by Kevin Thom | Nov 29, 2008 | BS Detector, Personal, Random Thoughts
While watching the trailer for Push, I had a sense of deja vu. Where had I seen exactly this same plot before? Oh right. Heroes. Good thing nobody watches Heroes. 😎
by Kevin Thom | Oct 28, 2008 | BS Detector
I hope I never get this way if I ever have employees again. Rogers just announced its third quarter earnings, showing net profits up 4%, earnings per customer up, and customer retention up too. At the same time, they told their retail store staff that their...
by Kevin Thom | Jul 6, 2008 | BS Detector
Maple Leaf has a brand of factory-made pre-packaged foods called “Simply Fresh.” I don’t get it.
by Kevin Thom | Mar 30, 2008 | BS Detector
What? You mean Aperture didn’t support plugins before? It seems like a pretty basic feature to have been missing until now. For those keeping score, Photoshop has had plugins since 1991.
by Kevin Thom | Mar 23, 2008 | BS Detector, Personal
Ok, this kind of freaked me out. My sister, who is visiting here from Seattle with her boyfriend, found this photo in an old family photo album: It’s a picture of my dad in 1979, holding my sister, coming home from the maternity ward. It was weird to see how...
by Kevin Thom | Mar 1, 2008 | BS Detector, Random Thoughts
I don’t consider myself to be particularly stupid, except on certain occasions. But, milk cartons often give me reason to doubt this opinion. Why is it so difficult to open them? Is there some hidden technique that I’m not aware of? I always end up...
