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Greetings From Roser Park, Florida

caleb — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:57:55 +0000

At least 2 of the 101 Photos of Roser Park, St Petersburg have been used as references for paintings so far. As I have previously stated, by midsummer my use of color becomes deranged from the heat and I will not return to a reasonable palette until January. This is not really a choice. It is more like a mineral deficiency or something.

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101 Photos of Roser Park, St Petersburg, Florida

caleb — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:30:15 +0000

I wanted to do a painting of a Roser Park cityscape, so I biked down into the gulch Saturday morning. It wasn’t early, but there was no one in the park or on the street, not even a dog walker. Probably something to do with the gaspingly high humidity. Anyway, I managed to get some shots without much sweat. I have mastered the art of chewing each bite of air 40 times before inhaling, which makes breathing possible in this climate. Huzzah!

If you’d like to see the other 99 photos of Roser Park, go to the Flickr set.

The St Petersburg Police: A Subtropical Noir View

caleb — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:19:46 +0000

The right time of day and atmospheric conditions can make anything look cool. The stretch of Central just north of Tropicana Field is kind of sparse and in need of infill to connect the Grand Central district with downtown St Pete, but at least it has a place to get drunk and a place to sleep it off.

Recycling Old Computers To Fight Isolation, Ignorance and Poverty

caleb — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:59:47 +0000

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When I was back in PDX 2000-2002, I used the wonderful FreeGeek outlet for bits of hardware I lacked. Naively, I assumed that every town had a program that recycled old computers, installed a free operating system (Linux) and put them back into the hands of people who couldn’t afford hardware and proprietary software. Clearly, I was wrong.
Goddamn, we need a FreeGeek “franchise” or something like it here in the Tampa Bay Area. The FreeGeek mission statement is:
FREE GEEK is a 501(c)(3) not for profit community organization that recycles used technology to provide computers, education, internet access and job skills training to those in need in exchange for community service.
Recycling, education, job skills, and internet access for the people who need it most! What could be better than that?