Out of all places, NOW Toronto has an interesting tech article about a software that lets people share unfettered internet access to internet-censoring countries. Spawned by the Citizen Lab of University of Toronto since December 2006, Psiphon acts as a proxy for the regulated user and provides access to an uncensored internet. Psiphonodes would be able to monitor and regulate incoming/outgoing traffic as well if they feel that the psiphonites (I swear that’s what the website calls them) are getting out of bounds of what they’re surfing on the web. One good thing about this is that Psiphon servers gets to choose who uses the service which means less people using it, thus staying pretty off the radar and avoid the fate of regular proxy servers that eventually gets shut down.
If you have relatives or friends that reside in those countries, I encourage you to try out this program and “psiphon” information freely.
Filed under: alma mater, social software
If you have an itching question about C++, now is your chance. On July 20, Bjarne Stroustrup (that’s “B-yar-ne Strov-stroop” for you non-danish speakers), the ‘father’ of C++, is giving a talk on ‘C++0x Support for Generic Programming’.
This talk is free and open to the public, so if you’re interested feel free to come down to University of Toronto St. George Campus, specifically at Bahen Center for Information Technology (40 St. George Street) at 6:30 PM.
There’s also a chance for you to meet him face to face after the talk, if you’re brave enough, at Bar Mercurio restaurant (270 Bloor West). This event seems like it’s going to be a packed crowd, so be sure to head down early…and save a seat for me.
Filed under: agile and iterative, alma mater, bjarne stroustrup, c++
This unique photo manipulation by wvs captures University of Toronto as a self-evolving ecosystem of innovation and ingenuity. From sleep-deprived engineering students who live and breathe Stanford Fleming to Al Gore and his green followers filling the ever encompassing Convocation Hall, there’s always a special corner for everyone in this academic world of ours.
Filed under: TOronto, alma mater
