new to tulsa now!

[cdowni]

hey tulsa now! i thought i'd just introduce myself to everyone.

i'm a college student living in chicago. i grew up in tulsa and it's one of my favorite places in the world. i'm very interested in tulsa politics, architecture and development.

i'm really stoked on this forum. i wish i had found it sooner!

[guido911]

quote:Originally posted by cdowni

hey tulsa now! i thought i'd just introduce myself to everyone.

i'm a college student living in chicago. i grew up in tulsa and it's one of my favorite places in the world. i'm very interested in tulsa politics, architecture and development.

i'm really stoked on this forum. i wish i had found it sooner!

Well get lost.


Just kidding. Welcome aboard and I look forward to reading your posts.

[TulsaFan-inTexas]

quote:Originally posted by guido911

quote:Originally posted by cdowni

hey tulsa now! i thought i'd just introduce myself to everyone.

i'm a college student living in chicago. i grew up in tulsa and it's one of my favorite places in the world. i'm very interested in tulsa politics, architecture and development.

i'm really stoked on this forum. i wish i had found it sooner!

Well get lost.


Just kidding. Welcome aboard and I look forward to reading your posts.

Guido, you're a hoot.. []

[cannon_fodder]

Welcome to TulsaNow.

Where and what are you going to school for in Chi-Town?  Is a return to Tulsa in store upon graduation?

[Hometown]

Hey Cdowni, There are days that I would rather post on TulsaNow than talk to a real live person.  I really enjoy this little electronic community when it's not making me mad.  I mean after all is said and done we're really more than just binary code bouncing around a server farm in San Jose, California – TulsaNow has content to spare.

I'll look for your posts.  Hope you are opinionated and vocal and not a Republican.

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by Hometown

Hey Cdowni, There are days that I would rather post on TulsaNow than talk to a real live person.  I really enjoy this little electronic community when it's not making me mad.  I mean after all is said and done we're really more than just binary code bouncing around a server farm in San Jose, California – TulsaNow has content to spare.

I'll look for your posts.  Hope you are opinionated and vocal and not a Republican.

See, HT, just knowing your binary codes are bouncing around San Hose B has got to make you feel less home-sick. []

Welcome cdowni!

[Admin]

quote:Originally posted by Hometown

Hey Cdowni, There are days that I would rather post on TulsaNow than talk to a real live person.  I really enjoy this little electronic community when it's not making me mad.  I mean after all is said and done we're really more than just binary code bouncing around a server farm in San Jose, California – TulsaNow has content to spare.

I'll look for your posts.  Hope you are opinionated and vocal and not a Republican.

Your binary code stays right here in good 'ole Tulsa, OK

[]

Choose TulsaConnect for you DSL, Colocation and dedicated hosting needs!

/plug

[Hometown]

You're kidding, right?  Does Tulsa have a server farm?  San Jose has these giant mega block sized collections of servers called server farms where everything on the internet happens, or so I thought.

[cannon_fodder]

Tulsa has several server farms as it sits on top of the major East/West internet backbone for ATT (as well as WillTell/Level 3).   Not only commercial farms, but many our our industry leaders keep their servers here (BOk, Williams, OneOK and on and on, go forth and trace route some of them).  You'd be surprised at the number of server farms around town.

For that matter, most cities of any size (50K+) have a few servers farms somewhere in them at this point in time.  No longer that big of a deal really.

[RecycleMichael]

quote:Originally posted by cdowni
i'm a college student living in chicago.

I was in Chicago yesterday and the day before. Took the family to the Museum of Science and Industry. It was one of the most amazing experiences of their lives. I then topped it by taking them to the Navy Pier. The view and sunset of Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline from high up on the ferris wheel was great!

Also ate some Giordano's Pizza and cruised around Millenium Park. The Taste of Chicago was going on as well.

The kids wish we had all that in Tulsa.

The traffic was unbearable. We were stuck in non-moving lines of cars all the time everywhere. I also paid $14 to park at the museum and $19 to park at the pier. I was so glad that Tulsa has none of that.

[nathanm]

quote:Originally posted by Admin

quote:Originally posted by Hometown

Hey Cdowni, There are days that I would rather post on TulsaNow than talk to a real live person.  I really enjoy this little electronic community when it's not making me mad.  I mean after all is said and done we're really more than just binary code bouncing around a server farm in San Jose, California – TulsaNow has content to spare.

I'll look for your posts.  Hope you are opinionated and vocal and not a Republican.

Your binary code stays right here in good 'ole Tulsa, OK

[]

Choose TulsaConnect for you DSL, Colocation and dedicated hosting needs!

/plug

Well, it does if you have at&t DSL. (probably, I'm estimating based on what the route looks like from Fayetteville, since I don't have DSL here in Tulsa) If you're on Cox, though, not only do your packets suffer the insult of going through OKC, as they all do, but they then have to go to Dallas before making their way back north on Level 3.

Tulsa does have a surprising amount of public colo space for a city of its size, though. It's too bad they all want to charge an arm and three legs for bandwidth, though.

Given that I can get 1.3TB monthly on a 100Mbps unshared port with average usage billing (no 95th percentile!) on a decent transit mix (at&t, L3, Cox, and Cogent, and my packets don't usually hit Cogent except to destinations on Cogent) and a server thrown in for $60 a month, I'll house my bits out west, thanks.

[ericc2000]

TV Guide's server farm is located here in Tulsa, 71st and Lewis.

[cdowni]

thanks for the warm welcome everyone!

to answer some questions:

i go to the school of the art institute of chicago. i'm going for my  bachelor of fine arts degree. i might go back for a second degree in architecture, but i'm still on the fence about that one.

i definitely want to move back, but it will probably be a few years after i graduate.

and i'm not a republican, i view myself as a fiscally-conservative-anti-big government liberal.

some notes on recyclemicheal's chicago trip:

the museum of science and industry is great did you get to see the sustainable home?

did you happen to make it to the stained glass museum at navy pier? its the piers hidden gem, if you ask me.

and yes, chicago has a horrible congestion problem, and outrageous parking prices and outrageously expensive gas. luckily i don't have a car. but sometimes i wish i did, cause its kinda hard to get around, and the public transit isn't all that great and it's kind of expensive. needless to say, i miss tulsa.

[RecycleMichael]

The sustainable home exhibit was great. I did not see the stained glass museum.

In hindsight, I should have parked the car and rode the subway.

[booWorld]

quote:Originally posted by cdowni

i go to the school of the art institute of chicago. i'm going for my  bachelor of fine arts degree. i might go back for a second degree in architecture, but i'm still on the fence about that one...

...and yes, chicago has a horrible congestion problem, and outrageous parking prices and outrageously expensive gas. luckily i don't have a car. but sometimes i wish i did, cause its kinda hard to get around, and the public transit isn't all that great and it's kind of expensive. needless to say, i miss tulsa.

The Art Institute of Chicago is one my favorite places to visit.  The Bruce Goff Archives are there, in case you didn't know.  They have some good documentation on Goff's early Tulsa work.

I've been to Chicago several times recently, but I didn't notice terrible traffic problems, except the highways near Midway seemed congested.  I hoofed it all around the Loop, but I also used public transportation some and rode with a friend in a rental car.  Parking prices did not seem too outrageous to us, even in the huge garage below Millineum Park.

Try to take the tours given by the Chicago Architecture Center if possible.  I think many or most of their events are given free of charge.