The Taipei Kid

Rants/raves + false childhood memories

Y Not

I just got back from a short trip to beautiful Klamath Falls. Not exactly Klamath Falls, but more closer to Rocky Point. Before I go any further, I would like to publicly apologize to Pril for not calling, not emailing, not doing a damn thing to let her know I would be in the same [...]

Turkey-Flavored Doritos

I’ll give you something to Ho!, Ho!, Ho! about–how about Doritos Roasted Turkey flavored chips? And the chips are even shaped like Christmas trees! It would be easy to think that this is some sort of art project, but it seems to be readily available at 7-11s here. And popular too–I grabbed the last bag [...]

Benq’s Sour 9/11 Note

Leave it to our sweet, little (Taipei-based) Benq to create an ad campaign that capitalizes on the collapse of the World Trade Center. And just in time for the holiday season, too! We belive they really screwed up with this one, but we’ve never had many nice things to say about this company anyway. Good [...]

The Trick Doesn’t Work…

…all I get is a bunch of wet toothpicks.
Edit: Click here for the trick.