Ian Irving's Code and Culture from Toronto
apophenia: the spontaneous perception of connections and meaningfulness of unrelated phenomena. The term was coined by K. Conrad in 1958 (Brugger). Or to take the subtitle of this blog “making connections where none previously existed”. Spotted in The Intimate Planet Continue reading Found Words: Apophenia
Toronto’s annual WinterCity Festival is a 14-day city-wide celebration of our city’s culture, creativity, and cuisine, to encourage residents and visitors to get out and experience Toronto’s restaurants and attractions during the traditionally quiet winter season. The festival’s culinary element Continue reading Winterlicious 2005, Toronto
In The New Yorker: Online Only (Januaray 2005). is an interview with the writer (Margaret Talbot) of The New Yorker’s article “The Auteur of Anime” (not avaialbe on-line, buy your copy now or go to your freindly neighor library). I’ve Continue reading The Animated Life, Hayao Miyazaki (Howl’s Moving Castle’ & Spirited Away ) in The New Yorker
Systempunkt: evolved from the german “schwerpunkt”, “Systempunk” is the point in a system (infrastructure or market) where a swarm of small insults will cause a cascade of collapse (phsyical or psychology) in system. One of those asymmetrical warfare things I Continue reading Found Words : Systempunkt
“House of Flying Daggers” (Shi Mian Mai Fu) is not to be missed! The original Chinese title is Shi Mian Mai Fu, meaning “ambush from ten direction”. The film is written as a thriller under the cover of a love Continue reading House of Flying Daggers & Anita Mui
Tsunami are a Japanese term which has been used to describe a large seismically generated ocean wave, produced by a submarine earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption. The pronunciation for tsunami is “soo- nah- mee”, and comes from Japanese : tsu Continue reading Defination Definition : Tsunami