Backpacks—an unsolvable problem. Chris has an unexpected run-in with some surrealist art, followed by a discussion of dealing with the realities of travel.
• Masters of Contemporary Watchmaking An additional book highlighting the work of independent watchmakers, that we ought to have mentioned in Episode 27
• Watchmakers The Masters of Art Horology A book Chris picked up recently that catalogues the work of modern independent watchmakers
• 12 Faces of Time The 12 Faces of Time details the lives and works of a dozen of the foremost independent watchmakers of our era
• Engine Turning A demonstration of engine turning
• Geometric Chuck A paper about geometric chucks which are simplified versions of the full engines used in security printing.
• Matthews Documentary A trailer for the engine turning documentary featuring Martin Matthews
• MoMA SF Official website of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
• René Magritte Chris caught a temporary exhibit of the work of surrealist artist, René Magritte, while on layover recently in San Francisco
• Steven Strang Local artist & friend of the show whose work is similar in genre to Magritte's
• Magritte's The Human Condition
• Magritte's The Promenades of Euclid
• Thomas Crown Affair A film that prominently features Magritte's Son of Man
• Banksy Shredded Art Video of a Banksy painting being shredded the moment after the hammer came down for the winning bid at auction
• Gerhard Richter Another of the artists on display at MoMA SF
• XKCD A perfect encapsulation of the woes of shopping for a backpack
• Osprey Bags One of Jon's favourite backpack brands over the years
• Mountain Hardwear Frequent Flyer 30 Jon's most recent everyday backpack
• How to Knock Off a Saddleback Leather Bag
• Flight Bag The bag Chris uses most
• Peak Design Everyday Backpack 30L Chris' current backpack of choice
• Packing Cubes A handy way to keep things organized when packing for travel
• Superior Labor Leather Pen Roll The roll Chris uses to hold pens & a watch when travelling
• Lightning to SD Card Reader A useful adaptor for transferring photos from an SD card to an iOS device
• High Watt USB-C Charger While still far from being a perfect universal spec, one nice thing about USB-C is being able to carry a single, high-watt charger rather than multiple, different chargers when travelling
• USB-C to Lightning A cable that allows an iPhone or iPad to be charged using the same charger that now ships with Apple's MacBooks
• Anker PowerCore Jon & Chris both use Anker's battery packs to keep devices topped up when travelling
• Control Plane Mac utility A utility Chris uses to manage network traffic on his MacBook, unfortunately, it is no longer under active development
• Luna Display An app & adaptor that together turn an iPad into an external display for a macOS
• Bose QuietComfort 35 Chris' go to headphones when travelling
• Nexus Card
• HS-NY Lectures Video lectures from the Horological Society of New York
• Clickspring YouTube Channel
• Reconstructing The Antikythera Mechanism A preview of the Antikythera project by Clickspring on YouTube
• The Perfectionists A book about humankind's relentless pursuit of perfection & the compounding effects it has had on society
• Creative Selection Written by a former Apple software engineer, Creative Selection provides a rare glimpse into what the design process was like at Apple when Steve Jobs was alive
• Why We Sleep A book Jon's been reading recently about the science & benefits of sleep
