Preparing the headsets for our VR exhibition.
Preparing the headsets for our VR exhibition.
And now the second screen is done as well.
The second summer project, privacy screens for the deck, is halfway done. Working on a second one for the other side of the deck as well.
Walls for the garbage cans, the first of many projects this summer is completed.
The unexpected thing is that getting a house has actually made enjoy these kind of projects. I’d never thought that would happen.
Scary!
I’m setting up a simplified microphone shoot-out to teach my students about the Web Audio Evaluation Tool tomorrow.
After four days straight teaching in the tv studio at work, and one full day of teaching post production for tv news prior to that, and on top of that the VR-project, I certainly deserve this old fashioned.
Really weird spring weather in Sweden.
Another Friday, another remote production.
I was way too optimistic about my schedule this week, so to compensate I had to go back to work tonight after the kids went to bed and record a video about one of our mixing consoles.
For the first time in a very long time I started writing a song today. Not an ambient chord progression experiment, not some synth fiddling, but an actual alternative rock song with soaring guitars, pounding drums and lyrics about heartbreak.
To be clear, nothing about it is done yet and long time (really long time) readers of the blog will know that the biggest hurdle for me is always the lyrics. My inability to write lyrics have resulted in a lot of thrown away melody lines and riffs, but this time I’ve got a very clear theme for the lyrics and a persona to write them from. I also have a basic melody, some guitar parts and the outline of an arrangement and instrumentation.
I guess this counts as my ”doing something fun at work” this week, since I worked from home today and the song writing happened when I was about to start working.
Today was in many ways the most average of average days at work. I did some administrative tasks, my weekly review, some scheduling for an upcoming course, some planning for stuff coming up later in the spring and held a short lecture.
After that I headed home and had an average afternoon with the kids and Linn.
Since nothing really stood out I also didn’t take any pictures today so I’m kind of bending my own rules today and I am posting a screen shot instead of a photo. Here’s my current home screen, something that I’m fiddling with quite a lot at the moment.
This weekend Linn’s parents and her grandma visited us. We had a good time and today they went home again. Also, Iris was at a birthday party for a friend and then all of us played out in the snow so there wasn’t really any time to take many pictures, so this photo of my Irish coffee will have to do. (Yes, that is indeed blue cream.)
Linn and I also finished the first (and so far only) season of You on Netflix.
Iris has made a dress out of Play-Doh for one of her Anna dolls, inspired by one of her favorite YouTube channels.
Both today and yesterday I managed to squeeze in some time to play guitar, something that I haven’t done properly in quite a while. Now my fingers hurt!
This is me wearing the headsets of two different intercom systems. I took the photo today while connecting the intercoms to our Dante system to enable communication via the intercoms between our tv studio and a remote location 30 km away. In the end it worked, but intercoms are terrible to work with.
There seems to be a common theme to a lot of these daily photos. Lots of tv after the kids been put to bed. On weeknights that’s pretty much all we have energy for and a good way to unwind.
Right now we’re watching You on Netflix. Decent get-out-of-your-own-head television.
Today I tried the SPL Transient Designer for real for the first time. We used it to get some extra punch in a snare drum and the result was very good.
I’m bringing my pedalboard to work tomorrow, so I made some substitutions of pedals to better suit the ambient/industrial/metal-thingy we’re doing. I replaced the Polytune and Echo Park with a Nano Muff and Heavy Metal.
Today we cleaned Christmas away, danced around the tree and tore down its decorations. Now the house feels slightly empty without all the Christmas stuff, but also clean in a nice relaxing way.
Iris has been telling us again and again that she really, really wants glasses for Christmas. (There’s nothing wrong with her eyesight.) Today my father and his wife came over for a late Christmas celebration and to her great joy, they did give her glasses. 🙂
Friday in Sweden means På spåret on tv.
My view for the evening, in my couch, wearing pajamas and talking to Linn about everything and anything. Lot’s of stuff to talk about tonight.
As good as old again.
This doesn’t seem entirely correct… (It says my work timer has been running for 48 years.)
Judging by my drinking habits, I should probably have a lot more tattoos and facial hair.
26 day streak! 😊
Setting up a new computer.
A ten day streak is the best I’ve done in at least a year so I’m quite happy with myself.
Wow! The photo doesn’t quite make it justice, but the sunset is truly golden tonight.
Due to the heatwave Ebbe is having trouble falling asleep in his room, so instead I take him for a walk in the evening.
Making a mint julep outside.
@MrHenko Good choice of bourbon. Though this year it should have been Woodford Reserve. 😀
Now I understand why there are only two gestures, one per ear, for AirPods. My mom, who bought these headphones, will never learn more than one or two of these. The rest will only be a potential mine field of accidental input.
@MrHenko Kind of makes you wonder if Apple intentionally limited Siri in the HomePod so it didn’t “accidentally” email audio of your private conversations to random acquaintances like the Amazon Echo.
En (väldigt) kort stund för mig själv medan Ebbe sover och Iris vilar.
Linn and me are on our first vacation without the kids since Ebbe was born. Yesterday we hung out with my brother and Sanne and today we’ll be staying at a hotel. Right now, Indian dinner in Mall of Scandinavia.
Exciting things coming up at work!
Happy and cool in his big sisters old clothes!
Preparing the console and a multitrack for my live sound lecture on Monday. Very impressed by the Yamaha QL1 console.
I’m trying to teach Iris to play Mario on the 3DS. The hardest thing seems to be to get her to accept that there are non-touch screens.
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jack
10 maj, 2019 22:01@MrHenko Sounds like it. Enjoy! I love an old-fashoned.
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MrHenko
10 maj, 2019 22:42@jack So do I, and this one turned out really well so I’m quite happy at the moment.
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alans
11 maj, 2019 05:21@MrHenko Looks good indeed! That’s one of my favorites. Cheers.
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MrHenko
11 maj, 2019 07:36@alans Cheers!
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