Stories for November 2006

November 24, 2006

Bad Kitty!

You might remember last year I discovered that someone was “hotlinking” to one of my images. Hotlinking is where someone links directly to your image file and places it on his or her own site. This violates a couple key…


November 21, 2006

The Borg of Blue Cross

Top: Blue Cross’s backlighted sign campaign in DC’s Metro. Bottom: Detail. Click to see an enlargement of the eye. In Washington this time of the year when friends stop you on the street to wish you “Good tidings for…


November 19, 2006

When Type Goes Bad

Installing signage at Clyde’s Restaurant. We were hopeful. When the Smithsonian American Art Museum closed for renovations in January 2000 the neighborhood surrounding its building was neglected and deserted (especially when the Federal workforce left for the burbs at…


November 8, 2006

A Hole in One!

The Dems knocked one right through this tree. [ Fall Foliage, Election, Democrats, ]…


November 5, 2006

A Parable for Reconstruction

My daily routine is being reconstructed. Directions to my new subway entrance (top). Blocked entrance to my house (bottom). A creature of habit I get up every morning at 5:30. My feline alarm clock gently taps me on the…