by Kevin Thom | Jan 21, 2004 | Personal
Well, moving day is almost upon me. I have a meeting tomorrow morning with my lawyer to go over the final details of the purchase, and then I hand over a monstrous amount of money to him for the mortgage downpayment and closing costs. When I went to the bank today to...
by Kevin Thom | Jan 18, 2004 | Personal
OMG the hesicomment on my last entry about labeling keys and leaving them around is a great idea for random fun. You’ll probably never see the reactions of the people who pick them up, but it would be fun to try. I’d make labels that say, “Nuclear...
by Kevin Thom | Jan 16, 2004 | Personal
Step one in packing to move to a new apartment is, “Throw stuff in the garbage so you don’t have to pack it.” Here is a list of some of the stupid things I was keeping for no apparent reason: – Apple Stylewriter Ink Cartridge (empty) from 1991....
by Kevin Thom | Jan 14, 2004 | Personal
I was cleaning up my Internet Explorer bookmarks today. Many have been there for years and years, and I don’t remember putting them in there. For instance, I found a link to a translation of the writings of Confucius. I’ve always put up with stupid jokes...
by Kevin Thom | Jan 13, 2004 | Personal
On the radio today, I heard an interview with a guy who was talking about human factor design, which is the design of technology so it is makes sense and is easily used by human beings. Without proper human factor design, it is just technology for its own sake. Poor...
by Kevin Thom | Jan 12, 2004 | Personal
I bought some weird Asian shampoo at the Chinese grocery store. Don’t ask me why. I guess I thought that if anyone knew how to make shampoo for Chinese people, it would be the Chinese. Anyway, two things stand out about this stuff. a) It’s black. I can...
