Personal posts
Posts on architecture, obsessions, photography, poems, visits to art exhibits, essays, family, and or things about me organized under art, home, and work.
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Awesome camouflage frog
Spotted at Lincoln Marsh by Caleb.
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Honest Building Inspectors in New York City
BUILDINGS COMMISSIONER LIMANDRI COMMENDS ANOTHER INSPECTOR FOR REPORTING A BRIBE TO DOI WHICH LED TO AN ARREST “For the second time this month, I would like to commend one of our inspectors for reporting a bribe to the Department of Investigation that led to an arrest. The honest work of these inspectors reflects the integrity…
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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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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.…
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Me and Hoffman
In October 2005, Mayor Richard M. Daley appointed David Hoffman to be the new Inspector General of the City of Chicago. He breathed new life into a moribund, embarrassing department in city government. Shortly after the appointment, I helped create the first Web site for the department. That’s when I first met David Hoffman. He…