Ian Irving's Code and Culture from Toronto
Saturday Night we had a chance to heard the excellent Davide Virelles Quintet at Toronto’s The Rex Hotel Jazz & Blues Bar, lead by Cuban-born pianist David Virelles (and including Quinsin Nachoff (Sax); Luis Denis (Sax); Devon Henderson (Bass); Ethan Continue reading Davide Virelles Quintet at The Rex
The Accelerando Technical Companion is a technical companion to Charlie Stross’s latest novel, Accelerando, Cool! and part of Wikibooks, a collection of open-content textbooks that anyone can edit……..as an addition to my ExoCortex…I could use this….I was thinking (I know, Continue reading Accelerando Technical Companion
Author Cory Doctorow – and Boing Boing co-editor, and Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) European Outreach Coordinator – is doing a Book Launch at Toronto’s Bakka Phoenix Books on Monday July 11 (2005)@ 7PM to celebrate his newest book “Someone Comes Continue reading Cory Doctorow @ Toronto’s Bakka Phoenix Books on July 11
Via The Guardian, Margaret Atwood on why we need science fiction…She likes us she really likes us….see why this is a big deal Margaret Atwood Vs SF. I’m too chicken to face the “Wrath of Atwood”, and ask the “question”. Continue reading Margaret Atwood on why we need science fiction….in related news flying pigs circling the Annex
Yes , I need one of these! Via Many-to-Many we have a summury of daniel pink’s on book “A Whole New Mind” (March 24, 2005) as presented at the SXSW Interactive conference. His key thesis is that the future no Continue reading A Whole New Mind
Via twitchfilm.net : The Hong Kong Film Critics Association announced their winners for the past year. Best Picture : Kung Fu Hustle -an excellent and funny film, which I enjoyed much more than Shaolin Soccer. Kung Fu Hustle had its Continue reading Hong Kong’s The 10th Golden Bauhinina Awards