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All, the garage isn’t a nice place to be at present due to the cold weather. Of course, I could start insulating it and getting a heater, but spring will be here soon enough I guess. With the above in mind, I’m looking for recommendations for books to read. Anything relating to models, model engineering, or engineering in general. A few books I’ve enjoyed are: The Amateur’s Lathe (Sparrey) - Good to dip in and out of. A Man and His Lathe (Sparrey) - Quaint, but some good tips. Not Much if an Engineer (Hooker) - Very good autobiography of Sir Stanley Hooker, who was instrumental in the...

Louis Vuitton The worldview of Yanagi Sōetsu, famed Japanese art critic and philosopher, can be completely and succinctly surmised in the title of his collected essays: T he Beauty of Everyday Things. This is very unusual! Philosophers make a living out of the complicated topics that make insomniacs of the rest of us, and thus trade in ideas that take four or five repeat reads/migraines, like Wittgenstein and Heidegger. But not Yanagi. For him, there really was an incomparable beauty in everyday things; the functional stuff we often deem to be 'normal' and, as such, exempt from the abnorm...

On a Typical Day Tobi Lütke Here’s the honest answer: obviously I have a schedule and people helping me manage my time, however, I think a lot about where to devote my attention. In this way, there is no typical day. My attention is the most liquid and valuable resource that I have. Even back in the day when Shopify went public, I spent a good deal of time pre-selling the various investors. During meetings, I would say, “Hey, I'm here, and we've been doing this roadshow, but I actually spend a lot of my time on the product.” This was to s...