The Frugal Geek

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

If you thought Rock Band and Guitar Hero were the pentacle of geekness in the music world, you were wrong. Gibson has gone high tech and released two new versions of its record breaking Robot guitar.
With a Robot Les Paul and a Robot SG hitting the market soon, the idea behind a self-tuning guitar seems [...]

Today I’m going to split from the normal topics and discussion on the show to discuss a matter that is spreading through the press and blogs. There was a cheerleader that was assaulted by a group of 8 high school students after being lured to a house. She was knocked unconscious and then repeatedly beaten [...]

Over the past year and five months, I have seen virtually every kind of negative review possible for Windows Vista. I’ve heard it compared to Windows ME, BOB, and other failed projects. As the pundits continue to refer to Vista as an obvious disaster, I take a look at my laptop and wonder what all [...]

Web cams aren’t usually known for their astonishing clarity, great frame rates, or their high definition images. They tend to be muddy, sub-par imaging devices used to transmit a reasonably low-bandwidth intensive image to the net. When you find a web cam that boasts 90 frames per second, two megapixel video and six megapixel still [...]

The DOJ announced that after investigating the joining of Sirius and XM, they would take no action to stop the merger.
Official statement:
“After a careful and thorough review of the proposed transaction, the Division concluded that the evidence does not demonstrate that the proposed merger of XM and Sirius is likely [...]