Author Archives: drew
Cows With Guns
I’ve been overhauling my photo album, and I came across this photo from a few years ago. Our medical school class had a halloween bowling party, and I had just started using my original Digital Rebel. I spotted this guy … Continue reading
Surge Protector
After seeing what the electricity surge did in Carmel, I need to improve and consolidate the surge protectors I have on my own equipment here at home. This is what I’ve chosen:
“Precious” Declaration
Several weeks ago I heard a clip on a local radio station. The DJ played a recording of Martin Gore, of Depeche Mode, explaining that his inspiration for their recent hit — “Precious” — was his experience growing up when … Continue reading
DVD/DIVX Player
OPPO OPDV971H Digital HD-Ready Up-Converting DVD Player Manufacturing Info available here: OPPO Digital Basically, it upconverts DVD video for high definition TV sets, and will also handle other formats like DIVX.
A Recent “Drew’s Choice”
She Wants Revenge, a fairly local band, had been getting heavy rotation time on iTunes for the past few weeks. I heard the single “Tear You Apart” once or twice on the local station X 103.9 (an awesome station that’s … Continue reading
From Whence We Came
Interesting. I’m not entirely sure where the data for this search comes from, but it strikes me as mostly accurate. (For example, try searching for “Smith” here.) Essentially, the darker the color, the more people with a given surname live … Continue reading
Justin’s Fast Found by VW
Justin Alston, a buddy from my years at Duke, has appeared in a TV commercial. Jason and Sarah mentioned they had heard of such a thing while we had our way with Las Vegas. Upon returning home, I was watching … Continue reading
Vegas, baby
Road Trip! Woohoo!! I have no explanation how such fortune befell me, but I have a 3 day weekend coming up, and I was just informed that 2 of my best college buddies (Jason Bailey and Sarah Scolnik) are going … Continue reading