The NorMill
Online since November 8, 1996
Proprietor: Norman T.
White
celebrating more than half a century without a full-time job
Here in the Normill, I design and construct appliances which, unlike
toasters, are clearly pointless and useless. Hopefully they are
every bit as efficient, loaded down as they are with new technology. Here's
what interests me:
- Art -- I'm an artist, sort of. Check out my
art page and decide for yourself.
- Fussy Logic -- I'm a pioneer in this. But,
sorry, I can't talk about it yet... It's still in the Development Stage.
- Teaching --
From 1978 to 2003, I taught at the Ontario College
of Art & Design, as it was called then, in the Integrated Media Program.
My courses were in Digital Electronics, Computer Programming, and Mechanics for
Real-Time Sculpture. From 2003 to 2016, I taught similar courses at what is now
called the Toronto Metropolitan University.
- Rat-packing -- Being
attracted to obsolete tech, I collect computers which people have thrown
out. Last time I counted, there were fifty-one vintage personal computers
lying around, of various brands and working states. But that was a long time
ago and I've stopped counting. Anyway, someday I hope to bring them all back
to life in my NorMill Personal Computer Museum.
For now I'll just keep them in a big unheated room out back.