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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Mr. Imagination is Dead, Long Live Mr. Imagination
It is a sad day for Chicago art. Today learned today that the great Chicago artist, Mr. Imagination, has died. Photo via Yada Dada I got to know Mr. Imagination in the early to mid 90s when he lived in an apartment at Clark and Sheffield. He had a regal bearing and a gentle intelligence…
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The FCC “Political File” Ruling and Price Transparency
Last week the Federal Communications Commission ruled that stations affiliated with the top four national networks (ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox) and serve the top 50 markets must post “political file documents” online. All stations— regardless of size— already have to maintain such files and make them available to the public. Stations balked at this…
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What I Learned From One Year on Fitbit
From April 4, 2011 to April 4, 2012, I recorded pretty much every step I took and every thing I ate via the device and Web site called Fitbit. I am by no means going to go all Feltron on you, but I have some insights about myself, Fitbit, and the world at large, based…
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Poem (Alien Advice)
If an alien came from outer space and got out of its ship and said to me “tell me in two words or less how to get along on this planet” I would say, “be careful”. And then I would run.
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Downtown in Macro: Building Surfaces, Walking Eastbound to 111 E. Wacker from the Blue Line at 203 N. LaSalle
Here’s a series of photos in macro showing the exterior surfaces of every building I pass on the way to work for the train. Some highlights: I used to work here, at 203 N. LaSalle. It is a late 80’s building with the sheen-y dark marble that was popular and opulent at the time. I’ve…