Weerd just visited Williamsburg and found a whole new appreciation for modern technology. This Friday at 8:30 Central, we’ll talk about how much better things are now. It will be a refreshing alternative to the doom and gloom you’ve been hearing all week.
Also, Thomas Kinkade just died and since we all hate him we’ll have a collective spit on his grave.
Among other things.
You can listen live here, and even call in and participate.
See you Friday.
Bye Twitter
I just deleted my Twitter account.
Haven’t used it in months and finally realized it’s just not useful to me.
Sorry GOP, still not voting for Romney
You can make a turd sandwich but you can’t make me eat it.
SQRPT: Behind the scenes
As of the third episode, here’s what I use for The Squirrel Report.
A cheap Behringer 1204FX mixer. A lot of people think Behringer is crap but this isn’t a music studio, it’s a show with questionable audio quality from the start and the 1204 was on sale at Amazon. I picked the 1204 because it has two AUX sends so I can do a mix-minus to two different computers, one for the Skype and one for the call in line. I also have a XLR mic plugged into the mixer. There’s a USB cable that connects the main output of mixer to the 2nd iMac for the streaming and recording.
Skype runs on one iMac, and the soft phone, Shoutcast streaming, and recording run on another. I tried to get it all to run on one computer but I could never make that many audio channels play nice on one machine. The delays drove me crazy and it was impossible to get the volume to match. Taking it out to a mixer is the only way I found to make it work.
There is also an Asterisk PBX with a 20 channel DID that handles the call in number.
The Shoutcast server is fed with Nicecast and I use Audio Hijack Pro to record the feed off the mixer and I copy the recording to Garageband to do any editing and create the mp3.
SQRPT LIVE! TONIGHT!
Friday 4/6 at 8:30 pm Central.
Listen live here.
I’ve increased the max live listeners to 50 since we maxed out the old limit of 25 last time. I wouldn’t mind at all having to increase it again.
Stop by and have a listen, you might like it.
5 Years
Earlier in the week, this blog turned 5.
That’s like 1000 in Internet years.
SQRPT: Episode 2, Friday @ 8:30 Central
We’ll be WEERDless again, he’s decided to have some kind of social life for a few weeks, but the rest of us will be there.
The Squirrel Report, First Episode on Friday
The first official episode of The Squirrel Report will air live, Friday at 8:30 Central.
You can listen live here.
I’ll give out the call in number during the show.
New iPad
My new iPad arrived Friday.
The screen looks like a glowing printed page, it’s amazing.
That said, if you already have an iPad 2 and don’t need LTE then there’s no need to rush out and get the new iPad. Other than the screen, LTE and a slightly faster processor there’s not much difference between new iPad and iPad 2. If you have a 1st gen or someone stole yours then I think it’s worth the upgrade.
M&P 9mm + Apex
Smith & Wesson should just cut a deal with Apex to put their triggers and sears in every M&P.
Took me about 30 minutes to get the trigger, sear and RAM installed and a lot of that was watching the videos twice. It looks a lot more difficult than it is.
And wow, what a difference. I don’t have a way to measure the pull but I can tell it’s almost identical to my 1911, whatever that is.
I can’t wait to try it out. I’ll have to make a range trip this weekend.