Ian Irving's Code and Culture from Toronto
Siu Mui Lam (also known as Mrs. Wong, born 1930) was killed by a dump truck driver on June 23, 2009 (the second day of City strike) when she crossed an intersection at St. Helen’s street/ Bloor before a STOP Continue reading $400 fine and 3 demerit points for the life of 79 year old Siu Mui Lam
This fall has seen a few changes in Toronto’s west end Junction neighborhood (of New York Times fame): Bronto Burger is now Jocelyn’s Place (2982 Dundas St. West, just west of Pacific Ave.), with a new owner but same menu/price Continue reading Changes in the Junction : Jocelyn’s Place, a Stop Light & Buddha Pie
We saw 5 great films in the Contemporary World Cinema program in this years (2009) Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff). We started off with a Irish film, Perrier’s Bounty, set in the underside of North Dublin. Great and meaty characters. Continue reading Five films from the TIFF
The Junction Arts Festival is back on Sept 9 to 13, 2009 of its 17th occasion in Toronto’s west end on Dundas Street West between Keele Street and Quebec Avenue. The festival presents visual, musical, performance, new media and site-specific Continue reading A few Toronto Festivals in September: Junction Arts, Ukrainians, Poles and Movie Stars
Toronto’s Connector extraordinaire Sacha Chua developed this super-nifty Lotus Notes script which does a flexible mail merge from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to Lotus Notes, as documented and shared in Lotus Notes mail merge from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Keep Continue reading Sacha Chua shares her Lotus Notes mail merge from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet
Toronto Life has a piece on Dufflet Pasteries winning a gold for best confection at the 2009 Sofi Awards in New York (Dufflet takes the cake at U.S. food show). I became aware of this because they used (part of) Continue reading Dufflet takes the cake at U.S. food show, Ian takes the Photo