Author: NiteMayr

Before:

Kevin was born on the mossy hills of Scotland and lived for a while in West Lothian before the mores of pre-Thatcher and REALLY pre-Oasis Great Britain sent his family across the ocean to North America. They moved here and there and Kevin did the same when he was old enough. Now he lives in London with his family and a Dog.

Kevin Wardrop is an amateur writer, amateur photographer and professional pain in the ass. He has worked in the PC support business for most of his adult life and has been accustomed to simply answering technical questions as a matter of fiat, it was his career choice after all. Now he herds cats and puppies for a living as well as babysitting the web enterprises at the heart of western industry.

Boy am I glad

Published by NiteMayr on August 28, 2006

I have such a great storage tank.

I haven’t had a bite to eat in, uh, it’s 12:22PM Monday, Right? So it’s been (conservativley) 40 hours since I ate last. I wonder how long I can go before I need to eat again?

I have been living on water, Green Tea and 2 vitamins. Somewhere in the next day or so I want to eat, but I wonder if I can go 48 full hours before I eat? Probably, I carry about 120 pounds of extra body weight, right?
I still ache all over, like I’ve been lifting weights all day and I can’t talk. I mean at all, talking wears me out. I get out of breath and have to take a little break. It must have been all the vomitting, I dunno. My whole chest is one big pain.

My stomach doesn’t hurt anymore, I’ll probably eat when I actualy get hungry. I’ve been sweetening my Green Tea with sugar, that is probably why I haven’t been hungry at all.
I text’d Dan late last night (well, early this morning) sorry Chief, I wanted to make sure I passed on the info to you.

I slept well last night, I expect I’ll be in the office tomorrow. I probably would have went in today, except for the no talking thing, which kind of puts a cramp on my “talking-centered” job.

Damn Stomach

Published by NiteMayr on August 27, 2006

It look slike I gave myself Food Poisoning on Saturday.

I’ve been sick for the past 24 hours or so and I don’t feel that much better, I emptied my stomach and all, so all that was left was liquid. I still feel prety lousy and my chest,etc hurt like hell.

Today was the longest day in history for me though, I kept gapping out and waking up, but the day never seemd to end. It’s 11:10PM now and I should go back to bed (the couch) until I feel better, but it’s so hot n here now.

On a side note, drinking Green Tea stopped the vomit. I’ve been drinking it all day and I stopped throwing up once an hour.

Go Green Tea!

Funny Stuff

Published by NiteMayr on August 26, 2006

Yet another person who calls me by my Co-Workers name!

A former team mate of mine “Jared” who hasn’t worked with me for around 2 years now, just got name checked. It used to be a pain when someone would call me Jared, he had about 6 inches in height on me and long hair. I keep my hair pretty short and don’t wear glasses. We’re both heavy white guys, that’s where the resemblance ends.

I just got a call from someone who has found a cell phone at a garage sale and called “Jared”, which was my number. I explained who I was and who’s phone that probably was. They laughed and I hope they will turn the phone in to my Work’s lost and Found.

I'm such a nerd because…

Published by NiteMayr on August 23, 2006

What’s the nerdiest thing about you?

I took a survey of my cube farm team, It’s the Comics and the Toys.

I have thousands of Comics and Toys on my walls.

I maintain that I’m more geeky than nerdy as I’m not that nebbish.

The Nerdiest thing is the Comics, apparently. There you have it.

Interview

Published by NiteMayr on August 23, 2006

Yesterday we had a mini crisis along with a group project all at once. An issue that affected whole groups of customers cropped up at the same time as an important group project: create an interview for someone who has never seen your business before.
On its face, creating an interview isn’t too hard; make up some relevant questions and weight them. However, we need to gauge the skill level of our interviewees without asking them about our products (all 20 or so of them). This wouldn’t be an issue if they were interviewing for a front-line position, but these people are interviewing for a senior position with no experience with the actual products. Which makes the bar that much higher.

Oh well. We’ll see how the whole thing comes down today.

EDIT: June 2008 — This Post marks the start of an interview process that ended when we hired Karl and Jeff

Teacher's Pet

Published by NiteMayr on August 22, 2006

What was (or is) your favorite subject in school?

I think while I was there, in school I would have chosen Computers or Creative writing. But when I look back, I enjoyed history with Jim Dales the most.

Jim Dales was a large, obnoxious bully of a man, with an overbearing demeanor and a strong distaste for ignorance. He was very close to retirement and a strident patriot. As my oldest teacher, he also had a firm grasp on world history, having been alive since Moses was a boy.

