am currently working on a data mining/ info vis/ remix project, and could use some help with Processing.   For the past several months, I have been data mining tweets by selected hashtags.  Currently, I am storing #wikileaks,  #tunisia, and per today's 'Day of Revolution' in Egypt, #Jan 25 (among others).  The beta is this simple, craigslist-like interface for now where data is graphed by language.  http://rim.r-shief.org/ (Please be patient, beta takes some time to download).

Using Processing, I am trying to pull this data directly from the MYSQL database in order to do some interesting visualization of the data.  I have also recorded live streams of today's protests in Cairo  (covered also on CNN, Al Jazeera, as well as online) and am working with a DJ to get a sountrack -- which I would like to mix with the data from the tweets:   http://rim.r-shief.org.  I am working to create an interesting Information Visualization of this relevant data TODAY if possible. The timing, I think is important. I feel like there is an urgency around this data -- it would be quite timely if I can make something fast.  

So what I have so far is this code that, I think, is connecting to the MYSQL database I have hosted:

import processing.net.*; 

Client myClient; 

int dataIn; 

void setup() { 

 size(800, 600); 

 // Connect to the local machine at port 5204.

 // This example will not run if you haven't

 // previously started a server on this port

 myClient = new Client(this, "67.210.123.5", 22); 

} 

void draw() { 

 if (myClient.available() > 0) { 

   dataIn = myClient.read(); 

 } 

 background(dataIn); 

}

However, I am not sure how to take it from there. I am not even sure how to check that this is working?  And is the next step, to write arrays? Or would this be better to do otherwise?  I am not too familiar with Processing language.  If you could offer me any guidance, I would be much appreciative.

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