Giles Orr

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I'm a librarian, computer geek, photographer, areligious Buddhist, and ex-engineer from Toronto. I have a degree in Mechanical Engineering (Toronto) and another one in Library Science (McGill). I spend my spare time writing Python, HTML, Bash scripts, whatever language I'm learning right now, working with Linux, and watching movies. My favourite hobbies other than computers are photography and travel.

"The World is on its elbows and knees
It's forgotten the message and worships the creeds."
- Matt Johnson

Recent Movies and TV

• Code 8
• All Creatures Great and Small (2020) - Season 1
• The Winx Saga, Season 1
• The Man in the Hat
• Toy Story 4
• Shadow and Bone - Season 1
• Monsoon
• Shadow in the Cloud
• The Suicide Squad
• The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf

Recent Reading List

• The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster
• The Accidental Buddhist, Dinty W. Moore
• The Library at Mount Char, Scott Hawkins
• The Prey of Gods, Nicky Drayden
• Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson
• Piranesi, Susanna Clarke
• Trail of Lightning, Rebecca Roanhorse
• The Disappearing Spoon, Sam Kean
• Strange the Dreamer, Laini Taylor
• Paladin of Souls, Lois McMaster Bujold
• The Hallowed Hunt, Lois McMaster Bujold

Recent Favourite Music

• Polyphia
• Gin Wigmore
• several soma fm stations
• DJ Shadow "The Private Press"
• Grimes' "Art Angels"
• Mika's first album
• The Claypool Lennon Delirium
• The Alan Parsons Project
• Jethro Tull
• Metric
• Infected Mushroom
• Slash: "Apocalyptic Love," "World on Fire," "Living the Dream"
• Ewan Dobson
• Ultravox
• "Diamond Dogs" and "Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars"
• Tears for Fears
• Mozart, later Piano Concertos and Symphonies
• The New Pornographers
• "Random Access Memories" and the "Tron: Legacy" soundtrack
• "Black Hawk Down" soundtrack
• Green Day (and occasionally Dean Gray)
• Jesse Cook (most often "Nomad")
• Devo - "Something for Everybody" and "Freedom of Choice"
• The Chemical Brothers

Great song lyrics

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I seem to be making a profession of bizarre (self-)portraits. Here we are ...

			Lots more pictures here.
1991	October 2001	July 2006