I'm not sure if anyone out there is reading this anymore, but just in case, I'm going to be posting on my old-but-new again personal website, josuealvarez.com.
I've been working with iWeb for the last few weeks and it has been fun. Sort of a distraction, but fun nonetheless.
Catch you on the filp side.
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Don't hit the crazy lady....
Driving back from work, LA's finest were holding a woman in custody blocking the entrance to our building while they questioned her.
It turns out she was standing in the middle of the San Vicente, walking against traffic, waving her arms, yelling for someone to run over her.
I love L.A.
We love it!
It turns out she was standing in the middle of the San Vicente, walking against traffic, waving her arms, yelling for someone to run over her.
I love L.A.
We love it!
Thursday, April 02, 2009
My dog's nickname is 'Burrito'......
If dogs and owners start to resemble each other over time, can you imagine what this dog's owner looks like?!?!Old but interesting article from the UK about the growing problem of pet obesity in the UK.....
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
California democracy in action....
950,000 district residents
633,362 can vote
393,017 are registered
23,681 did vote
3,284 won it
0.5% is what made the difference.... (that's 0.005)
...and then we wonder why it takes Sacramento 2 months to pass a budget (if you can call it that).
...and then we get angry when we're given tax increases (during a recession no less).
Democracy - use it or lose it.
633,362 can vote
393,017 are registered
23,681 did vote
3,284 won it
0.5% is what made the difference.... (that's 0.005)
...and then we wonder why it takes Sacramento 2 months to pass a budget (if you can call it that).
...and then we get angry when we're given tax increases (during a recession no less).
Democracy - use it or lose it.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Advertising or Art? You decide.....
As you all know, I have the habit of clicking photos of stuff in and around the neighborhood posting them on my blog or on my Facebook wall. You may have recently seen some of my posts of the Lady Liberty ads or the big video game ad on the side of Lee Tower (the 5455 black building on Wilshire) that was being replaced.
Well, towards the end of last year, the City of Los Angeles placed a moratorium on building sized advertisements and electronic billboards. These are the ads you see painted or bolted onto the side of a building mostly for movies, sporting events or video games or the giant video screens you see on billboards.
It appears City Counsel has been pretty inept at being able to enforce the current codes and even worse at updating them. Enter Mike McNeilly and SkyTag Graphics. Mike McNeilly is the owner/manager of SkyTag Graphics, a billboard/advertising company founded in 1969, that specializes in building wraps and over-sized ad campaigns.
Mike McNeilly has taken it upon himself, along with his company, to challenge city council and their ban. He is using the ad space to post up "art" using the black and white images of the Statue of Liberty along with the year "1969" stating that it is a piece of art and that he is exercising his right to freedom of speech and expression. If he can win the argument in court using freedom of expression, it is assumed he will be able to make the jump to freedom of commercial expression.
So, what do you all think? Is it art or is it blight? Is it simply advertising, or visual pollution?
Does it make a difference that on average his ads cost about $100,000 per month per ad to maintain?
Personally, some of the ads are cool. I say, if they want to put them up, fine. Tax the ad company putting up the ad, tax the building for allowing the ad to go up, and earmark the funds to fix pot holes and empty lots in the neighborhoods the ads are placed in.
If Santa Monica, Culver City and Beverly Hills can figure this out, why not Los Angeles?
Well, towards the end of last year, the City of Los Angeles placed a moratorium on building sized advertisements and electronic billboards. These are the ads you see painted or bolted onto the side of a building mostly for movies, sporting events or video games or the giant video screens you see on billboards.
It appears City Counsel has been pretty inept at being able to enforce the current codes and even worse at updating them. Enter Mike McNeilly and SkyTag Graphics. Mike McNeilly is the owner/manager of SkyTag Graphics, a billboard/advertising company founded in 1969, that specializes in building wraps and over-sized ad campaigns.
Mike McNeilly has taken it upon himself, along with his company, to challenge city council and their ban. He is using the ad space to post up "art" using the black and white images of the Statue of Liberty along with the year "1969" stating that it is a piece of art and that he is exercising his right to freedom of speech and expression. If he can win the argument in court using freedom of expression, it is assumed he will be able to make the jump to freedom of commercial expression.
So, what do you all think? Is it art or is it blight? Is it simply advertising, or visual pollution?
Does it make a difference that on average his ads cost about $100,000 per month per ad to maintain?
Personally, some of the ads are cool. I say, if they want to put them up, fine. Tax the ad company putting up the ad, tax the building for allowing the ad to go up, and earmark the funds to fix pot holes and empty lots in the neighborhoods the ads are placed in.
If Santa Monica, Culver City and Beverly Hills can figure this out, why not Los Angeles?
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