Matt Ryan

1. Direct Audience Interaction
Some TV shows have a call-in line and other ways of interacting with their audience, but nothing compares to the kind of interaction that goes on with podcasts. Readers can often email the host directly, and enjoy the fact that hosts are more than paid actors that really don’t [...]

1: Reduce echo and background noise by lowering the volume of your microphone and amplifying it later while editing. This can greatly improve the overall track and comes with an interesting side effect of making for a deeper more radio-like vocal presence. If you are using a hyper-sensitive microphone, background noises can often [...]

If you are looking for a real challenge, and I mean a REAL challenge, then we may have found the perfect game for you. It’s called “I Wanna Be The Guy” and it is one hard game to play. Thankfully it is free, with donations accepted for the creator.
If you love 8-bit games in addition [...]

The tech world is alive and kicking as it often is with the anticipation of what Steve Jobs will unveil at the yearly Worldwide Developers Conference being held tomorrow, June 8th. Surely everyone that has their ear to the ground in the tech world has heard the speculation about the next generation iPhone. AT&T Employees [...]

Lockergnome is a collection of tech experts and enthusiasts’ blogs organized by tech and geek celebrity Chris Pirillo. Chris got the name Lockergnome from his high school nickname and has been running the site for at least a decade.
I’ve had a blog on Lockergnome called The Frugal Geek for some time, and have been a [...]

Below are three topics that I’ve covered in the past, each with a link to the older post at the section title and current links to the free versions of the software below the descriptive paragraph. These are some amazing programs that get the job done and carry the best price tag there is, zero.
Microsoft [...]

Last night, I went to the opening of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The theater was hardly packed, considering the hype behind this movie that has been building for the past year since they announced filming had commenced. The audience that was there however had conversations prior to the movie beginning [...]

In what could be another step forward towards a new way of promoting and distributing music in the digital age, Nine Inch Nails released their new album for free on their website. Lossy and Lossless versions of “The Slip” are making their way around the world as eager fans count down the kilobytes remaining on [...]

When you hear the term “Triple A” you are often reminded of the friendly folks that come to your rescue when you’re stranded on the side of the road. In this case, Triple A refers to an open source Axis and Allies clone available for free download on SourceForge.
When you consider gaming on an open [...]

Today we’re discussing graphics cards and what to look for if you plan on purchasing a new system. There are two main variances in graphics cards to look for, integrated and dedicated. Many manufacturers will try to trick you into one or the other using terminology that can be rather confusing.
Let’s start by breaking down [...]