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Another episode of “It’s Charlie’s Stross’s fiction, we are just living in it” : Will Wall Street require Python?

By Ian | April 21, 2010

Saw “Will Wall Street require Python? | ITworld”, on the Hot Links website and thought “interesting”, and then I read the description !
“Charles Stross was right. “with Release 33-9117, the SEC is considering substitution of Python or another programming language for legal English as a basis for some of its regulations.”
I remembered the use [...]

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Kandyse McClure (BSG’s Anastasia “Dee” Dualla) glamour shots

By Ian | June 30, 2009

Rising star and Actress Kandyse McClure (born Candice McClure) and African-Canadian beauty, know to fans of Sci-Fi/Scy-Fy channels Battlestar Galactica as Anastasia “Dee” Dualla, recently did a shoot in Mexico with photographer Darryl Humphrey, a horse, and not much else! (She may have been filming for TV series “Persons Unknown“)

I’ve been told that the glamour shots [...]

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Arthur C. Clarke has gone to the great geostationary obrit in the sky.

By Ian | March 18, 2008

Via CBC we have the sad news that visionary Arthur C. Clarke has passed away at age 90. Best known as a Science fiction writer for the novel of the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey”, he wrote many, many, other fact and fiction novels. I am most thankful for his short stories, (in particular [...]

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Weird Wonderful Web Links for January 27th

By Ian | January 27, 2008

This is what is Weird Wonderful Web for January 26th through January 27th:

Still, or even more, relevant today: The Heavenly Jukebox from The Atlantic Monthly article on digital music from 2000. (no longer locked behind the paywall)
- business economics internet MusicBiz music mp3
In E-mail and the Problem (blackrimglasses.com Ethan Kaplan), Ethan makes a [...]

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The Friends of the Merril Science Fiction/Anime Flea Market

By Ian | August 29, 2007

Via Greg “Beatiful Code” Wilson :
The Friends of the Merril are having a Flea Market on Saturday September 8th, from 10-4, at the Toronto Reference Library (just north of Bloor on Yonge). Second-hand, collectible, or one-of-a-kind: all sorts of SF and Anime merchandise will be available.
The Friends of the Merril Flea Market is going to [...]

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Culture Links for the Week of July 13th 07

By Ian | July 13, 2007

Mr. Free Software; Mr CyberPunk; No Pandas in Toronto; Newspaper failures; Curse of Craigslist; Swarm intelligence; Mr Singularity; The Plan vs. Reality; Piracy in Perspective; INFEST WISELY in Vega or BitTorrent

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Links for the first week on July 07

By Ian | July 7, 2007

Amazon Web Services; Rails For Linux; Really DRY; eBay’s answer to 20% of itself; All the News That’s Fit to Wiki Out; the dreaded non-coding architect; Ajax Rain; Rudy Rucker & Bruce Sterling go to Hormiga Canyon; Arthur C. Clarke’s Maelstrom II: the movie; Kanye West Is Akira;
Is Tokyo a virtual world inside Second Life; HP Kawaii Horror.

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Infest Wisely , a lo-fi sci-fi movie. from Toronto

By Ian | May 19, 2007

“There’s a new, chewable nanotechnology that lets you take photos with your eyes, cures cancer and eliminates body odour. But the early adopters are realizing they got extra “features” they didn’t count on….

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Cory Overclocked In Toronto

By Ian | January 31, 2007

Cory Doctorow is coming home to Toronto and Queen street’s Bakka Books (697 Queen Street West) to launch his latest short story collection : Overclocked, Tomorrow – February 1st (2007). Come for the Tribe stay for the Whuffie.
Cory was interviewed earlier by Amber MacArthur at CityTv. And there was a great turn [...]

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