Tag: CBC
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My Road To VR Toronto Art
My name is Olga and I’m a Virtual Reality VR artist/sculptor based in Toronto,Ontario. In 2016 I was hired by Google to create VR experience for YouTube Plus event. This was my first introduction to Google Tiltbrush. I live painted the Toronto skyline in front of hundreds of people. Since then I was involved in…
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Our Vintage Computer Was Used In The Thing Prequel
Getting Into Hollywood Accidentally…When I conceived the idea of a computer and technology museum around 25 years ago I didn’t concern myself with things like revenue models and how the place would be funded. Instead, I just worried about getting the coolest (and oldest) pieces of technology I could in order to have the best…
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Canada’s Original Black Friday- ‘Cancelled Arrow’ Was Cutting Edge 1950s Jet Interceptor
I began writing this post after an annual viewing pilgrimage of sorts. Each year on the eve of shopping’s busiest day, I crack open the well worn plastic jewel case and fire up the DVD player. It’s a fictional account but based in fact and is very entertaining and I can’t help but wonder what “might have…
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Toronto Composer Nick Storring sends listener on a journey with “Gardens”
Nick Storring — Gardens Open Your Eyes And Forget (16.21) (Come To My) Thicket (5.30) Unexpecting (3.52) Nothing Seems To Rhyme (7.25) Inside Every Man Lives the Seed of a Flower (13.21) Gardens was composed, performed, recorded and mixed spring 2011-autumn 2013. All instruments performed by Nick Storring. The work was designed as an informal…
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Letter To The Silo: CBC Marketplace Sensationalized Veterinary Profession
Dear Silo, A news broadcast by CBC Canada http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace tonight [October 4, 2013] shined a negative light on the veterinary profession. The segment took a dog with a hidden camera to ten Toronto veterinarians to see what health recommendations were suggested in the first check-up. According to the show’s host, the veterinarians all provided various…