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11/18/2024

A funny thing happened to me on the way to work the other day. I have lymphedema. If you don't know what that is, it's a disease that causes the lymph glands to be inefficient in my case, making my thighs look like Popeyes forearms. I've been living for this for years and as it's uncomfortable to sleep at a bed, I sleep in a reclining chair last Tuesday morning. I couldn't get out of it. We called the rescues call to get me out of my chair last Thursday morning. I couldn't get out of my chair so we called the ambulance to take me to the hospital. The he ER Doctor says do you work a lot? I say oh about 16 hours a day.He sqys how much sleep you get. I say oh at least 4 hours. Then he says You know you're 73 right? I say yes I am . He says those Go als don't go together right? You have to stop doing them and since I didn't want to stop being 73 till at least next year , we decided it would be best if I retired. Plus I have to do 30 days of rehab in order to be able to walk again., I will have some street cred because I've been in rehab. I'll keep pushing on Facebook updyate so you'll know how rehab is going and if I see any celebrities while I'm in rehab. I don't know what's next about life but something I'm sure.

10/16/2024

We have just finished S 3 E 18 of Boston Legal. If you don't want to binge bthe whole series watch this episode. It is television at its finest.
On Hulu

10/03/2024

Amazon Fire TV Amazon Fire Cube. Turns on in the Middle if the night. Blasts promos at full volume. Woke everybody up . Scared the cats. Its unplugged now. Will replace with Roku that arrives later today. I will not stream with a fire product again. That interruptions of sleep was rude and unnecessary.

10/03/2024

Amazon Fire Cube. Turns on in the Middle if the night. Blasts promos at full volume. Woke everybody up . Scared the cats. Its unplugged now. Will replace with Roku ASAP.

09/28/2024

The advent of working from home during the pandemic has significantly affected the economy. It may be changing, but it’s not going anywhere.

09/28/2024

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09/27/2024

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07/12/2023

There is a documentary on prime and several of the free channels "The Real Top Guns," All the voice actors are AI. They are lifeless, wooden, and have very odd inflections. I couldn't help but think how much beter it would have sounded if actual humans were used. If this is the future of voice over the future is bleak. Not just for us voice actors but for the audience who, no matter glossy it looks it is still 3td rate

01/14/2023

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03/15/2022

As I approach my 53rd year in in the radio biz (and my 30th in news) I heard somebody say something in a sound bite that sounded so strange to these ancient ears.

Anytime there's a holiday involving drinking ( which is all of them) it is customary to air a sound bite from some government or law enforcement official cautioning us about the dangers of impaired driving. I was doing the news for an Illinois station when that said official said you should use a designated driver if you're going to be using "alcohol or cannabis."

As the man said. the times they are a-changing!

08/07/2021

Things I didn't know about Adobe Audition. When I do the local news or WSGE (an NPR affiliate, I have to make sure my breaks are exact to rejoin the network smoothly. I can usually get it pretty close, just taking out the dead space at the beginning or the end will do the trick. But how much, and why does there have to be math to to determine it?

Turns out its pretty simple with the help of the selection/view panel. Turns out those selections are clickable. To take out the unneeded time at the end of your wave form, put the playhead at the end of the file. Then click on the "End" reading in the Selection row and edit the time your recording should end. then press enter and the playhead should move to that spot and you can highlight and delete everything after it.

To reduce the length of breaths, zoom in and highlight the breath or a portion of it. Then click on "duration in the selection row, and type the number of milliseconds you need to remove, press enter and click back on the recording and press the delete key.

05/22/2021

Got a new client. WFNX-FM Grand Marais, MN. This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship 0n the North Shore.

05/17/2021

OK hive mind. I have been using windows with a usb device for my mixer. For years. Suddenly today it won't work. I can record just fine, but trying to listen through my speakers I get a constant feed back loop.No settings were changed no additional equipment added. Any body else with this problem?

02/16/2021

This is worthy of a repost.. I've heard some people complain that you can no longer capture audio from the computer due piracy concerns. As it turns out thise fears are unfounded.
https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/39532/how-to-enable-stereo-mix-in-windows-7-to-record-audio/

Ever need to record something on your computer exactly as it comes out of your speakers? Enabling “Stereo Mix” will let you do exactly that, and here’s how to do it.

02/16/2021

The news I produce from my home goes to mom and pop sations.Igive them professional service at a minimum price. It's a lot of work, but I survive and so do they. A lot of us are our of work. Take advantage of 21st century Technology and help the little guy trying to survive.He may not be doing live and local because he cant afford it
We can help him. Do it.

06/27/2020

This is my new computer to replace the one that died.Is about the size of three stacked pieces of toast

Intel NUC10i7FNH Mini PC, Intel Core i7-10710U Upto 4.7GHz, 64GB RAM, 1TB NVMe SSD + 1TB HDD, HDMI, Thunderbolt, Card Reader, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Windows 10 Pro

06/23/2020

My main computer died. I have laptop I use as a spare that has a terabyte ssd. OMG. If you need to repair or update your computer get a ssd. I was amazed at the speed.