by Kevin Thom | Jul 9, 2006 | General, Personal
I’ve decided that if I don’t want to get bored with my second life, I’d better learn how to do some stuff. I always wanted to be an architect. Who hasn’t wanted to be an architect? If it’s good enough for George Kostanza, it’s good...
by Kevin Thom | Jun 10, 2006 | BS Detector, General, Personal, Random Thoughts
We are expected to believe a lot of things in our daily lives, much of which is patently untrue. For instance, turn on the TV for a few minutes and the lies will smack you in the face. I was watching a new Burger King commercial showing guys chasing around a...
by Kevin Thom | May 31, 2006 | General
Talk about paying it forward. Within days, Amir Massoud Tofangsazan has become famous on the Internet. The story goes that he sold his laptop computer to someone under false pretenses. First of all, the laptop didn’t have the features that were advertised. It...
by Kevin Thom | Apr 28, 2006 | General
A few of us living at 73 Garfield Avenue South have been trying to find out more about our building’s history. Originally, it was built in the 1917 for Bell Canada to use as a telephone exchange (the second one in Hamilton). Between 1911 and 1917, the number of...
by Kevin Thom | Apr 28, 2006 | General
I removed the temperamental SecureImage anti-spam plugin and replaced it with one called Did you pass math? So now, if you’re not logged in and you leave a comment, you’ll have to answer a simple math question. It’s easier than the kind you have to...
by Kevin Thom | Apr 24, 2006 | General
I called a customer today to ask if she’d sent me a cheque for about $3000 that her company owes me. She said she’d sent it about 2 weeks ago. We figured there might have been a delay in the delivery because of the holiday weekend. It was a long shot...
