I was flying on a bon vol across the continent today and found Bon Cop, Bad Cop in the francophone section of Air Canada's movies. I was so excited! I remember seeing it advertised when I was in Montreal over the summer, but sadly I missed out on seeing it. It's not [...] Read More…
I was at a conference today where I attended an excellent presentation by Dr. Daniela Florescu, a developer of the XQuery language and editor of the W3C specification. Besides being one of the best-dressed software engineers I've ever seen, she's brilliant. As someone who works with XML applications every single day, I found [...] Read More…
Every now and then I throw a dinner party for myself. It's partly self-indulgent, but it's also about experimenting with new things that I might sometime serve to impress others. Nigella Lawson talks a bit about cooking for oneself in How To Eat: The Pleasures and Pricinples of Good Food. Here are [...] Read More…
The concept of "Nowhere" exists throughout Canadian literature. Nowhere is a relatively obscure geographic and demographic territory with little historical baggage, which presents a few challenges (and some opportunities). It's a blank slate with space waiting to be filled. Noah Richler presents this pseudo-archetype in This is My Country, What's Yours? A [...] Read More…