Giles Orr

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I'm a librarian/computer geek/photographer from Toronto. When I speak, I sound Canadian with a hint of the Deep South - but my politics are pure bleeding heart liberal. I was born on the cusp between the Baby Boomers and Generation X, but my life has definitely felt more like that of a Gen-Xer - over-educated and frequently underemployed. I'm an areligious Buddhist (really) willing to slaughter a chicken on the altar to offend fundamentalists of any variety. I have a degree in Mechanical Engineering (Toronto) and another one in Library Science (McGill). I spend about six hours a week exercising. I spend my spare time writing HTML and scripts, 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 Reading List

• Dragonsinger, Anne McCaffrey
• Dragonsong, Anne McCaffrey
• Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
• Sourcery, Terry Pratchett
• Shakespeare: The World As Stage, Bill Bryson
• Mother Tongue: English and How it Got That Way, Bill Bryson
• A Fate Worse Than Dragons, John Moore
• Lady of Mazes, Karl Schroeder
• Y: The Last Man: Books 1-4, Brian K. Vaughn
• Linux Journal

Recent Listening List

• London, Crystal Method
• Tron: Legacy soundtrack, Daft Punk
• Dookie, Green Day
• Warning, Green Day
• Syrophenikan, Delerium
• The French Suites, Glenn Gould
• The Well-Tempered Clavier I and II, Glenn Gould
• The Goldberg Variations, Glenn Gould
• Chimera, Delerium
• Extraordinary Ways, Conjure One

Great song lyrics

Recent Movies

• Crazy Stupid Love
• New Tricks (Season 5 and 6)
• Sneakers
• The Troll Hunter
• Father Goose
• New Tricks (Season 1 and 2)
• I Am Number Four
• Win Win
• Outsourced
• Ella Enchanted

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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