His classes were great for someone like me for two reasons; I was quick-witted and could think on my feet, he would accept any answer as long as you sounded like you were sure of it. If you EVER answered “I don’t know” you were instantly treated to the two-minute hate, otherwise he’d smile and accept whatever claptrap slipped from your mouth.

Great Class.

in heavy rotation

Published by NiteMayr on August 21, 2006

What albums are in heavy rotation for you right now?

“Nerd Rage” – Brian Posehn
“Stadium Arcadium” – Red Hot Chilli Peppers
“The Downward Spiral” – Nine Inch Nails
“With Teeth” – Nine Inch Nails

The Snakes on a Plane Drinking Game

Published by NiteMayr on August 20, 2006

Players: At Least 2, don’t be a loser.

Setting: House or Bar with a Big Enough TV and enough table space to hold at least a pint of beer each or multiple good spirits type drinks (Rum and Coke, Vodka and Orange that type of thing)

[spoilers in white]

Rules (Basic):

Every time someone swears, take a swig
Every time you see an exposed breast/nipple, big swig
Every time you see a splash of blood, take a big gulp and burp. Failure to burp means you have to chug.

Rules(Advanced if you are sober still):

Every time an unamed archtype dies, finish your drink (Fat Lady, annoying guy, yappy dog, burnt out cop). Last one to finish their drink starts and drinks half od their next drink.
Big Gulp when Sam Jackson makes a big speech.
Chug if a named character dies.
Big Gulp when Sam Jackson tells the guy to stay safe/listen to Sam/repeat something Sam said.
Big Gulp when Sam shares a moment with the Flight Attendant.
Finish your drink when turbulence throws someone around.
Finish your drink when someone opens the door without the special code or when the special code fails.
Everyone drinks as much beer as they can when the
windows are blown out and the snakes are flying out the window, stop when the cockpit door is closed, the person who drinks the most beer is the winner (or loser)
Extra Rule: if you are still totally sober, chug for every failed hand slap and any time the annoying rapper complains or winces due to germs.

The Snakes on a Plane Drinking Game was originally published on Local Blogger Writes the World

The Snakes on a Plane Drinking Game

Published by NiteMayr on August 20, 2006

Players: At Least 2, don’t be a loser.

Setting: House or Bar with a Big Enough TV and enough table space to hold at least a pint of beer each or multiple good spirits type drinks (Rum and Coke, Vodka and Orange that type of thing)

[spoilers in white]

Rules (Basic):

Every time someone swears, take a swig
Every time you see an exposed breast/nipple, big swig
Every time you see a splash of blood, take a big gulp and burp. Failure to burp means you have to chug.

Rules(Advanced if you are sober still):

Every time an unamed archtype dies, finish your drink (Fat Lady, annoying guy, yappy dog, burnt out cop). Last one to finish their drink starts and drinks half od their next drink.
Big Gulp when Sam Jackson makes a big speech.
Chug if a named character dies.
Big Gulp when Sam Jackson tells the guy to stay safe/listen to Sam/repeat something Sam said.
Big Gulp when Sam shares a moment with the Flight Attendant.
Finish your drink when turbulence throws someone around.
Finish your drink when someone opens the door without the special code or when the special code fails.
Everyone drinks as much beer as they can when the
windows are blown out and the snakes are flying out the window, stop when the cockpit door is closed, the person who drinks the most beer is the winner (or loser)
Extra Rule: if you are still totally sober, chug for every failed hand slap and any time the annoying rapper complains or winces due to germs.

What a letdown, not enough swearing

Published by NiteMayr on August 20, 2006

007Ben and I went over to the GateWay mall to see “Snakes on a Mutha-F’in Plane”

It was a good ride, it hit most of the notes you would expect from a thriller-horrer B-Flick. It had grusome death, gratuitous sex and implausibly bad plotting. All good right? Excellent scares, big snake death scenes, the english dude kacks it. (Spoilers to the left here).

I loved that the guy from Keenen and Kel was named Troy; it was such a whitebread name for his character, the video game nerd-cum-bouncer. A cast of real young hollywood stars would have ruined this flick, so the girl who played uh, the girl from Clueless, was a good choice. There is a song that name-checks myspace in the second act, listen for it.

The only thing it lacked was swearing, it really fell down there. Why didn’t the young couple use more colorful language? Why so little “Holy S#8#” when bit? Why so much screaming? After a while it was just scream scream scream. I don’t think anyone swore in the 30 minutes before Sam Jackson spoke the immortal line.

I was kinda let down by that.

The scares were great and the shocks were real, especially the last ones. Good job on this one. A drinking game would be great for it, make X person chug when they jump, etc.