fighting the lack of good ideas
[This is the transcript of what I planned to say (but didn’t) at my aunt‘s funeral] How many of you only knew Cindy? Go ahead, raise your hands. Good. Ok – you all know me as “Mike”. Put your hands down. The rest of you know me as Warren. Either way, I’m her nephew. Cindy…
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 just above the visor in…
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 has filed a lawsuit, claiming that the…
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 insecticides, pesticides, food additives,…
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!
aka “The Movie Trailer Voice Guy”. I heard Tuesday morning that he has passed. Movie trailers will never be the same. (news story)
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 I don’t give tax…