Drew Burden

A nerd showers you with his opinions.

Entries for December, 2008

I found it… now what?

So, a couple of entries back I talked about this thing that’s going wrong with my car. I was bored today so I figured I’d jack it up and see what was going on, and I think I’ve traced the problem to its source. The only thing is I have absolutely no clue what to [...]

Fun with public records

This is what I’ve been doing the past few hours. I know I’ll pay for it dearly in the essence of that I’ll not get any sleep, but it’s pretty cool. I’ve been poring through FCC records all night looking at the owners and locations of all communications towers in the area. It started when [...]

Vehicle maintenance is the devil

…and that’s even more so when you’re pretty much broke. I think the bottom half of my car is about to fall apart. I’m fairly sure that the alignment is WAY out of whack and I desperately need a brake job. I’m surprised I can still stop the car. On top of all that, my [...]

Tracking

I just told Nick this, but there’s a hell of a line of storms on the way. This is how I look at what’s coming. I have KML files of the NWS warning polygons and several assorted radar images loaded into Google Earth, including storm relative motion and wind velocity data. (Download here.) This is [...]

I remember the good ol’ days

I just visited the Owensboro High School web page. It has really gone downhill since we all graduated. Here’s a list of things it used to do but does no longer: You could login with your domain user name and know how many new emails you had. It would tell you the weather. It would [...]

The Street View black hole

Unsurprisingly, I have a beef with Google. I am no stranger to beefs with Google. However, this one is a bit more vain than previously. Owensboro recently was blessed by the Google-gods with Street View. Exciting, exciting, exciting. What does one do upon their first visit to Street View? They look for their house. However, [...]

In the queue

Since that winter storm never really panned out like I thought it would, here’s what I’m working on for an upcoming blog entry. I have two apps on my iPod touch that track your car’s fuel economy. One is free; the other is not. Is the paid one worth the money? Find out as I [...]

Riding it out

In anticipation of this BMFWS coming this week, Nathan and I plan on riding it out in the Loch Raven Building and broadcasting live on the internet.  Check it out

Back home.

Due to a seriously baffling chain of events this morning, my web site is now back on my very trusty server at the Loch Raven Building. Shortest. Blog post. EVAR.

All motives behind the McCain campaign revealed

No wonder John McCain, Sarah Palin and the Republicans made such a big deal out of the Weather Underground when the campaign was still ongoing. They’re selling this Wunder Radio thing on the App Store for $6! This is an outrage and I completely regret my vote for B. Hussein OBAMA. Anyway, in all seriousness [...]