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Some men see things as they are and say why – I dream things that never were and say why not.
“Back to Methuselah” – George Bernard Shaw
Also used as a slogan by President John F Kennedy, and as a eulogy by Sen. Edward M Kennedy for his brother, Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
Via:
NY Times – A Wallet Lost 40 Years Ago Now Is Found – 20 Feb 2011 [^]
John F Kennedy Presidential Library – Robert F. Kennedy Quotations [^]
Have you ever wondered what goes on in tailoring a suit? Well London blogger Peter Watts found out what happens behind the seams in London’s suit making centre, Saville Row for the British Midland in-flight magazine.
Surprisingly it is a human-powered production line, with different people specialising in making pockets, waistcoats or trousers. And these specialists come from all ages and backgrounds, with new apprentices still being taken on. All of them working together to take 2D fabric and transforming it into a 3D masterpiece.
But specialisation, hand stitching and three fitting don’t come cheap. Apparently prices start at £3,000. I think that I’m going to have to do a bit more saving to do before I get a bespoke suit – oh and the airfare on top of that.
Sometimes you just lose track of a business.
Hyland’s Bookshop in the City was a place that I hunted down – a little oasis of British Railway Books in Melbourne. It was hidden away in a upstairs dark building in Flinders Lane. I can’t remember how I found out about it, but I used to visit there as often as I could browsing books. We more reading than browsing – but that never seemed to be an issue.
Then they moved to an even more out of the way premises on Flinders Street, but I was visiting enough to to find the sign on the door of the old shop and be pointed to the right place. But I didn’t pay enough attention – because the next time I went to visit I couldn’t find it. I just thought that I wasn’t looking in the right place, and looked a few more times on visits to the City, then gave up.
Of course I could have always looked in the Yellow Pages – but where’s the fun in that! And this was back in the days before wide-spread internet use – the mid to late 1990s. For some reason today the memory of Hyland’s popped-up. A little Googling later I found it – on the other side of the CBD with a website, and a good stock of railways books according to the catalogue. Bonus – now I just need an opportunity to go there; Hyland’s Bookshop [^] – Level 1, 29-31 Heffernan Lane, Melbourne, Victoria 3000.
Robert Kosara has created a map linking all of the most of the Australian postcodes [^] together in what he calls a “scribble map”. It’s something that I have always wondered about but never bothered to research. This infographic makes it obvious were the dense clumps of people are with the close zig-zags all down the south-eastern corner of the country.
There are plenty more maps on the website – including Germany, France and the US – so go check them out.
Stop Searching
I love the sentiment of this, now to put it into practice.
Via: Chris Guillebeau – The Art of Non-Conformity – Postcard Project & Creative Voyage – Stop Searching and Start Creating