Friends have recommended the following events:
Ignite Seattle: a series of geek nights hosted by people from O'Reilly and Make, among others. The next one is on Tuesday Feb 13.
Dorkspot: for engineers/artists involved in the creation of electronic art in the broadest sense of the term. Meets the first Wednesday of every month.
There was a Big Meeting at the Mercer Island City Council last night to discuss that new Jet Center expansion that Renton is considering. If approved, all of Mercer Island will be on the flight path of some noisy takeoffs and landings.
You can read all about it, with frequently-updated information at http://nojets.org
The City of Renton is adding a new jet center, attracting new jet traffic to
Renton, flying directly over Mercer Island. This would affect the
entire Island, from North to South.
On Monday, January 29, Renton officials will present their plan to
Mercer Island and solicit your comments. It is critical that as many
people as possible attend since this meeting is likely the only
opportunity for Mercer Island citizens to provide input. The meeting
is 7:00 to 9:00pm on January 29th at the Community Center at Mercer
View, 8236 SE 24th Street, MI.
Answer: no.
Plug your social security number or credit card number into this specialized search engine and it will look through the universe of stolen numbers to tell whether your number has been compromised. I tried it and it turned up bubkis. For $8/year, they'll continue to monitor a list of your numbers and email you if something fishy ever happens.
So how do I know this website doesn't just harvest everything you type and then use it against you? First, they promise they don't. Second, they are backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm.
IBM just introduced this neat data visualization software, Many Eyes, that lets you see dynamic portrayals of information. Reminds me of the new site, Swivel.com that works like a Flickr for data--enter whatever data you want, then compare it with any other data set.
Too bad I missed this in Seattle last weekend. SOAP - seattle outsider artist project sponsored a Weird Genius Science Fair. You can see the FlickR photostream here.
