April 2, 20233 yr my razor mouse is like 10 years old now but it eats batts like one a day lol that's my 3rd corsair mouse as the scroll wheel broke on last 2 Edited April 2, 20233 yr by soundwave
April 3, 20233 yr Author One really stupid question, as the only trackball I remember was installing one on a CAD CNC machine back in my technician days, I fell in love with it but never used it nor learnt CAD. I can't remember if they have an actual optical sensors underneath as a mouse would or do they remain stationary? Thinking about it today, I haven't actually used a mouse in over 20 years a part from the occasional click on the other half's PC to update or X the awful apps she has open on startup. I daily drive a touchpad(PC & lappy) and before that a game controller, when I quit computers for a number of years. They stay put, which is why I bought M570s - mice which moved became a pain in the neck! Agonising and on one side. Forearm too. I can use the Logitech Trackman Marble with either hand, to achieve evenly distributed neck pain. At one point I had six different mouse breeds on my desk and I used them all, switching between them to change pain's location. The laser finger mouse was particularly useless, but no sweat to move. Edited April 3, 20233 yr by guerney
April 3, 20233 yr fkn thing was £150 If you are still rocking dual Xeon, then the mouse would of cost more than the aging server! I bet it is a good mouse though, when it comes to parts & component brands most of the time, imho if you pay more for quality you get quality & if something lasts a few years then value has been extracted, my corsair 4000D AF case, only just a case but doing a rebuild in it, I was still impressed by the overall quality & for £60(offer) I feel after 2 years I have extracted value; bonus it'll last for a while yet. Got the bike to sort out today, gears etc, still not over warm up east yet but the suns out and it needs some TLC. They stay put Thanks, the more I thought about it the more dumb the question it became. laser finger mouse I had to google that one. They look a bit daft.
April 6, 20233 yr Author I had to google that one. They look a bit daft. Can't wait for the bluetooth version of this: https://www.tindie.com/products/arturo182/bb-q20-keyboard-with-trackpad-usbi2cpmod/ Perhaps it could be converted? https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004057031719.html?pdp_npi=
April 7, 20233 yr Can't wait for the bluetooth version of this: I got rid of a full BB classic only last week, it was a terrible phone compared to modern standards but it didn't do anything but ring, BBM n txt no whattsapp etc which I HAVE to use apparently & everyone knows I am using it now, not happy, I enjoyed the simpler times. I have a BB torch with cobwebs on it at the back of cupboard now that was a good phone.
April 7, 20233 yr Author I got rid of a full BB classic only last week, it was a terrible phone compared to modern standards but it didn't do anything but ring, BBM n txt no whattsapp etc which I HAVE to use apparently & everyone knows I am using it now, not happy, I enjoyed the simpler times. I have a BB torch with cobwebs on it at the back of cupboard now that was a good phone. I had a Android Blackberry KeyOne for a few weeks, the optical sensor providing mouse functionality was very good, and is what interests me about the disembodied keyboard linked above: less RSI. Screen space sacrificed by the KeyOne for the keyboard was too much for me to accept in the end (also their rear camera implementation was unfinished, as they'd left out variables for use by third party apps), but great physical keyboard, which I prefer - maybe I'll spring for a Cosmo Communicator after I mug Santa one dark Xmas night? But I've just remembered how awful Planet Computer's software is... which won't and can't be updated. I'm more likely to buy a Microsoft Duo and install Windows 10X: https://github.com/WOA-Project/SurfaceDuo-Guides/blob/main/Install10X/SurfaceDuo1.md
April 8, 20233 yr Microsoft Duo The BB torch was perfect with the amazing hidden/slide keyboard & that keyboard was the best, I never tried the BB android thank god, I wanted one but by the time I had funds it wasn't relevant. That torch, people used to say that's massive and that screen size will never catch on, how wrong they were! I have to say screen keyboards have got better with time/software, & to see you willing install windows 10X is a giant leap forward... Oh here comes windows 12 to brighten up your day...
April 11, 20233 yr Author you willing install windows 10X is a giant leap forward... NEVER! When a Linux can be hacked in, I'll buy one. While keeping an eye open for a newer, pocketable micro-laptop more powerful than my old (but upgraded) tiny 8" Sony VAIO P... I was excited when I saw this 7" laptop's photo: ...but... it's 4.5cm thick!!!! https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt/pocket-reform https://mntre.com/media/reform_md/2022-06-20-introducing-mnt-pocket-reform.html Oh here comes windows 12 to brighten up your day... Edited April 11, 20233 yr by guerney
April 11, 20233 yr RGB keyboard ..but... it's 4.5cm thick!!!! Open source though; buy some quality cargo pants with big enough pockets and you'll be fine. When a Linux can be hacked in Yep with all this AI nonsense lurking around every corner, I am getting a little concerned about Advertising, I have minimal to no advert intrusion on my win 11 os. Now they are injecting ads based on AI and win 12 could implement some AI which would command the use of sole entities like Edge, like you and win 10, the mere fact that I am cringing whilst typing a mere four letter word, that instills a sense of fear I only remember from the days when XP eol was announced. I must learn about Linux if for nothing else other than gaming, I hear it has come a long way in terms of modern systems. I have no clue where to start with Linux I suppose I could try and install it on the i7, I will start with a case, maybe when prices come down and Dell optiplex case for £20 I think not.
