Been meaning to post this for quite a while - pictures from the March 18th, 2007 peace rally in Portland. I'll let the photos speak for themselves.

It's finally here!

As an NIU alumnus I can tell you honestly that in the 4 years I attended school there I never felt unsafe on campus. Not once. When I heard the news yesterday I was shocked, absolutely bewildered. Out of all the schools in the nation where such an incident could occur, why Northern?

So I went out and voted yesterday. I registered as a Democrat and voted for all 6 Obama delegates. What? Did you think I was going to vote for Hillary? Hitlery Clinton? The Wicked Witch Of The Midwest?

Apparently an underground movement is forming with the sole intent of subverting the Church Of Scientology. Coming from all corners of the Earth, the members of this movement are using this miraculous invention—The Internet—as a vehicle of change in order to fight what they perceive to be a serious menace to all of humankind.

How did I miss this?

Apparently they've been trying to abolish the 1st Amendment through a bill that would target 'extremism' at home.

http://www.democracynow.org/2007/11/20/homegrown_terrorism_prevention_act_raises_fears

My buddy Don over at UIC has made some ground-breaking progress toward advanced 3-D rendering techniques. You can see his library (written in C++) running in the UIC lab on a massive array of screens.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=T41AKmoQne4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh6ysBvJcXI&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6dM5OL7XvI&NR=1

Here's the link to his GLSL library:

I recently downloaded an open-source artificial intelligence program called MegaHAL and started playing around with it - http://megahal.alioth.debian.org/

Just my luck... Saint Gibson coming to Chicago and I have class that night.

William Gibson: Spook Country

when: Mon 8.13 (7pm)
where: Borders Books and Music, Michigan Avenue (830 N Michigan Ave, 312.573.0564)
price: free

Stumbled upon this a little while ago - http://www.cyburbia.org/forums/showthread.php?t=9199. And if you haven't read Riding On The El Train you should.