Pandora’s Hope, by Bruno Latour
by Luke Rodgers on July 22, 2008
After having been fairly impressed by Laboratory Life, another book by Bruno Latour, co-authored with Steve Woolgar, I picked up Latour’s Pandora’s Hope without much hesitation when I saw it in a used bookstore. This was at a time, I (…)
Using Wordpress as a CMS – Part 2
by Luke Rodgers on July 22, 2008
A principle of good software design is to balance the demand for new features with the necessity to maintain a high level of usability, and one sign of good software is that the interface remains uncluttered and intuitive as new (…)
Delicious brunch on Bloor
by Luke Rodgers on July 20, 2008
Went to the newly opened (1month.5 ago according to our server) Disgraceland, located at 965 Bloor W for some delicious brunch. I had their presumably-Elvis-inspired french toast that was stuffed with peanut butter and banana ($12), while my accomplice had (…)
Toronto cops bust sketchy bike shop
by Luke Rodgers on July 19, 2008
Various Toronto media outlets and blogs (I Bike TO and Living for the City) are reporting that infamous Queen Street West bike “shop” “owner” Igor Kenk was busted and is in custody after some plainclothes officers observed him allegedly directing (…)
Using Wordpress as a CMS – Part 1
by Luke Rodgers on July 19, 2008
For those searching for a free, feature-rich and easily-extensible Content Management System (CMS), Wordpress is not to be overlooked. Not only is there a growing “literature” of blog posts and tutorials on how to use Wordpress as a CMS, but (…)
Choosing a PHP web application framework
by Luke Rodgers on July 15, 2008
Having dabbled in ruby on rails but eventually given up for no better reason than that my web hosting provider (site5) is particularly difficult to get recent version of rails up and running (issues with rubygems and rails edge are (…)
Facebook Camp
by Luke Rodgers on July 8, 2008
Having just returned from FacebookCampToronto4, I have to say that the more I learn about Facebook, the more concerned I become.
First it was the Youtube video about how Facebook owns everything you put on it, and is (somewhat loosely) connected (…)
Simians are people too
by Luke Rodgers on July 4, 2008
First we have spear-fishing orangutans, then Spain passes legislation affirming that great apes are entitled to human rights, and now scientists have showed that monkeys can count.
I think it’s about time we retired the idea that humans possess some sort (…)
