Ian Irving's Code and Culture from Toronto
Yesterday Google announced the Chromecast device : a $US35 small HDMI Raspberry Pi equivalent computing dongle running the ChromeOS ooks like a winning way to finally get the those TV’s connected to the net for most people and add some smarts to those TV’s, with more functionality and devices to follow. Continue reading Chromecast, finally connecting TV’s to the net
This last February ET and I took another trip to Japan, our previous one having been “only” in September 2010. ( see Kyoto; Kobe; Hakone and Tokyo from 2010). This time the focus was skiing with JK, and Tokyo! After Continue reading A 2013 Trip to Japan
Via TUAW comes news that Madrid’s visitors can rent tourist-friendly iPads from a business called Pad In The City, preloaded with a collection of Apps geared towards visitors to that Spanish city. Back in 2009, after traveling in Europe, I Continue reading The tripPad™ arrives in Madrid
This is the weekend of dueling festivals in west end Toronto : Ukrainian & Polish Festivals. One in Bloor West Village and one in Roncesvalles Village, only 3 kilometers, that’s 3 subway stops, apart. The Bloor West Toronto Ukrainian Festival Continue reading West End Toronto Festivals this Weekend,Sept 2011: Bloor West Ukrainian Festival & Roncesvalles Polish Festival
“Another sort of coping takes place at the imaginative level.” Professor of contemporary Japanese literature Ted Goossen has an eaasy in this Saturdays Globe and Mail :Japan’s literature of the apocalypse From Saturday’s Globe and Mail Published Friday, Mar. 25, Continue reading Japan’s literature of the apocalypse, a essay
Newly launched is the web site of Toronto based http://www.James-Signs.com, a designer and manufacturer of signs and graphics for a variety of applications for both standard stock-type signage and accessories but also catering to the individual needs of a diverse Continue reading James Signs, built as a custom Ruby on Rails CMS site