The personal weblog of Brian McBreen.Items of interest, topics of study and the occasional essay.March 2012: You may note that things are in a bit of transition between this and my new blog sites elsewhere, sorry for any temporary duplication. Please stay tuned. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-3937718-3"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @cahier)http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0omh5FWXM1qztiuoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>Cool Breeze</em></p>http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/19068775992http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/19068775992Sat, 10 Mar 2012 10:39:00 -0800Original PhotographyInstagram“The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.” - Tom Clancyhttp://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/18706623060http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/18706623060Sat, 03 Mar 2012 20:10:34 -0800Quotes I&#8217;ve been curious about getting to experience the &#8220;metro&#8221; UI in Windows 8, so...http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/18537141992http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/18537141992Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:26:28 -0800TechLabs<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzho2lxNIB1rp1tnfo1_500.jpg"/><br/> Original Eixample concept from 1859<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzho2lxNIB1rp1tnfo4_500.jpg"/><br/> Eixample photographed from above<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzho2lxNIB1rp1tnfo7_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> Eixample photographed from above<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzho2lxNIB1rp1tnfo3_500.jpg"/><br/> Eixample photographed from above<br/><br/> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://emily-mb.tumblr.com/post/17710596734/images-and">emily-mb</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(Images and information: <a href="http://all-that-is-interesting.com/post/11631868693/the-astounding-design-of-eixample-barcelona">all-that-is-interesting</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eixample">wikipedia</a>)</p> <p><span>Wishing to expand the Spanish city of Barcelona in a way which contrasts with the old congested and epidemic-prone town, urban planner Ildefons Cerdà designed this 19th century extension: the ‘Eixample’. Eixample’s design uses a grid pattern with long streets, wide avenues, and rounded street corners in order to provide improved living conditions for its inhabitants, which includes increased lighting and ventilation within homes, more green space for public use, and seamless transport capabilities. Today, Eixample is home to approximately 262,000 people (according to most recent figures).</span></p> </blockquote>http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/18437849584http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/18437849584Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:00:06 -0800ReblogArchitecture“Luck is the residue of design.” - Branch Rickeyhttp://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/17191092162http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/17191092162Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:11:00 -0800QuotesPerhaps it was the start of a new year or more likely the onslaught of work that hit me the day I...http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/16975641361http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/16975641361Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:00:05 -0800EssayProductivity<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyb0ffNlw61qzsgg9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/16706493333/sunday-fantasy-365-a-lonely-sky-by-nick-ryan">xplanes</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://xplanes.tumblr.com/tagged/fantasy">sunday fantasy</a> #365: <a href="http://vimeo.com/30230876">A Lonely Sky</a>, by <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2139017">Nick Ryan</a></p> <p>Death, glory, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keir_Dullea">Dave Bowman</a>.</p> <p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/Airminded">Airminded</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/16748404225http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/16748404225Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:39:00 -0800Reblog“I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.” - Cicerohttp://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/16007695171http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/16007695171Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:00:05 -0800Quotes<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxuybvKQGr1qztiuoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>California’s Mountain Pass Mine from NASA Earth Observatory.</p>http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/15946967528http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/15946967528Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:00:05 -0800Links'Connie' spy plane leaves Camarillo Airport for new home: Photo by Chuck Kirman from the Ventura...http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/15905040946http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/15905040946Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:23:47 -0800LinksHistoryAviation<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxj8mufhsX1qzsgg9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/15636004789/date-april-1926-description-norge-polar-flight">xplanes</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Date: April 1926<br/> Description: NORGE POLAR FLIGHT<br/> Details:<br/> The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norge_(airship)">‘Norge’ airship</a>, hired from Italy by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Amundsen">Amundsen</a>, at the start of its flight over the North Pole. From Spitzbergen it made a 17-hour flight to Alaska.<br/> Source: unnamed photographer<br/> (<a href="http://www.maryevans.com/search.php">via</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/15885735762http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/15885735762Sun, 15 Jan 2012 07:00:05 -0800ReblogAviation“A pint of sweat saves a gallon of blood.” - General George S. Pattonhttp://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/15827535309http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/15827535309Sat, 14 Jan 2012 07:00:05 -0800Quotes<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxe1bdFGP11qhk04bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://todaysdocument.tumblr.com/post/15565838796/dismissed-from-his-job-as-a-draftsman-with-the">todaysdocument</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Dismissed from his job as a draftsman with the U.S. Coast Survey on January 9, 1855, after only two months, influential 19th-century artist <a href="http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/whistler_etching/">James Abbott McNeill Whistler</a> completed this etching “Sketch of Anacapa Island” during his brief federal service.</span></p> <blockquote> <p><span>“Sketch of Anacapa Island,” 1854; Records of the Coast And Geodetic Survey</span></p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/15775666018http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/15775666018Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:00:05 -0800ReblogCartography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxq43e9Lyu1qztiuoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Yesterday’s walk: 0:34 1.75 mi … a modest start but a start none the less.</p>http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/15765340984http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/15765340984Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:16:00 -0800HikingOriginal Photography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxq26hMayk1qztiuoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Frontpiece from </span><em>The Art of Angling</em><span>, Richard Brookes, 7th Edition, 1790.</span></p>http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/15763906773http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/15763906773Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:35:00 -0800OutdoorsHistoryAngling“Arrive without travelling, See all without looking, Do all without doing.” - George...http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/15567245408http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/15567245408Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:00:05 -0800Quotes<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxihi7PxDy1qztiuoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>Wildwood Dancing Tree</em></p>http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/15548559909http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/15548559909Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:25:00 -0800HikingOriginal Photography“Many wealthy people are little more than janitors of their possessions.” - Frank Lloyd...http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/14655343998http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/14655343998Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:55:18 -0800Quotes<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvr2pjiujt1qzsgg9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://xplanes.tumblr.com/post/13792855663/keystone-loening-k-84-commuter-circa-1930-via">xplanes</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone-Loening_Commuter">Keystone-Loening K-84 “Commuter”</a>, circa 1930 (<a href="http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=173286#p173286">via</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/13859929417http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/13859929417Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:17:00 -0800AviationHistoryReblog<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UvEiSa6_EPA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Steve Jobs’ vision of the world in 46 seconds.</p>http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/13763542737http://cahier.brianmcbreen.com/post/13763542737Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:24:05 -0800Life