Thanks for reading
I've got quite a few big things going on right now, but I'm pausing here to say thank you to everybody who reads me around the web, especially here on my blog. Thank you!...
The red tile
A colleague of mine recently returned from a long weekend holiday to Arizona. In their travels, she and her lover toured the winter home of Frank Lloyd Wright. I'm not an architecture nerd, so my knowledge of FLW is incomplete at best. I know very little about his actual work, other than how my my mother — who actually is an architecture nerd — will never forgive him for the popularity of the split level ranch house and how it has "single-handedly ruined the neighborhood curb appeal of most of America." In describing his Arizona winter home...
NS Recommends: Scooter Lust
If you're looking for reliable, general info about scooters and good scooter riding look no further than ScooterLust.com...
The golden nose: A mystery solved
About 15 years ago, my dad built a 1/6th scale radio controlled flying model of Charles Lindbergh's iconic Ryan NYP, better known as The Spirit of St. Louis. In the two years he spent...
Lemonade
I was laid off about a year ago this week. During the time I spent looking for new employment, a thousand ideas went through my head for things I could do outside the world of advertising and design...
My take on the Apple Tablet
This is getting talked about absolutely to death right now, so I'm going to say my bit, hopefully add something, then be done with talking about it.
I think Apple is really onto something here...
MINI reveals the Countryman crossover
Yesterday I was thrilled to see that three photos of the MINI Countryman crossover had leaked a...
NS Review: 2009 MINI Cooper S Clubman
Last week I accidentally slid my '06 Cooper S into a curb in the falling snow. It managed to mangle the rim, but thankfully there was no damage beyond the rim and hub. What it did mean was an...
Project Streetliner mentioned on the WRR
The fine gentlemen at the White Roof Radio podcast made kind mention of my Streetliner project on the podcast...
Quick thought: The value of design, the purpose of portfolios
I had an experience this week that I wish were rare in my industry, but sadly it just isn't. I was asked, by a stranger, to work for them for nothing. This person wanted me to do what I do every day...