Southern California should've been based around bikes from day 1. It's the best thing about living here - if only the averaged driver knew what to do with us. I've only been maimed once, but it's got me in a Catch22. On one hand, biking is helping me to emotionally handle my spouse's cancer treatment. On the other hand, I absolutely know that some kook is going to hit me with some part of their car, leading me to also be in the hospital (again).benadrian wrote: Thu Jul 07, 2022 3:36 pm I went to see Kraftwerk in L.A. on Tuesday night. I rode my bike there with my friend because bikes are awesome and parking is expensive. The bike rack was in the parking garage, which was nice; secure, attendants present, etc. While unlocking our bikes from the bike rack after the show we were feeling pretty good while looking at the long line of traffic waiting to get out. Of course, as if on cue, someone in their car started singing "Tour de France" at us. It might be the only time anyone has yelled anything about the Tour de France at me that did not come as a threat.
Anyway, Bikes, Kraftwerk, hooray, etc.
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672Having my eyes stuck on a queer beauty on the bus on my way home, I didn't see the ticket cops walking on and got slapped with a fee. A sinner is always punished.
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673Great news! Salut, Pasta! Best thing I've heard in ages.PASTA wrote: Wed Jul 06, 2022 4:45 pm As of today, I have paid off ALL past medical debt. (Cancer, Detox, Rehab) I'll still be running up a bit every year for my 2 MRI, and Ultrasound etc. But, a system is in place to make that doable going forward.
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674^ Hope to meet you (and others) tomorrow at Workshop 4200, FM PASTA. That's awesome news.
My 16-year-old daughter tried kimchi for the first time earlier today and liked it. So far, seems like she has inherited her eyes and her tastebuds from me; everything else from my wife.
My 16-year-old daughter tried kimchi for the first time earlier today and liked it. So far, seems like she has inherited her eyes and her tastebuds from me; everything else from my wife.
jason (he/him/his) from volo (illinois)
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675My Little Detail: Even twice vaxxed and double boosted, Covid is a bitch.
More detailed Details:
Felt sick last week Friday, on the 1st, itchy nose and ears, runny nose, sneezing, tired. Did a test on Sunday, Covid positive. Tested again on Weds, still positive.
So today is Day 8/9, and I still feel shitty.
More detailed Details:
Felt sick last week Friday, on the 1st, itchy nose and ears, runny nose, sneezing, tired. Did a test on Sunday, Covid positive. Tested again on Weds, still positive.
So today is Day 8/9, and I still feel shitty.
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676@ Cedar Point Amusement Park w/ the family.
jason (he/him/his) from volo (illinois)
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677Seriously, please help me remember: Does the new forum have a new "Help Me Remember..." thread?
I need help remembering something else (besides this.) Google does nothing.
I need help remembering something else (besides this.) Google does nothing.
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678This person has not come back. I guess I didn't sound wealthy enough. I think they really want you to say that you own a company that is doing very well. Reworking my script for when the next one comes along.
Congratulations, Pasta!
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679Oh man, I had an audio engineer screw up today.
My wife does voiceover work. Almost all of it is still remote. This means we set up in my studio and I engineer locally. There is a zoom call so everyone can see everyone else, and then I connect to a remote engineer at the production company. We use software called ipdtl to send "high enough" resolution audio. I also record a safety backup at 24/48 here at home. I use Audacity because it seems the most fool proof for recording one mono audio track and doesn't interfere with the audio streaming.
Well, this morning the setup was different. we were doing ADR, so there was video involved. It was actually pretty easy. However, in my nervous state I booted up Audacity before plugging in the audio interface. Then I set everything else up. Because of this, Audacity defaulted to the built in microphone on my laptop. Meanwhile, I'm monitoring through my interface's control panel, and the remote engineer is getting the good audio. Since I'm just sitting quietly in the record room, my wife's voice is still getting picked up by the laptop mic, so I'm seeing level.
Anyway, about 45 minutes into the hour long session, I realize what I've done. I quickly reconfigure and try to get as much as I can. Luckily, there were no internet drop outs on the keeper takes but I still felt really stupid. I can do so many things at an expert level in the music tech and audio recording world, but throw me into the TV production worlds and the 10% I don't know makes me feel really shitty sometimes.
My wife does voiceover work. Almost all of it is still remote. This means we set up in my studio and I engineer locally. There is a zoom call so everyone can see everyone else, and then I connect to a remote engineer at the production company. We use software called ipdtl to send "high enough" resolution audio. I also record a safety backup at 24/48 here at home. I use Audacity because it seems the most fool proof for recording one mono audio track and doesn't interfere with the audio streaming.
Well, this morning the setup was different. we were doing ADR, so there was video involved. It was actually pretty easy. However, in my nervous state I booted up Audacity before plugging in the audio interface. Then I set everything else up. Because of this, Audacity defaulted to the built in microphone on my laptop. Meanwhile, I'm monitoring through my interface's control panel, and the remote engineer is getting the good audio. Since I'm just sitting quietly in the record room, my wife's voice is still getting picked up by the laptop mic, so I'm seeing level.
Anyway, about 45 minutes into the hour long session, I realize what I've done. I quickly reconfigure and try to get as much as I can. Luckily, there were no internet drop outs on the keeper takes but I still felt really stupid. I can do so many things at an expert level in the music tech and audio recording world, but throw me into the TV production worlds and the 10% I don't know makes me feel really shitty sometimes.
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680aw man, it's hard not to but don't feel shitty - if it helps I've seen a number of truly great video experts do exactly that kind of thing.benadrian wrote: Tue Jul 12, 2022 5:19 pm Oh man, I had an audio engineer screw up today.
My wife does voiceover work. Almost all of it is still remote. This means we set up in my studio and I engineer locally. There is a zoom call so everyone can see everyone else, and then I connect to a remote engineer at the production company. We use software called ipdtl to send "high enough" resolution audio. I also record a safety backup at 24/48 here at home. I use Audacity because it seems the most fool proof for recording one mono audio track and doesn't interfere with the audio streaming.
Well, this morning the setup was different. we were doing ADR, so there was video involved. It was actually pretty easy. However, in my nervous state I booted up Audacity before plugging in the audio interface. Then I set everything else up. Because of this, Audacity defaulted to the built in microphone on my laptop. Meanwhile, I'm monitoring through my interface's control panel, and the remote engineer is getting the good audio. Since I'm just sitting quietly in the record room, my wife's voice is still getting picked up by the laptop mic, so I'm seeing level.
Anyway, about 45 minutes into the hour long session, I realize what I've done. I quickly reconfigure and try to get as much as I can. Luckily, there were no internet drop outs on the keeper takes but I still felt really stupid. I can do so many things at an expert level in the music tech and audio recording world, but throw me into the TV production worlds and the 10% I don't know makes me feel really shitty sometimes.
If it further makes you feel better, I'm an 'expert' at what I do and I just left a heavy duty vacuum pump running wide open two days ago for 16 hours, being a miracle it didn't start a fire.