Weekend 292.0

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Winston Smith

(1) Brompton Bicycle shows British manufacturing how to shift up a gear (2) Playmobil kicks off 40th year with double award win (3) Buying With the Bitcoin Crowd (Wall Street Continue Reading →

Weekend 291.1

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Winston Smith

(1) Finn the Human and Princess Bubblegum in the new Honda Civic ad

Weekend 291.0

Posted on January 25, 2014 by Winston Smith

(1) A Good Book Is a Good Friend (The Huffington Post) (2) How Real is Spike Jonze’s ‘Her’? Artificial Intelligence Experts Weigh In (WSJ) (2a) Tech Time Warp of the Continue Reading →

Weekend 290.0 [And this is my deputy, McMillan and Wife.]

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Winston Smith

(1) Playmobil celebrates 40th anniversary with special edition products (Toy News) (1a) ITVS GE signs with Playmobil for Super 4 animation (2) The fructose kingpin. Photo by Kristin H. (3) Continue Reading →

Trappist Monks

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Winston Smith

(1) Monks in Spencer launch brewery (Boston Globe) Credit: Catherine A

Weekend 289.0

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Winston Smith

(1) The map that saved the London Underground (BBC) (2) How to Save Detroit: The Motor City needs help. Why not turn it into Hong Kong? (WSJ) (2a) Foundations Aim Continue Reading →

New Year’s Day 2014

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Winston Smith

Any predictions (bold or otherwise)? Resolutions or regrets? One of my resolutions for 2014 is to work on more creative projects. On that note… Just launched Playmobil365. The site is Continue Reading →

Weekend 288.0

Posted on December 27, 2013 by Winston Smith

(1) These 20 Pictures Of Expo 67 Will Leave You Speechless. There Are No Words (1a) ‘Norman Bel Geddes: I Have Seen the Future’ (WSJ) (2) As City Cycling Grows, Continue Reading →

Christmas Day 2013

Posted on December 25, 2013 by Winston Smith

“What’s lost is nothing to what’s found, and all the death that ever was, set next to life, would scarcely fill a cup.” — Frederick Buechner

2013 Christmas Poem (by Mum)

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Winston Smith

HOST OF DAYS I watched a gyre of leaves…caught up in a rustling spin When admidst the whirl…a bird broke free Minding me to look within. I long embraced the Continue Reading →