We’ve had an ongoing problem at work with one of the applications we use for tax forms. One of the local forms is horribly incomplete, and I called customer service to have them update the form. After getting someone who knows what they’re doing, I made them aware of the problem and this rep promised [...]
Today was a good severe weather day for the area. Lots of action and I saw the pinnacle of all things which is a TV station getting a tornado live on the air. Before today, that was the kind of stuff I could only see on YouTube.
Hopefully this is a sign of things to [...]
I had a THECROSSFIREGUYS moment and then an OMGHOWARDDEAN moment and then an OMFGGENERALCLARK moment. It was good. Watch this.
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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 [...]
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 cool [...]
Not really. I just got an email from a lady in Leighton, Alabama whose son shares a name with me. How awesome is that? If there’s anyone else who knows someone who shares a name, get them in touch! We can be an army of Drews… or something. Whatever.
There’s this new game out, I’ve played it, I want it. It’s called Audiosurf.
It’s kinda like a hybrid of Guitar Hero and Tetris for the PC, but you choose music out of your own collection to “surf” to. You fly this spaceship-looking thing on a three-lane road, weaving in and out of colored blocks (called [...]
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Last night, I drove to Evansville to see Barack Obama speak at Roberts Stadium in Evansville. I took a few pictures, and people have been swarming to see them.
I sat there for several hours just to hear Senator Obama speak for about 15 minutes. It was worth it, and I think [...]
I love this. He wrote this up for The Independent Geek. We’re totally going to record this.
M-m-mouse is outta wack
I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T Geek, fix it fo’ me man
I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T Geek, fix it fo’ me
Come to yo’ house
They wire up ya car
Tune up jobs, replace yo’ motherboard
If you ain’t got no sound, it keeps shuttin’ down
If you ain’t got [...]
