Hand-Picked Links — April 16, 2025

Howdy, howdy, howdy. We’ve got a few videos for you today, a Frank Lloyd Wright original*, a sports story (of course), and a Bookstarter that’s ending tomorrow.

RiverRock House

It depends on who you ask, but there may be a new Frank Lloyd Wright house. Based on plans completed shortly before he died in 1959, the RiverRock house was built just outside Cleveland earlier this year and is now available for short-term rentals. If you’d like to visit, be prepared to drop ~$1,000 / night, minimum two nights.

Despite the developers best effort to follow the blueprint carefully though, RiverRock will sadly not be getting an official Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation seal of approval.

Six Centuries of Type & Printing

Fully funded with less than 24 hours to go. You can’t beat a cloth-bound book with a debossed, foil-stamped title.

The book Six Centuries of Type & Printing briskly tells the story of the evolution of type and printing, starting with early documented efforts and surviving artifacts from China and Korea, and introducing Gutenberg and his innovations. It then takes you through each generation of increasing sophistication in metal and relief printing until the abrupt 20th century shift into flat offset printing, which was made possible through photographic and digital improvements, and phototypesetting and digital composition.

Andor

Season 2 of Andor kicks off Tuesday with a three episode drop, followed by three weeks in a row with three episodes each. I don’t hate that schedule.

Here’s the trailer if you’re into that sort of thing. (I’m not — I want absolutely zero spoilers of any kind. Don’t even tell me what movie we’re watching.)

Torpedo Bats

I’m no scientist, but how did it take this long for “make the sweet spot bigger and sweeter” to become a thing in baseball? The equipment improvements in golf and other sports have been relentless. I realize baseball tends to be more change-averse, but really? Anyway, congratulations to Aaron Leanhardt for building a better bat.

2025 Barkley Marathons Recap

No finishers this year. Better luck in 2026!

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