Do you want to know how you can sing better? Yes, you can carry a tune, but people don’t get a Tony by just knowing how to carry a tune. If your mom is the only person who can listen to you for hours, then you better tune in to this.
Tips to help you sing […]
Your friend who plays in a band suddenly asks you to play roadie in their next gig and help record their music live. He hopes that they’ll get good enough material to send to the local radio rock music station for their “RAW SOUNDS” programs. Being a good friend, and being able to see visions […]
01 Apr
Posted by Alex as Attitude and Outlook, Crafts and Hobbies, Entertainment, Work and Career
You think you’re funny, do you? You think you’re so funny, you think you should have your own show. Before that happens, take your act to the stage first. Here are a few tips on becoming a stand up comedian. First of all, it takes a LOT of guts to go up on stage with […]
04 Mar
Posted by Alex as Entertainment, Games, Sports, and Leisure, Money and Finance
… a month! And oh, wait… Wait for it… for 12 months!
Just when you thought you’re getting a bargain, Kelly’s Sales and Leasing is offering a rent-to-own arrangement for a Nintendo Wii (which is currently priced at a relatively cheap $250) that would, in the end, cost you a grand total of $948 - almost […]
Uh-oh. Could this be Toshiba’s move now that Sony’s Blu-ray has gained the upper hand? Sony just got a nice break in the hi-def format wars when Hollywood studios (like Warner Bros.) have gone Blu-ray exclusive. Toshiba now reacts by slashing up to 50% off the price of HD-DVD players. That means you can […]
Back to the question that we’ve posted last year on this blog, but with a look at the other side of the story. Our “Has Sony Killed Blu-ray with No-porn Policy?” made its round in some discussions. Many experts say that the hi-def wars is quite moot. How big is is the adult […]
Someday, your old LPs will soon conk out. If you still have The Who’s Tommy somewhere in the attic, you might want to bring it down for a good listen. (Well, better have it cleaned and restored since it’s a collector’s item already.) So why not create a digital archive while they’re still playable? That […]
Now here’s a good indicator of what’s possible with all that technology lying around and if you’re quite ready to mess around with them. Something like your iPhone. So iPhone hackery can turn your precious little gadget (toy) into a brick. Well, that didn’t stop our friendly neighborhood iPhone hackers in turning the iPhone […]
27 Oct
Posted by Alex as Buying New, Entertainment, Home and Garden
Tired of watching your movies on your TV? We have a great idea! Why not transform your room into one media center complete with sensurround sound? With the growing popularity of projectors and white screens, you can enjoy a whole new meaning of the word “entertainment”.
23 Oct
Posted by Alex as Behavior and Ethics, Entertainment, Family
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), kids in the United States watch about 4 hours of TV a day. That’s a lot of opportunity to see sex and violence. Parents have the right and the responsibility to control their children’s TV viewing. The best way to do it is to teach children […]
09 Aug
Posted by Alex as Computers, Downloads, Entertainment, The Web
Ever wanted to extract the audio from video sharing sites? This trick works only with sites using the FLV format. And here are two ways.
UnPlug + FLV Extract. You can actually use any of the available FLV downloaders. I used to use VideoDownloader but I’ve found that UnPlug works better for me. After downloading […]
12 Jul
Posted by Alex as Entertainment, News, Security and Safety, Technology
Seems like iPod junkies should take heed of experts’ advice to get indoors as soon as lightning and thunder is heard.
CNN reports of hit-by-lightning-while-using-their-iPods cases. The latest, a Canadian jogger who suffered burns, ruptured eardrums, and a broken jaw when he was hit by lightning and electricity traveled through the wires.
Several other cases have also […]
12 Jul
Posted by Alex as Computers, Entertainment, Family, Fitness and Health, Technology
Ever since games became more and more interactive, there are now a lot of reasons why gamers should fall into that harsh stereotype of fat and pimply geeks with no lives. Well, save for MMORP gamers. But with the days of Dance Dance Revolution and Wii Sports, we’ve read a lot of reports of […]
10 Jul
Posted by Alex as Behavior and Ethics, Computers, Entertainment, Family
Video games are so popular these days. With your kid hunched over the PC or console set, determined to destroy the enemies, you can’t be unconcerned if the violence of these video games won’t affect his behavior. It’s really a concern why many kids “have no lives at all” opting to play video games rather […]
I’m a big Simpsons fan and I’m glad that after all of these years, our favorite yellow-skinned family will be hitting the big screen. Finally. And I just can’t wait for it to be in theaters for a much needed break from work and watch a decent movie.
In any case, the Simpsons Movie website’s […]