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Keeping Squid alive is easy... make sure to feed it properly, meet the hardware requirements, ensure ample access to water, and follow basic care guidelines.

Don't abuse or torture your squid.

http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=35eastwackerdrive-chicago-il-usa

http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/numbers/35EWacker.html

If you're looking for *nix groups specifically, there's Uniforum, which meets at the IIT campus in Wheaton. Also, I run a PHP Meetup group which meets in Glen Ellyn.

They sponsored the Clout Project where anybody can apply for a domain in chi.il.us.

They sponsored the Clout Project where anybody can apply for a domain in chi.il.us.

• National Museum of American History: Everything from a Morse's original telegraphs, Bell's original telephones, an Enigma, an ENIAC, a Hollorith Tabulating Machine, to a Trash-80 in the Information Age Exhibit located in the lower level
• Air and Space: The Wright Brother's Flyer, the Spirit of St Louis, the X-1, and if you visit after Decemeber of 2003, head out to Dulles Airport to see Udvar Hazy Center which will have even more aircraft including a SR-71, the Enola Gay, and the original space shuttle Enterprise.

In Boston, check out the Computer History Museum

In Chicago

• the Museum of Science and Industry is worth a visit.
• Plus there are plenty of Frank LLoyd Wright buildings to visit.

In the Bay Area there is

• the The Tech Museum in San Jose which is okay but if you plan far enough in advance (reservations are required)
• the Computer Museum History Center in Mountain View is probably the best collection of computers since the 50's.
• Intel has a museum at it's San Jose campus.
• Also dont miss a visit to Weird Stuff in Sunnyvale.

...they imposed a similar requirement on pawn shops, that they get ID and I think even take a Polaroid. The reason of course was to make it harder for either thief or merchant to fence stolen goods. There was some controversy because of the expense, and I'm sure someone had to have complained about privacy. It does seem intrusive, but so are the burglars that feed this thriving market. Good idea? Bad idea? I'd like to see more information first. Legal idea? I think so.

Who is "they"? I thought it was by local ordinance, the city of Chicago, maybe Cook County. You can find out from an affected merchant or City Hall. They *might* be online.

Oh hey, I'm right. Check for more news on this, especially challenges anyone has raised.

Anyway, extending a pawn shop reg to used DVD stores is not much of a stretch, so perhaps this is the City again. It sounds legal and reasonable under the City's police powers but, again, intrusive. Although the basic idea is OK, I imagine the fight would go to just how much information is collected. The details are critical. Don't forget to contact your aldermen and the mayor's office if you need to.

yann arthus-bertrand's absolutely tremendous photography was on display in chicago late this summer. yann took his images from a helicopter so i can imagine they are a bit more costly than its little brother kite. these images are nothing short of amazing.

chicago department of cultural affairs: earth from above
elexon presents: earth from above
fujifilm presents: earth from above
yann arthus-bertrand

I kinda like the philosopy behind Mastodon Linux. A nice small, clean distro without a lot of croft. Check it out.

I'm also surprised by strong negativity towards the Segway. I guess a lot of Slashdoter don't walk a great deal. I personally prefer walking to any other forms of transportation. But I have to admit that after an hour or two it gets old. If I'm really pushing it I can do about 4 MPH walking. I think that's average for most adults. I love riding bikes too. If traffic is not too heavy and the average auto traffic is below 40 MPH. Lastly come public transit and then autos. PT often fails me due to poor scheduling. With autos, the costs associated with owning and operating them to me are excessive, (gas, insurance, parking, taxi fares, etc). I immediately see the benefits of owning or having access to a Segway. Especially in an congested urban area like Chicago where there's a lot to see and do in a rather small area. I would like being among other people on the sidewalks rather than being in the street dodging cars on bike or on a bus, taxi, car. The reason I mentioned Chicago is because I really like modern architecture and photographing them. I very leery about transporting good camera equipment (even a laptop) on a bike due to the high amounts of vibration they produce. In one small area there are forty-five important buildings and landmarks with a 2.5 sq/mile area. WOW! With a Segway you could visit each one in a single day. Plus with the 8 inches of additional height the Segway adds to your standing height and gyro stabilization it would make a great tripod. And what about those multi-acre trade fairs like Comdex? Imagine all the vendor-ware you could collect with one of these! If I were Segway & Co. I would rent them out at large shows like this to geeks like me for $$. It would be like those carts you rent at airports. Hmmm, airports!/? Another Slashdoter mentioned theme parks like DisneyWorld as a good example. But I think just about all tourist scenarios could benefit. Think about the benefits to shorter heighted women and men? 8" of added standing height with the Segway could really help their confidence interacting with taller people or reaching things on high store shelves.
I would own or rent one as needed if it were available today without question. I can easily justify the benefits of a $3000.00 Segway in contrast to another $3000.00 laptop. I can see the satire of poking fun at "IT." Yet when I look at all of the ancillary products and services the auto industry created (parking meters, parking lots, paved roads, filling stations, etc) I easily see why the Segway is a revolutionary innovation.

> For those who want to call it Linux, I'd just
> suggest this: try running your favorite distro
> after subtracting all of the GNU system. Have fun.

It's been already done, and the distro name is Mastodon Linux

Well, according to their page:
http://www.chi.il.us/stats/
that site is getting a lot of hits, considering that it doesn't seem to actually have any content other than the stats!
--Dan