serendipityoucity Comments http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com a gift to you and me accidently on purpose somewhere but mostly in the city Sat, 17 May 2008 03:22:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Vanessa Rozyckie http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2008/05/06/olfactory-art-exhibit-odor-limits/#comment-387 Wed, 14 May 2008 18:13:44 +0100 http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2008/05/06/olfactory-art-exhibit-odor-limits/#comment-387 I read about this in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Sunday and it struck me that Fran Levi is a part of the exhibit. I lost my sense of smell 14 years ago when I fractured my skull and would like to connect with someone who shares the rare, similar experience. I read about this in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Sunday and it struck me that Fran Levi is a part of the exhibit. I lost my sense of smell 14 years ago when I fractured my skull and would like to connect with someone who shares the rare, similar experience.

]]> by: karly http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2006/12/27/2-cables-in-the-ring-of-fire/#comment-383 Thu, 01 May 2008 15:10:45 +0100 http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2006/12/27/2-cables-in-the-ring-of-fire/#comment-383 i love the way the articul is ritin i love the way the articul is ritin

]]> by: Administrator http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2008/04/29/subtle-technologies/#comment-382 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:59:54 +0100 http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2008/04/29/subtle-technologies/#comment-382 ah shucks marcus! You will also really like jim, he is pal from the great bad days when su and I were less wild lasses than we are now! ah shucks marcus! You will also really like jim, he is pal from the great bad days when su and I were less wild lasses than we are now!

]]> by: Marc http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2008/04/29/subtle-technologies/#comment-381 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:53:30 +0100 http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2008/04/29/subtle-technologies/#comment-381 This looks like the coolest thing to do in TO this May... thanks for sharing, Tracey! Too bad you'll be in Mexico- for us, that is- would LOVE to see this with you around- have fun, thanks again for enlightening the rest of us with the heads-up! Cheers, Marc This looks like the coolest thing to do in TO this May… thanks for sharing, Tracey! Too bad you’ll be in Mexico- for us, that is- would LOVE to see this with you around-
have fun, thanks again for enlightening the rest of us with the heads-up!
Cheers, Marc

]]> by: Beijing York http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2008/04/18/if-you-become-a-public-servant-to-you-loose-your-right-to-act-as-a-citizen/#comment-380 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:55:40 +0100 http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2008/04/18/if-you-become-a-public-servant-to-you-loose-your-right-to-act-as-a-citizen/#comment-380 It's been such a relief to be able to write to MPs and Senators, and make public statements, about Bill C-10 and copyright and Status of Women/Museum Assistance Program and anything else that relates to Canadian Heritage since leaving the public service. It’s been such a relief to be able to write to MPs and Senators, and make public statements, about Bill C-10 and copyright and Status of Women/Museum Assistance Program and anything else that relates to Canadian Heritage since leaving the public service.

]]> by: b79 http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2008/03/10/e-waste-in-canada/#comment-379 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:25:48 +0100 http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2008/03/10/e-waste-in-canada/#comment-379 One of the solutions I’ve found that help tackle e-waste and keep existing, outdated PCs going is to go with a company called Userful. They’re huge on green computing and can use a single existing PC to power up to ten workstations at once. This is a huge way to help combat e-waste and bring outdated PCs back to life. You can find out more on this here – http://www.userful.com. One of the solutions I’ve found that help tackle e-waste and keep existing, outdated PCs going is to go with a company called Userful. They’re huge on green computing and can use a single existing PC to power up to ten workstations at once. This is a huge way to help combat e-waste and bring outdated PCs back to life. You can find out more on this here – http://www.userful.com.

]]> by: Glenn http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2008/04/21/time-sound-senses/#comment-377 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:46:46 +0100 http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2008/04/21/time-sound-senses/#comment-377 Cool project! I like the comments (http://www.john-cage.halberstadt.de/new/index.php?seite=dasprojekt&l=e) about the media event created by the most recent change of tone in 2006. BTW, Ryan Knighton's book "Cockeyed" contains an interesting discussion of his perceptions of the world as his eye sight fails and he learns to cope with blindness. Cool project! I like the comments (http://www.john-cage.halberstadt.de/new/index.php?seite=dasprojekt&l=e) about the media event created by the most recent change of tone in 2006.

BTW, Ryan Knighton’s book “Cockeyed” contains an interesting discussion of his perceptions of the world as his eye sight fails and he learns to cope with blindness.

]]> by: Administrator http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2008/04/13/propaedeutic-enchiridion/#comment-376 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:06:51 +0100 http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2008/04/13/propaedeutic-enchiridion/#comment-376 http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/12/boris_vian_still_spitting_from.html This guy sound too dark for me! http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/12/borisvianstillspittingfrom.html

This guy sound too dark for me!

