Month: October 2009
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NYC Alternate Side Parking Regulations Update October 28, 2009
Alternate Side Parking Regulations To Be Suspended In Parts Of Riverdale, Spuyten Duyvil, Marble Hill And Kingsbridge Starting Wednesday, Oct. 28 Fo Six To Eight Weeks As DOT Posts New, Reduced Street-Cleaning Regulations Suspension is the first of two phases for neighborhoods in Bronx Community District 8 New regulations will take effect in parts of…
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NYC Weekend Bridge and Street Closures – Friday, October 16, 2009 to Sunday, October 18, 2009
ManhattanFDR Drive Between E. Houston And E. 20th Streets: All three northbound lanes of the FDR Drive will be closed to traffic from East Houston Street to East 20th Street from 12:01 am Saturday to 8:00 am Sunday to facilitate roadway repair work between East 14th and East 20th Streets. The southbound lanes of the…
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Let’s Get Past Shepard Fairey and Move Toward A Fair Derivative Works Compensation System
As the URL of my Web site might indicate, I am a huge supporter of the use of derivative works to create new art. And I've long thought that the Shepard Fairey HOPE Poster dude was a selfish liar. He used someone else's copyrighted work to create something completely brand-new and wonderful. And then sued…
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New Sewer on 75th Street in Chicago
Got this press release today… FORGING UNITY: Uniting Together Preserving Business on Historic 75th Street— Larger Sewer Carries Storm Water, but Also Hope and Purpose (Chicago, October 12, 2009)—Installation of a new sewer is normally a way of renewing old infrastructure, and reducing the risk of flooding during heavy rains. But on 75th Street on…
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On Hypertext Enjambment
Starting in 2002 I had a Salon Blog called, “GoogObits: Obituaries and essays augmented by Google seaches. There is a lot to learn from the dead.“ The idea was that I took the complete text of well-written, interesting obituaries from the New York Times, pasted them into my blog, and annotated the text with links.…