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Gimmickry versus innovation?
In which I follow up last week's...
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The Challenge of Selling Quality
My in-laws used to sell high-end gas grills.
Sep 21 • 
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Let’s consider the really scary question…
(No gloom-and-doom hand-wringing here…)
Sep 14 • 
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In progress: The other side of the world
I’m reading about sailing craft and their use in the Pacific.
Sep 7 • 
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August 2025

Very superstitious…
When you believe in things
Aug 31 • 
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American Dream 2.0
Note: this is not a history-of-technology piece
Aug 24 • 
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Facts-only “civics” is the best quick-fix for the political health of this country
Note: this is not a history-of-technology piece.
Aug 17 • 
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Does it look right?
Proportion and design
Aug 10 • 
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We May Need a Devolution
Note: this is not a history-of-technology piece.
Aug 3 • 
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July 2025

“I’m not strange; I’m just like you.”
-Keith Sykes
Jul 27 • 
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June 2025

“Traditions are experiments that worked.”
Louise Perry, the British journalist and author who speaks out in high-profile venues about the failings of the “sexual revolution,” mentioned a quote…
Jun 29 • 
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The Post-Mercedes World
One way to think about how things are and will be different from when we were young
Jun 15 • 
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