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11/22/63: The Stephen King Novel for Science Fiction Fans
At the risk of coming off like some kind of snob, I never thought I’d go out of my way to read a Stephen King novel. But these things happen. I’ve been plodding along with James Joyce’s Ulysses for a few months now (talk about baby steps; I may be done by Bloomsday [June 16] [...]
Enhance Any Video Project with Adorage Effects Package 13
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of proDAD. All opinions are 100% mine. At LockerGnome we take a fairly punk rock approach to videos. We largely avoid title effects in video. We rarely use effects and transitions; if you’re lucky we might perform some jump-cut edits. That doesn’t mean we don’t [...]
Top Five Audio/Video Gadgets I Use Every Day
I do a lot of audio/video work during my day-to-day tasks at LockerGnome. During that time, I’ve gone through my fair share of equipment here in the home office. Some of this equipment I’d rather not speak about, but there are a handful of these products that I would absolutely recommend. One thing you learn [...]
What is the Cheapest Way to Install Your iPhone into Your Car Stereo?
Whether you got a brand-spankin’ new iPhone 4S for Christmas or you’ve had an iPhone for several months or years already, you may know that the iPhone also doubles as an iPod. But the plethora of apps available for iOS users can also turn your iPhone into a much lower-priced music player. Apps like Pandora, [...]
Top Five Reasons to Go to the Movies
Going to the movie theater has been a favorite pastime for generations. A weak economy and an expansion of home theater options have caused a dip (for the first time) to box office income. While anti-piracy advocates would love to claim that piracy is the primary cause for losses at the box office, the fact [...]
How to Insert Advertisements into Your Podcast
Podcasting can be a lot of fun, but at the end of the day, you don’t want to pour your life savings into it to do what you love. Podcasts, even ones with small audiences, can pay for themselves through advertising. Advertisers pay for you to get their brands, products, and/or services in front of [...]
How to Convert Any Microphone to USB
So, you’ve got a great microphone that was either given to you as a gift or simply too good of an offer to pass up. Unfortunately, the mic has an XLR or other analog plug that doesn’t appear to be readily compatible with your computer. You might be able to get away with plugging it [...]
Why Change is Important to Your Podcast
Podcasting is a lot closer to traditional broadcasting than you might imagine. Audio productions spanning back almost a century were recorded in much the same way an audio podcast is today. Video productions including television shows (both pre-recorded and live) have also been done in almost entirely the same way that video podcasts are done [...]
What is the Ludum Dare Competition?
I don’t know about anyone else, but I spent my weekend watching streams of developers working on their Ludum Dare #22 entries. What is Ludum Dare, you ask? To put it simply, it’s a competition to develop a game in 48 hours that follows a given theme. Sunday night marked the end of the competition, [...]
How to Remove Vocals From a Song Using Audacity
Why would you ever want to remove vocals from a song? Well, let’s say you’re having a karaoke party and you absolutely need a version of Funky Cold Medina with a little more bass and a greatly toned-down Tone Loc. Or maybe you’d really love the music behind Sisqo’s Thong Song if it weren’t for [...]
