Ghost Town

People of Portland: Go vote. Then, whatever happens, go back to liking each other. It's summer, the season of street festivals, and movies and concerts in the park.

At the interfaith event focusing on the environment that we attended last week with the Dalai Lama and local religious leaders, Rabbi Michael Cahana said that the scientists he knew had lost hope that we could stop the coming horrors. Then, he said that the role of religion and spiritualism was to offer hope. This makes sense to me, but I would add this: We're not getting out of the impending environmental catastrophe by stopping what we are doing now, and we are not getting out of it by hoping. The only way we might get out of it is if enough scientists can borrow enough from religion and spirituality to have hope and keep trying to figure out a way to reverse the damage done, and enough religious folks can believe in and do what the scientists suggest they do, and together they-slash-we can find a way to fix things. That (admittedly very narrow) path is the hope I cling to.

Here is the link to the actual site: http://www.videosurveillance.com/communitycam/ Originally shared by John Chavez This is a very cool project that the company i work for, VideoSurveillance, is working on. They are starting right here in Portland and are planning to roll it out nationwide and the system grows!  Pretty Exciting! http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/05/new_online_map_by_portlands_vi.html

On Saturday, we put a team together for Portland Afoot's transit scavenger hunt/murder mystery called "Who Whacked Faire LeSquare?" It was a blast, racing around the city by bus, train, foot, and Dragon Boat, looking for "clues." This is a cool god's-eye view of the whole system in action. (We won't mention the MAX's currently stuck on either side of the steel bridge.) :) http://www.pdxlivebus.com/

It's so cute how many people think that they currently have privacy in public that is going to be destroyed by Google Glass.

"Our message to them, and our message to everyone in the country, is simple," [Rick Perry] continued, adding a plug to the Lone Star State. "There is still a place that loves freedom in America, where people can pursue their dreams free from the kneejerk government regulations that occur. That place is called Texas. That place is called Texas. We want to invite you, if you're not already here, consider coming to the place that loves freedom." I lived in Texas for quite a while, and "Texans loving freedom" was, um, not my experience , let's just say. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/03/gun-control-in-crosshairs-at-nra-convention/?hpt=hp_c3