http://antipaucity.com fighting the lack of good ideas Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:41:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been in the stackoverflow beta for a few days now, and am finding it to be a really interesting development and sysadmin resource. If you're also in the beta, you can look me up as origamigumby. http://antipaucity.com/2008/09/07/stackoverflow-beta/ I was watching a recorded edition of Beyond Tomorrow (from Science Channel) and saw an awesome-looking motorcyle helmet, the Reevu. It has a series of polycarbonate reflectors that take light coming into the helmet from the back, reflect it over the rider's head, and display it on a small mirror ... http://antipaucity.com/2008/09/07/reevu/ Apparently, the CERN Large Hadron Collider will be turned on soon. That's cool, because way back when I graduated highschool, I worked as an intern directly manufacturing some components that went into the prototype, and might even be used in the real thing. Now some genius in Europe ahs filed a ... http://antipaucity.com/2008/09/06/oh-come-on/ Full transcript - again, Mr Carlin, you are missed. You got people like this around you? Country is full of them now! People walking around all day long, every minute of the day — worried about EVERYTHING! Worried about the air, worried about the water, worried about the soil. Worried about ... http://antipaucity.com/2008/09/06/the-planet-is-doing-great/ Thanks to Tarus and the OpenNMS crew for hosting the InterNetWorkers bash in Pittsboro last night. I went down with one of my coworkers, and we had a blast. It would've been fun even without the free beer and appetizers, but they were certainly appreciated! http://antipaucity.com/2008/09/05/internetworkers-bash-in-pittsboro/ aka "The Movie Trailer Voice Guy". I heard Tuesday morning that he has passed. Movie trailers will never be the same. (news story) http://antipaucity.com/2008/09/05/don-la-fontaine-68/ My goal is to retire by the end of the year. To make sure I reach that goal, I'm requesting donations from friends, family, coworkers, acquaintances, and outright strangers. If you'd like to contribute to my retirement fund, please send me an email: retire@warrenmyers.com. Donations of any size are accepted, but ... http://antipaucity.com/2008/09/03/retirement-party/