Ian Irving's Code and Culture from Toronto
On CBC’s Toronto morning program Metro Morning they have restaurant reviews that are a little different: good eats, cheap, and not your usual tucker : Beyond Burgers (and the archive). Beyond Burgers is Must Listen, Must Eat Radio. Happily they Continue reading Beyond Burgers in Toronto, where to find good food.
Boing Boing’s geek goddess Xeni Jardin comments on Baby, you are, like, so kawaii, Anime-inspired cosmetics for creating a “supercute” look. (Kawaii (kah-wah-ee) means Cute or Super Cute). Often used on its own when observing a situation or character having Continue reading Baby, you are, like, so Kawaii
Our elderly neighbor, James Douglas Munson – known as Doug – passed away this morning. His wife, Nellie, called me at 6. As soon as I saw him, I called 911 and then gave CPR until they showed up a Continue reading James Douglas Munson 1928 -2005
Then We’ll Map Berlin (Toronto)…to paraphase Leonard Cohen Song We Make Money not Art (I think I might have to change my name to “I make Nothing, and even less Money”…)has a story : A Street History in Semacode: a Continue reading First We’ll Map Manhattan!!
Via The Torontoist we have Toronto writer Gina Mallet’s book: Last Chance to Eat: The Fate of Taste in a Fast Food World, published in 2004 and garnering rave reviews in North America and Britain. Where has all the good Continue reading Taste in a Fast Food World
‘The Age of Engagement’ is the theme of the online advertising conference AD:TECH, taking place now – April 25-27 – in San Francisco. Morgan Stanley’s Mary Meeker: (Yes that Mary Meeker!) have put up the presentation ( leads to 50 Continue reading The Age of Engagement