Hey all,

I’ve been a big winter guy for most of my life, enjoying the snowy respite from the sweat and sunburn of summer. And while I still don’t like sweat or sunburn, I can’t wait for winter to finally pass. Here’s to the ever-approaching vernal equinox approaching ever-faster.

On to the links…

✍️ My recent posts

What are we doing here? - A question for our times, courtesy of Band of Brothers and Batman.

The secret life of nonfiction book subtitles - Some frequent flyers I’ve noticed in my reading.

Complexity at scale - What do Hollywood and D-Day have in common?

The grammar of filmmaking - Steven Soderbergh coming to terms with the over-the-shoulder shot.

🔗 From the interwebs

Been loving Marcin Winchary’s thoughtful design takes lately, like Flickr’s inspiring URL scheme and the software versions of molly guards and Moylan Arrows. 

Times New Resistance is a Times New Roman impersonator font that “autocorrects the autocrats.”

These 11th-century paper flowers, sealed in a Chinese cave, are a marvel of preservation.

Speaking of beautiful old art: check out this 3,500-year-old drawing of a sparrow.

Speaking of more beautiful art: an Indonesian cave painting from 67,000 years ago.

📷: The boys chipping away at a rock outside our local park.