April 21, 20233 yr Author Open source though I might accept proprietary, if as useful and as tiny or tinnier than the Sony VAIO P, which I mostly use to control my servers and send/receive emails and texts - not much horsepower needed for that! It's rubbish for gamers of course. As you know, I don't play games anymore - decades sober now. buy some quality cargo pants with big enough pockets and you'll be fine. Much as I'd love to, I can't rock up to a client meeting wearing cargo pants lol. Besides, in my experience things (ribbon cables for example) loosen when laptops are jostled about too much, necessitating further nightmare disassemblings and reassemblings. I've had dual pockets in all my work jackets added and/or adjusted for the Sony VAIO P, plus recently those of a leather jacket... all of which are also large enough for 10" tablets, with double zips so they can be padlocked using tiny padlocks. Edited April 21, 20233 yr by guerney
April 21, 20233 yr decades sober now I am feeling sober as sorts, I purchased a high end gaming rig but haven't played much yet, I've only just finished cable management & not the fun inside part that nobody sees, the painful HDMI, power cords etc for the TV, my ebike batteries & printer, it was all a bit much to look at when watching netflix & gaming... & now that's done I have a chest of draws that needs sorting, I found 5.25" 4 DVD burners, non worked & 2x laptop DVD burners now they work & monkey island three disk pack; Monkey Island, curse of Monkey Island and another disk, one disk ISO-ed the the others where not happy, might try and clean em it might be worth a few quid. Time to chuck some crud. I can't rock I read that as rock climbing... I suppose cargo pants aren't really a work thing for most, however I had a work issued pair for my stint in IT when installing CAT5 and rummaging around in dusty server rooms, best pair of pants I ever owned full on quality + the amount of CAT5 cabling I smuggled home was unreal, tbf I took it back the next day, no one used it back then, I don't think I even had a NIC in my 486-DX100.
April 21, 20233 yr Author I suppose cargo pants aren't really a work thing for most I wear cargo pants most of the time - very practical and hardwearing - but on the two occasions I wore smart cargo pants to work... both times I was asked if I was wearing cargo pants. Both times. When I was clearly wearing cargo pants. This confused me so much, I never did it again.
April 22, 20233 yr I wear cargo pants most of the time Aye me too, I found some in Tesco, nice and light for summer 2 years ago, great zip and press stud pockets aplenty, I went this year to get another pair and the only version they do now in the same style is shorts. The other style is good enough but a tad heavy for summer heat & shorts, well I don't feel right in shorts...
April 22, 20233 yr Author Aye me too, I found some in Tesco, nice and light for summer 2 years ago, great zip and press stud pockets aplenty, I went this year to get another pair and the only version they do now in the same style is shorts. The other style is good enough but a tad heavy for summer heat & shorts, well I don't feel right in shorts... I get wolf whistled by middle aged women when cycling wearing cargo shorts. It's so dehumanising, being made to feel like a sex object. I haven't reported any of them to the Police yet. Aldi's cargo pants are pretty good, some are quite lightweight. Craghopper's, like their shirts last forever. I still use a Craghopper shirt purchaed in 1998! And it still looks good! Quite shocking longevity, and it has a secret hidden zipped pocket for a passport. Their cargo pants are also well thought out (I have an insulated pair). Edited April 22, 20233 yr by guerney
April 22, 20233 yr Craghopper's Yer not a huge fan tbf, it's all a bit polyester for me, however I have not tried any of that brand for some years. feel like a sex object Can't say that's a bad thing at my age... OOOh scrap all those horrible words I used to slam my dad's old lappy as video editing rig, I am currently splicing together my R7 5700x build & trying to make it funny with some voice overs with that logitech G400 headset I found that my over half had discarded... & omg this puppy Radeon R4 APU is amazingly fast, not crashed once, it might be a shotcut update or I figured the scrubbing settings, could be that DX trick you mentioned, but yes I just blitz through the pure rock fx2 unboxing in a hour (2 min intro) now I just got to figure sound management, equalizing etc. Happy days, oh & be a dear & watch it when its done lmao.
April 23, 20233 yr Author Can't say that's a bad thing at my age... Last time it was two young women in a sports car. One shouted "Nice shorts!", the other shouted "Go on sweetheart!" while I was hauling a heavy trailer full of spring water I'd collected from a natural spring for my garden veg. I should have kept the video evidence. OOOh scrap all those horrible words I used to slam my dad's old lappy as video editing rig, I am currently splicing together my R7 5700x build & trying to make it funny with some voice overs with that logitech G400 headset I found that my over half had discarded... & omg this puppy Radeon R4 APU is amazingly fast, not crashed once, it might be a shotcut update or I figured the scrubbing settings, could be that DX trick you mentioned, but yes I just blitz through the pure rock fx2 unboxing in a hour (2 min intro) now I just got to figure sound management, equalizing etc. Happy days, oh & be a dear & watch it when its done lmao. Brilliant! Old computers are capable of much. Have you got a link?
