Drew Burden

A nerd showers you with his opinions.

Entries for the ‘Rants’ Category

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 tell you what [...]

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 that [...]

About Kentucky and the internet gambling issue

I voted for Governor Steve Beshear last year.
Not only is this a testament to how good of a job I thought he could do (and I still think he is doing), but the fact he’s in office shows that a lot of Kentuckians thought he was an improvement over his predecessor.
I think Governor Beshear has [...]

You’ve got to be kidding me

It seems to me like the McCain campaign is just descending to new levels when it comes to making their case for the presidency. I was looking through my Facebook news feed earlier, when Steve Metzger posted a link to an article on Politico. I was treated to an advertisement for the McCain campaign, and [...]

Bad buzz around the iPod touch

I have an iPod touch. I also have a set of dock speakers by Emerson Research to enjoy my tunes without having to plug in a pair of headphones. On top of it all, I have apps such as Pandora and AOL Radio installed on my iPod so I can listen to my Pandora station, [...]

Apple must hate Linux

I’m a Linux user.
I had to hijack a Windows computer to upgrade my iPod touch to version 2.0 this weekend. And now I’m curious about MobileMe, but that didn’t last long. Wanna know why?

What gives, Apple? You could make a lot more money (and friends) if you just supported Linux. I mean, come on. [...]

Yet another political BS fest

I’ve never been much of a fan of the Republican Party. However, political preference aside, you can’t help but be endlessly entertained by some of the things they do. Here’s a chance we all have to poke a little fun at people in power.
At work today, we received a fax from the National Republican Congressional [...]

Arrr! Walk the Plurk!

Okay, so there’s a new Twitteresque web 2.0-ish site out there called Plurk. I’ll start off by saying that it doesn’t have the best track record with me so far. After seeing Leo Laporte tweet about it this morning, I figured I would sign up to see how it was. The site is plurked. Their [...]

Office Depot’s wi-fi sucks

Dear Office Depot:
You’re a business supply store. You’re supposed to make business easier. I am sad to say that your free wi-fi service is not making business any easier for me. You see, in my town there’s a coffee shop next door. Since your wi-fi is free, I see no questions of the legality of [...]

Shaken, not stirred

If you live in Owensboro, I don’t need to tell you what happened at one second before 4:37 this morning. However, for the sake of those who do not, we had an earthquake. It measured 5.4 5.2 on the Richter scale, and it lasted about ten seconds. People from California are probably saying “psh, pussies” [...]