Giles Orr
Resume PapersI'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
- 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
- Passage, Connie Willis
- The Sunless Countries, Karl Schroeder
- The Etched City, K.J. Bishop
- Mythago Wood, Robert Holdstock
- Linux Journal
Recent Listening List
- Ewan Dobson, Ewan Dobson
- The Beekeeper, Tori Amos
- Polaroids: A Greatest Hits Collection, Shawn Colvin
- 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
Recent Movies
- Terry
- The Order
- Ball of Fire
- The Accidental Spy
- Mission to Mars
- Mars Attacks
- Pygmalion
- Owl and the Sparrow
- Only Angels Have Wings
- A Foreign Field
I seem to be making a profession of bizarre (self-)portraits. Here we are ...
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| 1991 | October 2001 | July 2006 |