âHello everyone. Lots of reading happening, and lots of stuff to share. The midweek update isn’t something that’ll happen everytime, hope you enjoy this list :)
- Visiting a mail sorting center in Bremen - From the blog of Postcrossing, something that I’m part of. You send and receive (delightful) postcards across the world! Try it out if you want a taste of everywhere :)
- Brian Eno Plays the Universe - Being a physics student interested in quantum-everything, I loved this! Brian Eno is a very fascinating artist, and he seems to know a healthy amount of things about how to put things together the way physicists do too.
- âââDemand Curve - my weekly dose of economics. Why is the Birkin Bag so hard to procure? How does Hermès guarantee quality for its customers and business for itself?
- The Strand Bookstore’s Book Quiz - Patti Smith worked here, and it’s a very cool place regardless. If you want to be employed, you have to take (and pass) a quiz on books. Wow.
- A Gathering of Giants - A beautiful photo essay on whales. Photos of whales! I was sold. Sharing more for the pictures than the words.
- The Middle of Things: Advice for Young Writers - Writing is not so easy, good advice is always welcome (I guess). Nice piece, made me feel happy, and slightly hopeful.
- What makes train travel such an antidote to life’s stresses? - YES! Somebody needed to write this. Personally, I love just sitting inside a train, even an urban commuter train and finishing off a novel in a single sitting.
‘I think the food equivalent [of the opposite view] would be “I don’t care what my food tastes like, I just want to stuff my face.” Can you imagine telling a famous chef that? Well, telling me “I don’t care about the journey and I just want to get there” is a bit like telling me that.’ - The Mystery of Carl Miller - Terrific essay.
What if your last name is just the word that comes after your first name? - Logic, flavours, and finding old flavours in new foods - Great piece with lots of food, and finding logical connections between widely different cuisines. Gotta find ‘em all.
A great dish hits you like a Whip-It: There’s momentary elation, a brief ripple of pure pleasure in the spacetime continuum. That’s what I was chasing, that split second when someone tastes something so delicious that their conversation suddenly derails and they blurt out something guttural like they stubbed their toe. - The Suit That Couldn’t Be Copied - Bespoke and Made to Measure are actually two different things. And much much more.
Have a good day!