Derivative Works

Author: DXO

  • Mark Bender, Creator of the First “Wide Right Turn” Sign

    I have a number of artistic obsessions, most of them revolving around the concept of Derivative Works. I love making annotated compilations, manic compendiums, and morose lists. One of my primary and lasting obsessions is with Wide Right Turn signs. I started collecting them a few years ago and I created an online home for…

  • Fan Fail Millennium Park Crown Fountain Water Sculpture

    Fan Fail Millennium Park Crown Fountain Water Sculpture, originally uploaded by juggernautco. Someone oughtta reboot Crown Fountain. Error message– "Fan Fail". This error message showed up intermittently on Friday, June 30, and Monday, July 3, 2006.

  • Bush Has Birthday Dinner with Richard M. Daley, Mayor

    Presidential Helicopter, originally uploaded by juggernautco. Here’s his helicopter flying from O’Hare. Here’s a story about the din-din.

  • Man Getting Arrested at Accident Scene, Fourth of July

    I like to take videos while driving by accident scenes. I’m not into gore or blood & guts, early Andy Warol-style, but more the workaday fender benders that greatly affect the traffic of a region. There’s always so much interesting tension and display– a "scene"– that is worth capturing. Yesterday we were going to a…

  • Meta-Anonymity: Articles from the NYT re: Anonymity Policy

    Here’s a general post to hold all articles in the NYT about their anonymity policy. THE PUBLIC EDITOR Briefers and Leakers and the Newspapers Who Enable Them By DANIEL OKRENT Published: May 8, 2005 The Public EditorSecrecy, Security, the President and the PressBy BYRON CALAMEPublished: July 2, 2006 BUSINESS/FINANCIAL DESKPanel at The Times Proposes Steps…