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Links for Oct 20, 2013

Chris Manning October 22, 2013

Links for the week ending Oct 20th

Hyper dense cities

Banksy's street sale doesn't go well

America's wealth inequity

I'm a big fan of what Joel Bukiewicz is doing, and this is a great blog about him.

Power of the pen
My worst nightmare…

Christian Bresser of IWC

My good friend Justin Van Leuwen has a good blog post on Scott Kelby's site

Medieval shoes

Stephen Fry Out There I have this queued up and looking forward to it.

Tim Minchin on prejudice

Jack Conte's XOXO talk

The scary side of working for yourself

Franz Ferdinand's unlucky assassination

Tapestry conservation at the Met

Chevalier conservation system

82nd & Fifth video about tapestry

Any Random

Arnold & Son ultra thin tourbillon. I love the clean look of this watch.

Five categories of jewellery

What is an "in house" movement?

Steph Pearson's blog is a good resource for teachers. Twitter for teachers

Debt default is the goal for some

Scott Adams' secret of success

Raymond Weil Maestro square dress watch

Most difficult gold hole in the world

IWC Portuguese

The hunter case on this FP Journe tourbillon is a great use of a classic watch feature.

Staffordshire Hoard conversation programme

22 hours in Balthazar

Elon Musk to make the Bond Lotus submarine car a reality.

Previous link posts

Links for Oct 13, 2013

Chris Manning October 13, 2013

Links for the week ending on Oct 13, 2013

Google search tricks
A Lego calendar which syncs with Google calendar
The Magazine started as an iPad only digital magazine, and has some of my favourite writing from the past year. It's now available on the web, and there are free articles from past issues online.
Medieval art by candle light
Mike Monteiro's Webstock 2013 talk on design
The Guardian's response to the Daily Mail's attacks
Keep Calm and Carry On the story of the poster
My nine year old boss
The real story of Christopher Columbus
The true cost of a t-shirt
Banksy selling art in NYC
America's wealth inequity
The remastered version of Blade Runner is for sale on iTunes this week. It's my favourite movie, and this version looks stunning.
The front lines of WWII
The McDonald's tasting menu
Maciej Cegłowski's XOXO 2013 talk
Arctic Monkeys AM. This has been the most played album in the shop over the past couple of weeks.
Ross King's books are always fascinating. I'm in the midst of re-reading Brunelleschi's Dome, and listening to the audio book of Leonardo and the Last Supper. Not the usual dry look at history.

Don't forget to check out past link posts.

Links for Oct 6th, 2013

Chris Manning October 6, 2013

Links for the week ending on 2013-10-09

The new India
What is all the fuss with in house movements?
Impressive utility knife
Banksy's month long NYC art show
A visit to the Greubel Forsey factory
The NSA and Lavabit
Caustic lake turns animals into statues
How the NSA tracks anon users
The voice of Siri
The Japanese Sword
Sporting events and repressive countries
Casy Liss's photo management scripts
Where to find great gelato in Florence
Restaurant drops tipping
Detailed look at Vacheron's new minute repeater
Inside A Lange & Söhne's training program
Behind the scenes of the original iPhone launch
Great information on what to look for in a safe

Links for Sept 29, 2013

Chris Manning September 29, 2013

Links for Sept 21, 2013

Chris Manning September 21, 2013

Interesting links from the week

Le Garde Temps- a great blog documenting the making of a tourbillon watch by hand.
Clock named after Daniels
Two spaces or one?
The art of enamelling watch dials
Feynman's physics lectures being put online
Video about Peter Bellerby's hand made globes
Classic blues videos
A year in a Japanese tea house
Beautiful obituary of a martial artist
Adam Savage interviews John Landis
The return of the fountain pen
Timeless Tradition-Something easily broken or replaced isn't what heirlooms are made of.
Adam Savage talk about being a maker