]]> by: rene http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2008/04/13/propaedeutic-enchiridion/#comment-375 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:34:08 +0100 http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2008/04/13/propaedeutic-enchiridion/#comment-375 no trip north, it's cancelled. Just decided that this would be too much till May, and thats when I'm going back to Europe. Better spending some pre-monsun das on the coast of Kerala. And, you like reading suggestions from me? puhh, don't read so much. And didn't found some bettersci-fi than Stephenson, the Baroc Cycle is still on the list. But nonsci-fi, try Boris Vian, he is really unique. The best writer I know, but don't know how his books named in english. Greetings out of a beach-restaurant, the rain stopped, I try to find my way home... no trip north, it’s cancelled. Just decided that this would be too much till May, and thats when I’m going back to Europe. Better spending some pre-monsun das on the coast of Kerala.
And, you like reading suggestions from me? puhh, don’t read so much. And didn’t found some bettersci-fi than Stephenson, the Baroc Cycle is still on the list. But nonsci-fi, try Boris Vian, he is really unique. The best writer I know, but don’t know how his books named in english.
Greetings out of a beach-restaurant, the rain stopped, I try to find my way home…

]]> by: Administrator http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2008/04/13/propaedeutic-enchiridion/#comment-374 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:38:33 +0100 http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2008/04/13/propaedeutic-enchiridion/#comment-374 Hey Rene! Yes, the teacher was a ractor who had some sort of body modification where she could broadcast from her body a recreated image of herself in whatever costume was required to tell the story she had to tell. The knowledge in the book was like an interactive AI archive, analogous to the archivist in the Time Machine Story by H.G. Wells. Some of the books did not have this human element and was just AI, which led to the Mouse Army of practical, intelligent followers, one of the girls who had to many ractors decided the books was boring, one whom the ractor was her father, and our protagonist who had a number of very caring ractors who felt like they were bringing her up. So in the book the human element was important, in this case the ractor was also of a similar background to the princess and understood the cultural subtleties required to navigate the different phyles. I only have a few books of his left to read :( The Baroque Cycle Volume 3: The System of the World; In the Beginning...Was the Command Line; The Big U, and the up and coming Anathem. I will miss him! Those Baroque ones were loaded with so much information on the evolution of science and technology in the west that I found it hard to recall all the characters and keep track. I will probably have to read them again some day. Who would you recommend as a good read? I have been reading a few William Gibson books, but I do not find them as exciting as Stephenson's, I think they are a little more macho while i find Stephenson has developed some really interesting female characters. It is interesting that Nell's knowledge sources are male, very much like today's universities with mostly male modes and forms of thought yet she had some superb female teachers, the Primer was written by a male while the ractor was a female. How is India? I am still waiting form my GOI approval to do research there. We'll see! I also see that you now have this crazy guru like thick beard! Hope all is well and that you enjoyed your journey up north. Was Dartagnan there? Hey Rene!

Yes, the teacher was a ractor who had some sort of body modification where she could broadcast from her body a recreated image of herself in whatever costume was required to tell the story she had to tell. The knowledge in the book was like an interactive AI archive, analogous to the archivist in the Time Machine Story by H.G. Wells. Some of the books did not have this human element and was just AI, which led to the Mouse Army of practical, intelligent followers, one of the girls who had to many ractors decided the books was boring, one whom the ractor was her father, and our protagonist who had a number of very caring ractors who felt like they were bringing her up. So in the book the human element was important, in this case the ractor was also of a similar background to the princess and understood the cultural subtleties required to navigate the different phyles.

I only have a few books of his left to read :( The Baroque Cycle Volume 3: The System of the World; In the Beginning…Was the Command Line; The Big U, and the up and coming Anathem. I will miss him! Those Baroque ones were loaded with so much information on the evolution of science and technology in the west that I found it hard to recall all the characters and keep track. I will probably have to read them again some day.

Who would you recommend as a good read? I have been reading a few William Gibson books, but I do not find them as exciting as Stephenson’s, I think they are a little more macho while i find Stephenson has developed some really interesting female characters. It is interesting that Nell’s knowledge sources are male, very much like today’s universities with mostly male modes and forms of thought yet she had some superb female teachers, the Primer was written by a male while the ractor was a female.

How is India? I am still waiting form my GOI approval to do research there. We’ll see! I also see that you now have this crazy guru like thick beard! Hope all is well and that you enjoyed your journey up north. Was Dartagnan there?

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