Year: 2007
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John Solimine/ Spike Press Kicks Ass
I have been collecting silkscreen rock posters by Chicago artists for about 15 years now, ever since I first saw posters by Steve W. appear on walls in Wicker Park. The Chicago Reader has an excellent review of 17 of the best screen printers working in Chicago today, including my friend John Solimine. I honestly…
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1027 W. Madison
Permit #: 100175068 Applicant: Anthony J. Iuro Owner: Equinox Development Permit Description:Convert existing storage building to 18 D.U. and retail per plans [remove all interior structure and build a new facade behind existing limestone facade to create recessed balconies] Permit Description: Released 10/12/2007 Status (if applicable):
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reCAPTCHA: Great Distributed Labor Project
Here’s a fantastic use of human computer labor: What is reCAPTCHA? To archive human knowledge and to make information more accessible to the world, multiple projects are currently digitizing physical books that were written before the computer age. The book pages are being photographically scanned, and then, to make them searchable, transformed into text using…
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Graceland Cemetary > Burnham’s Island
Graceland Cemetary > Burnham’s Island, originally uploaded by juggernautco. Went to Graceland Cemetary with Dee & the kids earlier this month. A really great place to teach them about Chicago architecture (so many of the greats are buried there) and to let them know how much they are to be revered. This is the bridge…
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Open Source Labor to Analyze Documents Released By Government
EFF: DeepLinks Weve already started scouring newly-released documents relating to the misuse of National Security Letters to collect Americans private information. But dont let us have all fun — you, too, can dive into the docs and help uncover the truth about the FBIs abuse of power. All 1138 pages are freely downloadable with searchable…