Lest We Forget.

Lest We Forget., a photo by markfchristopher on Flickr.

An overlay composition.

21'st century Open Access Crusader

Aaron Swartz (Photo credit: Public Herald)

Learning to storify.

Aaron H. Swartz (November 8, 1986 – January 11, 2013) was an American computer programmer, writer, political organizer, and Internet activist.

Swartz was involved in the development of the web feed format RSS,[2] the website framework web.py,[3] and the social news site Reddit, in which he was an equal partner after a merger with his Infogami company.[i] Swartz also focused on sociology, civic awareness and activism.[4][5] In 2010 he became a research fellow at Harvard University’s Edmond J. Safra Research Lab on Institutional Corruption, directed by Lawrence Lessig.[6][7] He founded the online group Demand Progress, known for its campaign against the Stop Online Piracy Act, and later worked with the activist groups Rootstrikers and Avaaz. He also was a contributing editor to The Baffler.[8]

On January 6, 2011, Swartz was arrested by federal authorities in connection with systematic downloading of academic journal articles from JSTOR.[9][10] Federal prosecutors eventually charged him with 2 counts of wire fraud and 11 violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act,[11] carrying a maximum penalty of up to 35 years in prison, a $1 million fine, plus forfeiture, restitution, andsupervised release.[12]

After facing charges for two years, on January 11, 2013, Swartz was found dead in his Crown Heights, Brooklyn apartment where he had hanged himself.[13][14][15

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[Film "Lost horizon" arrives from the US on the liner Mariposa, March 1937], by Sam Hood

[Film "Lost horizon" arrives from the US on the liner Mariposa, March 1937], by Sam Hood, a photo by State Library of New South Wales collection on Flickr.

To think the same ship brought me here from the US 36 years later it may have been re-furnished. Gotta love history.

SS Mariposa was designed for service in the Pacific Ocean including regular stops in ports along the West Coast of the United States, Hawaii, Samoa, Fiji, New Zealand and Australia. Her maiden voyage began 16 January 1932 in New York City where she sailed to Havana, transited the Panama Canal and berthed in the Port of Los Angeles before continuing on to tour ten more countries in the south and west Pacific.

SS Mariposa dry dock South Boston (Photo credit: Boston Public Library)

Francis Bacon's studio floor detail

Untitled, a photo by markfchristopher on Flickr.

Had a fantastic tour guide when we visited the Francis Bacon exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW usually avoid guided tours but brought the exhibition together for us. Francis certainly had a amazing life I liked his choice of using Max Factor make up.

Francis Bacon (Photo credit: markfchristopher)

The Big Lebowski for moocs

I enjoyed making this short 1 minute animation.

Summer flower

Summer flower, a photo by markfchristopher on Flickr.

Look better than I thought.