December 22, 2024

Five for Friday 231

Welcome to Friday,

This week I learned that Ryan Airlines in San Diego custom built Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis in 1927 in exactly sixty days. Isn’t it amazing how quickly ambitious projects came together in decades past?

This week’s links:

I couldn’t agree more! Thoreau Was Actually Funny

Journalist Tom Wolfe’s impact on the medium.

Breaking down Costco’s Kirkland brand success; why the store brand is actually better than the name brand competition.

On our expectations of Entropy.

Good question – Who Really Owns a Recipe?

Currently reading: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien