by Chris Barrus
The town emblem/graphic of Davis is the penny-farthing bicycle and it’s everywhere: streetsigns, trash cans, civic infographics, etc.
But the quiet streets, the early 60s-era store fronts, and the odd docility of downtown Davis remind me of another emblematic penny-farthing bicycle:
Be seeing you!
Up in Davis today for a work-related presentation/meeting this morning and now I have part of the day to kill before ducking over to San Francisco tonight and tomorrow.
I’ve concluded that I don’t need to wardrive/warwalk for wireless access because yet again, I accidentally stumbled (no pun intended) into a cool coffee bar with free 802.11b to remora off of. First place I unpacked the PowerBook at! I must have an Airport card in my brain or something. Thanks and shout outs to:
Mishka’s
514-B 2nd St.
Davis, CA
(916) 759-0811
Support free wireless!
This rant in the current San Francisco Chronicle is a keeper.
Could this be, in short, something that actually adds a modicum of refined grace and simplicity and aesthetic warmth to the world, instead of sucking it away like so many disposable DVD players and garish LED-spasming boom boxes and 10-gallon drums of spaghetti sauce from Costco? Nah.
And you open the gorgeous black box and lift the white cardboard inside flap, itself adorned with clean offset typeface declaring “Made by Apple in California,” and you are confronted with what is quite possible the most thoughtfully designed and pleasing packaging you’ve ever seen, not like you care about this stuff and hey it’s all just Styrofoam and garbage anyway, but still.