Airline menus through history (plus a steamship menu or two), at the Northwestern University Library Transportation Archives. (via ResearchBuzz)
I’ll have the veal birds with pine nuts
Posted by Ben on August 9, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/ill-have-the-veal-birds-with-pine-nuts/
It’s coming back
(via The Guardian: “Back to the present for DeLorean,” by John Sterlicchi [30 Aug 2007])
Posted by Ben on September 20, 2007
https://www.swordbilled.com/its-coming-back/
But maybe you knew that already
You want ice? You need black cherries. (via LifeHacker) Loneliness is bad for your health. Bikes “aren’t transportation.”
Posted by Ben on September 3, 2007
https://www.swordbilled.com/but-maybe-you-knew-that-already/
Go train, go!
“Draw a 100-mile circle around almost any major world city — Rome, Paris, Tokyo — and there’s an extensive commuter rail network linking vibrant communities. We have antiquated commuter rail networks around Boston and New York. We’ve starved the infrastructure.” … Yet New England, a century ago, had a robust rail network, covering a huge […]
Posted by Ben on September 7, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/go-train-go/