April 23, 20233 yr I should have kept the video evidence. If any women did that to me while I was wearing shorts they would soon shut up when they see my varicose vein, it's hideous. Misandry; now there's a word I had never heard of... Have you got a link? Sadly I only did the unboxing of the cooler, 1 hour to re-familiarise myself with shotcut, it's been a while & edited a 1 min part + I am new to adding audio tracks but that was fairly easy adding a noise reduction filter on my voice over & bumping the gain. I have a self imposed target of 1 week to complete the whole video, as soon as it's live I will pop a link up. Tbf editing was the part that was holding me back on posting stuff as the mere thought of editing on the Celeron or Celery as I like to call it, was a nightmare in itself. This was the main reason for filming my build to inspire me to try an edit a full video to fully test the laptop before I purchased a trackball for the desktop. I jerry-rigged a boom to achieve the neatest shot of the install that I could. I just need to film the end results and a mini intro.
April 23, 20233 yr Author now I just got to figure sound management, equalizing etc. Audio mastering is a huge subject. Fortunately anyone nowadays can teach themselves that and many other things using Youtube. For video audio I keep post processing very minimal, first removing unnecessary very low frequencies without mercy. I think one of the reasons why so many studio engineers rave about the otherwise awful Yamaha NS10 monitors, and why they're in so many professional studios, is because of this peak in frequencies, which can expose problems in the mid-range... important to do, because this range and above is what most speakers are capable of playing competently, and it's within that range where the majority of intelligible human vocal frequencies are. Most DAWs have spectrum analysers, and if not, there's Fabfilter (free) VST. LMMS is a free DAW which which people I know use. https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/yamaha-ns10-story Edited April 23, 20233 yr by guerney
April 23, 20233 yr Fortunately anyone nowadays can teach themselves that and many other things using Youtube No pressure then... I really can't learn, actually retain information, I was a learn by doing person, possible dyslectic but never tested and years of alcoholism probably hasn't helped much either. The more I try and learn the more I feel I was, as a 1980's child, undereducated with a predisposition to genetic illness and growing up in high pollution industrial town didn't help much either. Excuses most would say and I tend to agree, I prefer, a rebel without a cause. Most DAWs have spectrum analysers, and if not, there's Fabfilter (free) VST. LMMS is a free DAW which which people I know use. I just used the noise gate filter, I wouldn't know were to start with all you mentioned. But I soldier on, got most of the parts edited, it rained all day.
April 23, 20233 yr Audio mastering is a huge subject. Fortunately anyone nowadays can teach themselves that and many other things using Youtube. For video audio I keep post processing very minimal, first removing unnecessary very low frequencies without mercy. I think one of the reasons why so many studio engineers rave about the otherwise awful Yamaha NS10 monitors, and why they're in so many professional studios, is because of this peak in frequencies, which can expose problems in the mid-range... important to do, because this range and above is what most speakers are capable of playing competently, and it's within that range where the majority of intelligible human vocal frequencies are. Most DAWs have spectrum analysers, and if not, there's Fabfilter (free) VST. LMMS is a free DAW which which people I know use. https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/yamaha-ns10-story thats why i have 3 way mastering monitors got these at funky junk. https://shop.funky-junk.com/shop/recording/monitors/loudspeakers/nearfield/atc-scm20asl-pro-mki-2-way-active-monitors-pair-used/ or if you just want to pi$$ of next door http://larkingslist.com/products/second-hand-monitors/cerwin-vega-prostax-ps-12
April 23, 20233 yr Author or if you just want to pi$$ of next door Next door is permanently pi$$ed off - both are medically classed as I can't say what. Even my bi-Denon amped 2 X 100W RMS Mission floorstanders would would trigger mayhem. Like you, I use Sennheiser HD600 headphones. TBH on the rare occasions when I do master, it's with spectrum analysers, bypassing all that expensive monitor speaker guesswork. Lately I've been trying to sound like Metallica (for a project with a local band - not because I like Metallica, or the local band).
April 23, 20233 yr my speakers use 60w each doing nothing flat out they suck 500w from the wall each my db meter goes to 130db but the last time i tried full power it like sitting in a bass bin but with no distortion but the house was falling apart and the sharp lcd tv was going nuts because the spl was so high and making it hard to even breath cos i have them in a bedroom so limited the max power on the back but i could push them even louder if i push the limits but then will clip with distortion
April 23, 20233 yr these things was bucks when they came out and works over internet so you just need a 100mb switch and works with windows. http://larkingslist.com/products/second-hand-pro-tools/euphonix-mc-control its 350
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