It's been too long since I last blogged about karaoke. We went to The Red Balloon last night. If you're unfamiliar, it's one of Kansas City's only bars with karaoke seven days a week.

Surprisingly, the DJ was the only thing that bugged me about the place. He was in the early stages of growing a wizard's beard, or maybe he was settling on a wizard's goatee. Every couple of songs he would walk around the seating area, either to smoke or do some coke off the toilet. While walking, he would lip sync to every song on the karaoke. That's annoying.

Labels: annoyances, bars, kansas city

Hey, Internet!

Can I get a decent volume control over here?

90 percent of online video players have their volume sliders juiced all the way. Unfortunately, 50 percent of online videos have the volume set at some low-ass level. I need to be able to boost those levels, dumbasses!

Solution: keep the default volume where it is, but double the length of the volume slider so I can get some decent amplification. Must I explain everything?

Labels: annoyances, tech