tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post3863538260676745415..comments2024-03-26T19:19:35.144+00:00Comments on Eolake Stobblehouse thoughts: Camera drawingEolake Stobblehousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-33364636774475369142008-09-17T00:59:00.000+00:002008-09-17T00:59:00.000+00:00Oh, I have two other books by Petroski, "To Engine...Oh, I have two other books by Petroski, "To Engineer is Human" and "The Evolution of useful things".<BR/><BR/>I only got 3 chapters into one of them. Interesting book, but not quite what I wanted at the time. They were a gift from an in-law or an out-law, can't remember which.<BR/><BR/>His books are always in the PBS catalogues (buy a gift and some of the profit goes to PBS).Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11434318898333768620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-8820598032706084272008-09-16T18:52:00.000+00:002008-09-16T18:52:00.000+00:00When something is well styled, or has personal mea...When something is well styled, or has personal meaning, then a sketch seems the obvious thing to immortalize it.<BR/><BR/>It's all architecture, be it a well designed fountain pen through to an business campus.<BR/><BR/>True a cooler camera would have been in order.<BR/><BR/>As for pencils, have you been to the factory tour at <A HREF="http://www.pencils.co.uk/" REL="nofollow">Cumberland Pencils</A> in Keswick? The lake district is wonderful (just ask Wordsworth), and this is a pretty good time to visit, no tourists, and the last few days of summer.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11434318898333768620noreply@blogger.com