Ian Irving's Code and Culture from Toronto
Via Boing Boing we have The Worst jobs in history, via Baldric. So, yes your job cold be worse: Fuller, Groom Of The Stool, Guillemot Egg Collector, Barber Surgeon, Bath Attendant, Coin Producer, Tanning (basically most of these involve “Pee”) Continue reading Worst jobs in history, via Baldric
I’ve added review links and comments to my previous Saturday Night Hong Kong Films in Toronto (Omini TV ) listings
From Association for Computing Machinery comes Integrating VoIP into the enterprise could mean the end of telecom business as usual. from their VoIP issue. (what’s a PBX? Private Branch Exchange. A telephone exchange used within an organization and located on Continue reading Not Your Father’s PBX?
Opening on Sept 28th (that’s Tuesday) across Asia, 2046 is Wing Kar Wai 4 year cinematic journey, starting Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, and Zhang Ziyi. . The New York Times magazine tells the story (The Director’s Director (Registration Continue reading Kar Wai Wong’s 2046
Andrew Orlowski (San Francisco bureau chief of The Register) spoke to the cream of the music industry, telling them to embrace the Future, Technology,Freedom and Growth, and dump DRM, and old business Models. He also suggested why and how. He Continue reading How the music biz can live forever, get even richer, and be loved
Via Jon Udell comes Nic Wolff’s single-signon bookmarklet. From one key phrase come many