Category - Insights
Deep Thoughts Amidst the Autumn Leaves
Insights
Hope you had a Happy Halloween. Hey, you know who does a great Zombie? These Irish guys. Now on to November for some real weather fun! Looks like 6-9 inches of snow this weekend for our neighbors in…
Top Ten Livable Cities: Where’s Boston?
Insights, Livable Cities
Boston doesn’t appear in any of the top lists of world’s top Livable Cities. It’s time to fix that. The Economists a popular Top Ten list. It features five Australian cities, three Canadian and two European. That leaves room for zero in the U.S.
How About A Better World By Design?
Insights
We’re inspired by good design. It’s not just about the looks. Improve both the form and the function and you’ve got something worth talking about. “The details are not the details. They make the design.” Charles Eames Coming…
What Do You Call It When It Rains While The Sun Is Shining?
Insights
Linguistics analyzes human language. It’s interesting. Fundamentally, all human beings seem to produce language in essentially the same way. As MIT researcher Noam Chomsky pointed out, cats will not understand and produce a language with words. Dialects are…
Style Media Maven Eyes Umbrella Alternative
Insights, News
Last week we were recognized by Rhode Island magazine for our preoccupation with rain capes. Then, a few days ago we heard from a particular woman noted for her very particular style. It seems people are starting to…
Nice Cleverhood Rain Cape Reflektion at Trek World
Insights
This is pretty cool. Trek is a big bicycle company that started manufacturing frames in Waterloo, Wisconsin in 1976. The company now has 1,600 employees and more than 5,000 dealers in 75 countries. There was a nice…
Rhode Island’s Best Rain Capes
Insights
We really don’t mind if you think we’re quirky. We eat a lot of quahogs, built the first Quonset huts, and were settled by Quakers. We’re known as the Ocean State, which sounds vast and impressive. But measuring…
Connecting with: “Handmade and Built to Last”
Insights, Livable Cities
We have a globally distributed customer base. As you can see here from our analysis, there’s a width swath of vegetation on this planet (global warming notwithstanding). Where there’s greenery, there’s rain, which gives you a broad sense…
Performance Fashion: Utilitarian Couture
Insights, Livable Cities, News
The World Meteorological Agency is pushing for greater awareness of climate change with the hope that will lead to smart planning and better behaviors. If you’re like us, you probably spent World Meteorological Day singing weather songs and…
Keep a Weather Eye Out for Us this March
Insights, Livable Cities
We’ve got a number of cool, livable cities on our itinerary this March: Seattle, Vancouver, London, Toronto, Washington DC and others. It’s not a shabby line-up. We’re looking at three bike shows, a National conference, local shops, various…
