People need "an identifiable spatial unit to belong to".

"The artificial separation of houses and work creates intolerable rifts in people's inner lives."

"Parks are dead and artificial. Farms, when treated as private property, rob the people of their natural biological heritage -- the countryside from which they came".

We're going to go through this book called A Pattern Language, a weird book that will let you make guesses about whether places you observe in the world will be enjoyable to be in or not.

Digital speedometer display vs analogue needle.

The joy of buildings where no one cares what you're doing in there.

Good buildings are a work in progress.

If fragile objects make you nervous...

How do chip cards and RFID tags transmit a radio signal with no apparent power source.

Baseball is the sport where there's always an audience.