Monthly Archives: February 2006

Japanese Kimono designer Mamechiyo vists Toronto via Magic Pony

By Ian | February 26, 2006

Celebrated throughout Japan for her textile design and kimono styling, Mamechiyo has only recently gained recognition in North America. ‘Mamechiyo : the Art of Kimono’ will be Mamechiyo’s first solo exhibit in North America and her first appearance in Canada.
Magic Pony is hosting the solo show of Modern Kimono, from Mar 9 – [...]

Posted in Toronto, kawaii | 4 Comments

Recently Watched : “Night Watch” is Russian for the apocalypse

By Ian | February 26, 2006

Last night I saw the limited release Russian film “Night Watch” or “Nochnoi Dozor”. Wow. I don’t usually go for this sort of thing but I heard some buzz and I’m glad I gave it a go.
A fantasy-thriller set in present-day Moscow. Good battles Evil, the balance of power hangs on a [...]

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Katrin Clark Citroen At The Gladstone Hotel

By Ian | February 26, 2006

One of my very, very, local artists k.c. Citroen, who participated in the Bloor West Village Art Tour, is amongst the artists showing at Toronto’s Gladstone Hotel on Thursday MArch 2nd (2006) as part of SpeakEasy’s 10th anniversary Fine Art Show (one night only)

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NYT Mag : Broken Social Scene and Toronto’s Alternative Music Scene

By Ian | February 26, 2006

Today’s Ney York Times Magazine (feb 26, 2006) has a article Guided by (Many, Many) Voices, looking at Toronto band Broken Social Scene (It’s more like a network, or, as Emily Haines, a sometime BSS’er and lead singer of the Toronto band Metric, put it, “somewhere between a tribe and a cult.”) and other aspects [...]

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Structured DBlookup’s in Lotus Notes

By Ian | February 23, 2006

Another Thursday, Another Show-n-Tell+Thursday….more power less tears…

Posted in Lotus Domino, Show-n-Tell+Thursday | 3 Comments

Building a better “Save & Exit” action button in Lotus Notes formula language

By Ian | February 16, 2006

the wrong way and the right way to build a Lotus Notes “Save & Exit” action button in Lotus Notes formula language.

Posted in Lotus Domino, Show-n-Tell+Thursday | 11 Comments

If the world were ruled by Canadians

By Ian | February 11, 2006

A photoshop’ed look a Canada’s global dominance.

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A Songbird is Hatched.

By Ian | February 9, 2006

The Songbird Media Player, built with XUL and DRM free, was hatched yesterday in a preview release…

Posted in Culture, Digital Rights & Wrongs, XML & RSS | Leave a comment

ForeSight looks at Transportation Scenario’s upto 2050

By Ian | February 7, 2006

4 scenario’s for transport in Britain up to 2055

Posted in Transportation | 2 Comments

Found Words: Spring

By Ian | February 6, 2006

Sping : a spam ping that is a fake or bogus notifications that a blog has been updated; in some cases, these spings can amount to a denial-of-service attack, as coined(does anyone have a earlier usage?) by Technorati CEO David Sifry’s in his February 2006 State of the Blogosphere address, also posted on the technorati [...]

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