Ian Irving's Code and Culture from Toronto
A big article in the Saturday January 31st Globe and Mail Newspaper proclaimed : T.O. IS BECOMING A SOLUTIONS PLAYGROUND: WHY OUR CITY IS THE LATEST HOT SPOT FOR GEEKS, WONKS AND WEB JUNKIES, Toronto 2.0: data sharing source. The Continue reading Towards Building Toronto 2.0
This weekend was the start of Chinese year 4707, which is Year of the Ox in the Chinese zodiac. As always we celebrated the Lunar New Year with 2 dinners, one on the evening and one on the new years Continue reading Celebrating Lunar New Year and Long Life with Tam Kwai Lan
or why the future of Biology is exciting, computational, and in my closet.. Ten extinct beasts that could walk the Earth again “Tigers and Lions and Bears” or maybe “SaberTooths, Woolly Mammoths, and Dodos”. Could a charismatic megafaunal reality show Continue reading 3 links for the Biology and Medicine types
which translates as : “Flourishing both in sunshine and shade” which is the Irving clan family motto, as my sister has reminded me thanks to a trip she took in the summer to visit our Uncle Ken and Aunt Margaret. Continue reading Sub Sole, Sub Umbra, Virens
Prorogue : 1. To discontinue a session of a parliament. Prorogations not related to the conduct of an election are unusual. 2. To postpone; defer. 3. To scamper (run) away, with smelly pants, from a scheduled vote of confidence you Continue reading Canadian 2008 Word of the Year : Prorogue
in the works since 2005 has SongBird has reached a major milestone with is 1.0 release!! What is it? A DRM (Digital Restrictions Management, or they “restrict your rights to digits”. ) free, non-proprietary, cross platform, extensible (plug-in services!!), open-source, Continue reading DRM free Songbird Media Player is out of the nest with R1.0!