The Double A Lounge

Classic stuff: choosing between Kirk & Picard, the soldering gun, and the outlet strip as a gift…amongst others.

Just about any music recording from at least the past 10 years has some sort of editing done to it. The most common one is something called Auto-Tune. It essentially auto corrects any pitch deficiencies in music. It can used as a plug-in on software like Pro Tools or as a stand alone unit. Normally [...]

Many companies will hire people where even if they don’t work out, just allow them to drag along for the ride. Variety of reasons given why they do this. Many are afraid of improper termination lawsuits or perceived discrimination issues. As this article shows, there is one company that decided to take a different approach. [...]

I’m not sure what to file this one under. Maybe I need to create a category for what people do when they have way too much time on their hands. That poor creme egg! Creme That Egg!

I don’t think anybody who pays taxes in this country hasn’t at one time or another wanted to control where those tax dollars go. Well, now is your chance…sort of. It’s a game called Budget Hero and it lets you do just that. I played a few minutes of it and it already said my [...]

They say you can drink in calories all the calories you need for a day. After all, aren’t even healthy drinks good for you? I would hold that thought after you read this article from Yahoo! Health. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised by what I found. I did like mention of that fact that [...]

I’ve pretty much lived around trains much of my life. In fact, pretty much anywhere I have lived in this area I’ve been within walking distance of train tracks. The railroads in this country are still going strong after all this time. The steam trains of yesteryear have been replaced by their diesel and electric [...]

With the economy the way it is currently, we’ve had to contend with soaring prices for basic items. Employment has become much more contentious. Many people are finding out that the golden nest egg they had for retirement is inadequate. We struggle with increasing costs for health care. So you end up asking yourself – [...]

I don’t usually watch the show Hardball With Chris Matthews, but maybe I need to start doing so. He decided to have someone on his show named Kevin James who has his own conservative radio show in Los Angeles. Mr. James apparently doesn’t bother researching his references to historical figures and their accomplishments as the [...]

Recently watched a DVD with someone who now owns a Nintendo Wii game console. The DVD was about something called the Wii Fit. I was intrigued about it since the picture had shown people exercising. The Wii Fit is designed to make exercising into a game of sorts. You have muscle workouts, aerobics, balance games, [...]