by Kevin Thom | Jan 20, 2006 | General, Personal
I embarked on a massive procrastination project yesterday, and I’m pleased to announce it has all worked out for the best. It all started because I’ve always been fighting with the computer that I have hooked up to the TV to play movies. The picture...
by Kevin Thom | Dec 30, 2005 | General, Personal
I saw two movies this week: The Chronicles of Narnia and King Kong. One was a good movie. The other one was great. The Chronicles of Narnia was made from the C.S. Lewis’s very well known book, The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. I get the feeling that after...
by Kevin Thom | Dec 27, 2005 | General
I bought three types of tiles yesterday. I laid some of them out on the window sill to get a feel for them. I’ll probably go with a grey grout between them. All three are kinda natural-looking stone, which appeals to me. The other option is to go with glossy...
by Kevin Thom | Dec 4, 2005 | General, Photography
Plenoptic light field rendering is the future of photography. Basically the image is captured by a grid of thousands of microlenses. Each microlens captures a grid of pixels, and you use a computer program to choose which pixel in each grid is used to make up the...
by Kevin Thom | Dec 1, 2005 | General
I’m packed and ready, ahead of schedule. It’s a bit of a weird feeling. I don’t know what’s gotten into me. I even managed to get everything into the small suitcase, including snow pants and ski jacket. After numerous trips this year,...
by Kevin Thom | Nov 28, 2005 | General, Personal
I decided to try a new recipe tonight. It’s a pretty basic recipe in Thailand–basil chicken–but I have never tried to make it before. I’m so glad I made the attempt. I think this is one of my new favorites. And now that I’ve been growing...
