Ian Irving's Code and Culture from Toronto
ExoCortex : From Greek “exō” for outside; and from Latin “cortex” for bark, the cortex is the outermost layer of the brain. My ExoCortex is my Brain outside my Brain. Hardware or Software. Clear? Early examples include 6,620 B.C.E. and Continue reading Found Words: ExoCortex
DataSpill: the kind of word I would expect security guru Bruce Schneier to use. DataSpill is the Digital equivalent of an oil spill, when a company springs a leak and spews confidential consumer or corporate information out in to the Continue reading Found Words: DataSpill
Me2Me : a variation on P2P (Person to Person) file sharing. Me2Me (Me-to-Me) is sharing Media and Data on different devices for use by me. Example : Listening to a CD track on my stereo, then converting it to MP3 Continue reading Found Words: Me2Me
Author Cory Doctorow – and Boing Boing co-editor, and Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) European Outreach Coordinator – is doing a Book Launch at Toronto’s Bakka Phoenix Books on Monday July 11 (2005)@ 7PM to celebrate his newest book “Someone Comes Continue reading Cory Doctorow @ Toronto’s Bakka Phoenix Books on July 11
the acronym “BANANA” (like the fruit) stands for “Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anybody” which appears to be the universial version of “NIMBY” (“Not In My Back Yard”). BANANA’s would be the most extreme anti-growth or anti-X activists, in that Continue reading Found Words: BANANA
Another cool Google Maps hack : Gmaps Pedometer, which can be used to record distances traveled during a running or walking workout. Via Darren Barefoot with examples. I wonder how hard it would be to complie walking tours with something Continue reading Gmaps Pedometer