Aug 13, 2002
I recently finished Kazuo Ishiguro‘s The Unconsoled and am terribly glad that I kept with it after the first half.
It is very difficult to read a novel in which you abhor the protagonist, which is how I felt about Ryder, the novel’s narrator. Here is a … Read more
Aug 12, 2002
Sunday I went to the Taste of the Danforth with my friend Vic and his friend Kevin. This food festival features booths providing culinary delights of various restaurants along the Danforth.
The name “Taste Of The Danforth” might evoke a lush variety of offerings … Read more
Aug 12, 2002
On Saturday I perused the BMV bookstore at Yonge & Eglinton for birthday presents for my niece, Leyla, who turns 5 on the 22nd. I know that relatives on Leyla’s father’s side of the family will bestow toys upon her, but I and my parents believe that books make a … Read more
Aug 9, 2002
There’s a new installment of Get Your War On out. Not as funny as prior strips, but it’s still got it. Think of it as a comic form of The Onion.
UPDATE: This episode of Get Your War On is funnier than ever, thanks to Read more
Aug 9, 2002
Science Magazine has an article detailing an experiment with a female New Caledonian crow where the bird, in order to retrieve food from a vial, fashioned a hook out of wire to use as a tool. The food was in a small bucket … Read more
Here’s an attractive page which describes many of the key features in HTML5 and how to detect whether they’re supported. The page also includes indicators for support in your browser. As a bonus, the page itself validates as HTML5.
Rui Carmo delivers a great article on Tao of Mac lashing out against the anti-iPad pundits. Read it, especially if you’re on the anti-iPad side.
Judging by my links to pro-iPad posts of this nature, you’re probably aware of where I stand. I think it’s a great device. I’m OK with its closed nature, in … Read more
“Google Translator Toolkit helps translators translate better and more quickly through one shared, innovative translation technology.” It’s a collaborative environment for machine- and human-translation of documents. Users can upload a document, pretranslate it, invite others to help its translation and then export the translated document.
Three stories of iPad technolust; three people who are averse to computers. One, a grandmother who is frustrated with and never speaks about computers. Another who is technophobe who reluctantly uses computers for work but loves his iPhone. The last, a contractor who hates computers, dismisses tech talk but wants an iPad for his business. … Read more
Google released mock-ups and animations of a Chrome OS concept tablet. Yes, mock-ups and animations. Of a concept. They’re not even real and the experience still sucks. (A keyboard tied to a resizable window?) Google could have shown a 3D desktop with kittens coming out of the screen, softly brushed aside by waving hands. Instead, … Read more
