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Saturday, 23 January 2021
I'M SPECIAL.
It's a beautiful day but cold. First thing this morning it was -8°C. I started the car as it is a horse day, went back into the warm and had a coffee whilst it was defrosting. Twenty minutes later I rounded up and loaded the dogs, hopped in the car and for some inexplicable reason decided to turn round in the field as opposed to reversing down to the yard. I missed the hard ice under the snow and fell in a bit of a hole. I'm an idiot. Dug out the tow rope and the screw in towing eye got it all set up and went to fetch the tele-loader to drag it out. The barn doors were frozen shut but after a few minutes persuasion with a crow bar they slid open enough. The bloody loader wouldn't start and I hadn't keys for either the tractors or the Hilux. Fortunately they were up and awake in the house and came and dragged me out. I was frozen and felt a right Muppet.
It's not much of a hole but there was no way the Renault was going to extricate itself unaided.
Yesterday I was playing in Blender and found a quite pleasing effect.
Now I am well aware that my voice sounds a bit strange so I always do my best to clean the audio up in Audacity. I have a workflow that is quick and easy. I leave a few seconds at the end and sample it for noise reduction, then I use the Compressor with the threshold set to about -15db. It's then on to the equalizer to boost bass and reduce treble a bit. The equaliser has gone in the new version. I was really perturbed and had to go online to find out where it had gone. It's been replaced by something called Filter Curve. I filter curved but think I may have overdone things. The final step is to normalise and check the volume is something like. Job done but I wish I hadn't updated Audacity.
As I said it is a wonderful day and tomorrow looks to be set fair as well.
Can you blame the cold weather for not thinking straight? I think I've been a bit doolally from heat once or twice, maybe the cold can do the same thing to you? The snow covered hillside sure is beautiful!
Pauline I think it was just stupidity. The only defence I have is that I spend half my time driving four wheel drive stuff with diff locks and forgot what I was sitting in.
Rachel I used words to that effect. From time to time they go for key hiding here. It doesn't usually last long as folk forget where they've hidden them. It's fart better to leave them in the vehicles.
John, I have had another play and they look better running slower and with more depth on the text. Another -7°C start this morning and though it reached -1°C at 1500h it is dropping fast again now.
That is really weird. I'm sure that I left a comment saying that one of my neighbours, fearing more snow, took the land rover rather than the BMW. He came to a corner with black ice and tipped the landie over. His pride was badly damaged. The landie will no doubt get its panels sorted.
Whoops! I don't know whether to be pleased for me or sad for him. Your neighbour is definitely more Special than I am. The ice has been bad this year even on the main roads, I used to expect roads to be salted by six in the morning but this year they don't seem to be working nights.
Can you blame the cold weather for not thinking straight? I think I've been a bit doolally from heat once or twice, maybe the cold can do the same thing to you? The snow covered hillside sure is beautiful!
ReplyDeletePauline I think it was just stupidity. The only defence I have is that I spend half my time driving four wheel drive stuff with diff locks and forgot what I was sitting in.
DeleteSilly you. A bit of snow and you thought you'd turn round. Easily done. Good thing they were up and about in the house.
ReplyDeleteRachel I used words to that effect. From time to time they go for key hiding here. It doesn't usually last long as folk forget where they've hidden them. It's fart better to leave them in the vehicles.
DeleteThe traced letters look very effective. Started at -2C here today but no snow.
ReplyDeleteJohn, I have had another play and they look better running slower and with more depth on the text.
DeleteAnother -7°C start this morning and though it reached -1°C at 1500h it is dropping fast again now.
That is really weird. I'm sure that I left a comment saying that one of my neighbours, fearing more snow, took the land rover rather than the BMW. He came to a corner with black ice and tipped the landie over. His pride was badly damaged. The landie will no doubt get its panels sorted.
ReplyDeleteWhoops! I don't know whether to be pleased for me or sad for him. Your neighbour is definitely more Special than I am.
DeleteThe ice has been bad this year even on the main roads, I used to expect roads to be salted by six in the morning but this year they don't seem to be working nights.