Thursday, September 24, 2009
I’ve been given claim code, which apparently has to exist in a post, hence this one z2pacsmvq4
Monday, September 14, 2009
With the new iPod nano from Apple, it looks like someone is starting to implement a digital radio recorder. It’d be nice if it wasn’t just the “skip” or “pause” protection, but it’s a start.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
It’s been a month since I last posted on my weight loss attempts. From a month ago, I’ve dropped 11 lbs. For my metric-bound acquaintances: I have no idea, so look it up Now I have a good (but somewhat costly) problem – I need new pants
Thursday, September 10, 2009
I just found this article from David Pogue that indicates how to avoid the voicemail prompts and greetings: It turns out that each carrier offers a “bypass the instructions” keystroke that takes you directly to the beep. (It bypasses both the person’s own recorded greeting and the 15-second carrier nonsense.) To be as evil as [...]
Monday, September 7, 2009
The NY Times has an interesting op-ed on this topic today. Maybe we should consider sending people on one-way trips to Mars because if they’re explorers as earth-bound ones were, presuming a return trip may be too expensive – or even undesirable. We’ve had lots of experience as humans of sending people on one-way trips. [...]
Friday, September 4, 2009
Have begun. I just got a site setup for my fiancee and I to keep our friends and family up-to-date on what’s going on: http://warrenmyers.com/wedding/. And yes – she picked the blog theme
Thursday, September 3, 2009
I realize I asked this question a while back, but in reviewing some of my history, I was reminded of how helpful the site has been for a variety of issues. And I’m sure that questions like this one regarding VMware and VPNs is something “I should have known” – but not knowing where to [...]
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
I ran across the Tiny Code site recently, and was reminded of how many of us started programming on ancient machines that barely had enough horsepower to handle typing – yet we’d spend hours on end writing little games and whatnot that had to be small or they wouldn’t run. I’d love to see a [...]
Dilbert
out/open-sourcing education
Along with the /. post mentioned by Jason, is Bob Cringely’s discussion on outsourcing education. What is the emphasis on in-person education from specific professors? I’ve been asked for my transcript professionally once – and that’s because my current employer pays more attention to grades than technical aptitude. I can recall only a small handful [...]