on August 1, 2014 by

This space is a placeholder for my #BWC2014 and #London trip report. (1) Refining the palette: “Making Colour” at the National Gallery (The Economist) I saw this exhibit twice (7.26 Continue Reading →

Weekend 307.0

Posted on July 19, 2014 by

(1) Designer Jasper Morrison on Beautiful Basics and Tintin (WSJ) “By worrying when the next idea might come, you restrict yourself—with the perspective of time, he’d learned to treat design Continue Reading →

Weekend 306.0

Posted on July 10, 2014 by

(1) World Cup themed episode of Disney’s Mickey Mouse shorts debuts (2) Playmobil channels Mary Blair? (3) Book Review: ‘Bicycle Design: An Illustrated History’ by Tony Hadland and Hans-Erhard Lessing Continue Reading →

Weekend 305.1

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Winston Smith

“St. Francis de Sales one day was looking at a rose, and he put his hands to his ears and he said to the rose, ‘Stop shouting.’ There is a Continue Reading →

Weekend 305.0 (Redoubts 9 & 10)

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Winston Smith

I use email drafts like a notepad for interesting links and quotes. It also begins to accumulate other bits of data that eventually become uninterpretable (see below), as well as Continue Reading →

Weekend 304.0 (1958)

Posted on June 21, 2014 by Winston Smith

Gardening with vines? Show off, effortlessly, by intertwining two types http://t.co/GsxCluetcV pic.twitter.com/KX2utRInz6 — WSJ Life & Culture (@WSJLife) June 21, 2014

Weekend 303.0 “Lars Porsena of Clusium”

Posted on June 14, 2014 by Winston Smith

(1) When a Monarch Calls It Quits: A history of royal abdication, from Tarquin the Proud in 509 B.C. to Juan Carlos of Spain (WSJ – Registration Required) (2) Artists’ Long Continue Reading →