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

• Y: The Last Man: Books 1-4, Brian K. Vaughn
• Passage, Connie Willis
• The Sunless Countries, Karl Schroeder
• The Etched City, K.J. Bishop
• Mythago Wood, Robert Holdstock
• Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell
• A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson
• The Devil's Disciple, George Bernard Shaw
• Pnin, Vladimir Nabokov
• Linux Journal

Recent Listening List

• Spleen and Ideal, Dead Can Dance
• Troubadour, K'naan
• The Hunter's Lullaby, Raine Maida
• Nomad, Jesse Cook
• Night of the Living Dregs, Dixie Dregs
• The Collection, Ultravox
• In Through the Out Door, Led Zeppelin
• Minutes to Midnight, Linkin Park
• The Dusty Foot Philosopher, K'naan
• Grow Up and Blow Away, Metric

Great song lyrics

Recent Movies

• The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
• The Lake House
• Ong Bak 2
• Ponyo
• The Jacket
• Wing Chun
• Sharkwater
• Hang 'Em High
• (500) Days of Summer
• Avatar

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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