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  1. Good choice, Linus! by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 5, Informative · on Linus Torvalds Moving to the Silicon Forest


    Yes, welcome, Linus!!!

    If you need some help in getting oriented or someone to show you around, send me an email.

    Living in Portland is far better than in NoCal. NoCal has too many cars and bad smog.

    Here's useful info:

    Portland has the largest bookstore in the world.

    Portland borders on the confluence of the Willamette River and the Columbia River, one of the largest rivers in the world.

    One of the 7 WindSurfing Wonders of the World is in the Columbia River Gorge, on the eastern edge of the Portland metropolitan area.

    Portland has one of the largest and most successful dealers in contemporary art in the world. The gallery has a funny name, but shows the work of over 1,100 artists.

    Portland has the largest park inside a city in the world. The park has over 74 miles of wilderness hiking trails and 5,124 acres.

    Portland is the home of Pink Martini, a band that writes multi-cultural songs. One of Pink Martini's songs was once one of the most popular songs in France. You can listen to the music video.

    It's a 55 minute drive from downtown Portland to the ski areas. "World Class Skiing in Your Own Backyard."

    The K-12 Linux Project, in Portland, is one of the more successful projects for giving Linux to average users, who in this case are students.

    On the other hand: Q. Why do hippies come to Portland? A. Because there are no jobs.

    Many people don't like the months of rain every year. They say Portland is the perfect place for slugs and ducks. (However, the rain cleans the air.) Those with the correct philosophical orientation call it Liquid Sunshine.

  2. World class in: Bookstores, Art dealers, Parks... by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 4, Informative · on Introducing Linux to Joe Average


    Linus Torvalds can go anywhere. It's probably no accident that he and the The Open Source Development Lab are in Portland. (Beaverton is one of the towns that are part of the metropolitan area of 1.4 million people called Portland.)

    Portland has the largest bookstore in the world.

    Portland has one of the largest and most successful dealers in contemporary art in the world. The gallery has a funny name, but shows the work of over 1,100 artists.

    Portland has the largest park inside a city in the world. The park has over 74 miles of wilderness hiking trails.

    Portland is the home of Pink Martini, a band that writes multi-cultural songs. One of Pink Martini's songs was once one of the most popular songs in France. You can listen to the music video.

    It's a 55 minute drive from downtown Portland to the ski areas. "World Class Skiing in Your Own Backyard."

    The K-12 Linux Project, in Portland, is one of the more successful projects for giving Linux to average users, who in this case are students.

    Portland borders on the confluence of the Willamette River and the Columbia River, one of the largest rivers in the world. The Columbia River Gorge, on the eastern edge of Portland, is a world class wind-surfing area.

    On the other hand: Q. Why do hippies come to Portland? A. Because there are no jobs.

    Many people don't like the months of rain every year. They say Portland is the perfect place for slugs and ducks. (However, the rain cleans the air.)

  3. Re:Look at the bands by bryanthompson · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Amateur Radio Braces for Hurricane Isabel

    I was at a ham festival in Victoria Springs, Nebraska a few years ago where we built an antenna out of clothesline and copper wire. It was so badass. I'm still new to the ham world, but when some of the older guys saw what we were doing, they ran in and got all kinds of tuners and books of formula. Anyway, with that antenna we were able to listen in on an easter egg hunt, which was pretty sweet. hams rock

  4. Re:Philadelphia by maggotbrain_777 · · Score: 1 · on A Geek's Tour Of North America?
    Well, the Franklin Institute may be nice. However, I would recommend the Mutter Museum The Mutter Museum. Apparently, they might still give tours from Monday thru Friday. A brief decription is necessary:
    The Museum's collections include over 20,000 objects, including fluid-preserved anatomical and pathological specimens, medical instruments, anatomical and pathological models, items of memorabilia of famous scientists and physicians, and medical illustrations.

    Definitely a must see for the geek with the macabre bent. As an art student, I would venture down there on luch breaks, and marvel at the varnished display of the entire development cycle of the chicken from foetus to develpoed chick as well as the beautiful wax casts of "mutants" with what appeared to be tree stumps growing out of their forehead. Joel-Peter Witken and Trent Reznor, eat your heart out, you ain't got nothing on the Mutter Museum!
    Also, there is the Barnes Foundation Barnes Foundation, which has THE best collection of Impressionist/Post_impressionist painting this side of the pond. Up until 1990, or so, this collection was never seen outside of the museum. No photgraphs, no postcards. You had to go to the actual building to see literally dozens of Monet, Manet, Soutine, Cezanne, etc hanging within inches of each other on walss 50 feet long and 15 feet high. Truly awe inspiring. And, finally, there is the Masonic Temple Masonic Temple, which has a whole lot of random architecural styles packed into a fully overblown space. But, remember, on the tour, don't ask what they actually "do" in those spaces. I actually got escorted off of a public tour for asking the tour guide too many "distracting questions(n.b. This was 1987 and I had just finished reading R.A.W's Illuminati Trilogy. go figure:-)
    Oh, and The Rodin Museum, One of the larget collections of Duchamp, the largest ratio of abandoned building to local populus, some of the best cheeseteaks, and really boring historical tours and The Mummer's who are a basically a bunch of dunkin Philly rednecks. Go figure.
  5. If traveling through Kansas... by greyfeld · · Score: 1 · on A Geek's Tour Of North America?
    you will definitely want to check out the Cosmosphere and Space Center in Hutchinson. The cosmosphere features an IMAX theater, collections of NASA spacecraft and space memorabilia, German V1 and V2 rockets, an SR-71A Blackbird spy plane, the actual Apollo 13 command module and a planetarium featuring a laser light show.

    If you head on towards Topeka, there is the Combat Air Museum which has a large assortment of combat aircraft from around the world.

    In Kansas City, the Kansas City Zoo has undergone major renovations over the past 5 years and is quite a place to visit. The African veldt exhibit is huge and loaded with animals. You can also catch the Matrix Reloaded on IMAX while you are there. KC has a lot of other good attractions, perhaps get to the see the Royals actually leading their division in the fall too! Don't forget to stop by the Hereford House for the best steak in the country.

  6. Makes me think of Seattle by Traicovn · · Score: 2, Informative · on Ghost Stations of the London Underground

    Sounds a bit like the Seattle Underground Tour (Link) (Link) (Link) which I took this summer out there. No, they won't tell you any dirty secrets about Microsoft. But for 7.00 it was worth it, and the tour guides were knowledgeable and funny. Apparently the original city planners for the city of Seattle were not all that smart... (if your interested about this part of Seattle there is a book called Sons of the Profits about it)

    Anybody know if there is anything like this in some other big cities?

  7. Re:Uhh..naming? by Ross+Finlayson · · Score: 1 · on Intel's Answer to AMD's Hammer - Yamhill

    Or even better, Boring!