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+title: "Week 2, Tuesday: Røde and Ariel"
+date: 2024-08-06T19:21:19+02:00
+Tags: []
+Categories: []
+draft: false
+---
+
+# Morning
+
+{{< image frame="true" width="17em" float="right" src="/img/headline/harrymack.png" alt="Credit: Harry Mack, YouTube" >}}
+
+This morning I woke up with a cramp in my right leg - the calf was rock hard and could barely move.
+I stretched the best I could and after a minute or so it ebbed away and I managed to stand straight
+again. It sucks waking up like this!
+
+In the morning we do some grocery shopping and we drop the car off at the charging station so that
+it, too, can slurp its batteries full again. Yesterday was our _grote inkoop_ (our _big purchases_)
+but we did not get all the vegetables and usual Coop groceries. One thing we think is fun, is to
+compare the cost of _Aligro_ to that of _Coop_ for many of the items we bought. It's considerable!
+For example:
+
+*   Popcorn kernels are CHF 1.95 for a 100g bag. We bought 5.66kg for CHF 19.95!
+*   Coca cola 0.5l bottles are CHF 1.05 each. At Coop, they are CHF 1.50!
+*   Limousine beef is CHF 81,- per kilo. At Coop, it's about CHF 140,-!
+
+When we came home, the mailman had visited! He plopped two packages; one of them has a Silhouette
+Cameo 5 in it, and the other contains a R&oslash;de mic stand. Normally I get super excited when the
+mailman comes and dash off to play with the new delivery. But today, I exercise patience.
+
+# Afternoon
+
+I bought three sizable leeks the other day, and I promise myself to turn them into a leek soup. I
+have this recipe which is really tasty: leek soup with veal dumplings and blue cheese - in our case
+I grabbed a block of Stilton cheese. I'm gonna make soup!
+
+After the soup, Marina takes the Cameo upstairs to her workroom, and I go downstairs with the
+R&oslash;de gear. It turns out, my studio mic, an NT-USB model, doesn't exactly fit on the micstand
+as-is. I think maybe it had a few parts when I bought it two years ago, and I discarded the parts
+"Who needs them anyway?!"-style. Not to worry, I know what needs to mate with what, so I take to
+Fusion360 and draw myself a round bracket that fits the microphone, and offset a 3/8" thread for the
+mic stand. My first print is a bit off, there's not enough clearance between the mic and the
+micstand, so it can't swivel freely. So I make a small modification, and print two brackets, one for
+use now and one as a spare. The mic arm works pretty well and has lots of degrees of freedom:
+
+{{< video src="/media/vdo/IMG_0554_23.4.15.mp4" >}}
+
+After this small task, I send Marina an IM asking her about Gin&Tonic. She answers "Not yet, cutting
+with the Cameo", followed a few minutes later with "Failure. Booze!!", so I mix us some Blood Orange
+tonic with Malfy Orange gin. I serve it with pitted Kalamata olives and some carrot sticks with
+leftover hummus. We create some vitamin D in the yard, and enjoy the drink.
+
+# Evening
+
+We're eating running beans, _Cornatur_ veggie triangles and salted potatoes - a nice vegan meal to
+close off the hard day's work and play. After dinner, Quinn is knackered and decides to go upstairs
+to pass out gracefully. Marina and I watch _The Little Mermaid_ with Halle Bailey and she falls
+asleep a little bit. The movie is allright, I've seen it before on an airplane some time ago. 
+
+After the movie, I go downstairs to write my journal. Marina plays a little bit more with the Cameo
+and manages to figure out how to print fiducials which makes the cuts much more precise. On my side,
+I start cutting out the 2" circles from what Marina has printed this afternoon: eight pages with
+each fifteen [[IPng.ch](https://ipng.ch/)] logos, which I bundle up in stacks of four and cut
+through with a rather industrial 2" cutting mold she has. I love how much she has in the way of
+random arts and crafts tools. I make quick work of the circles, but I decide to keep the button
+presssing for tomorrow.
+
+
+## Pictures of the Day
+
+{{< gallery-category >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-06/IMG_0539.JPG" caption="I made a big pot of leek soup - we'll eat this with veal dumplings and stilton cheese - you'll see!" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-06/IMG_0548.JPG" caption="The mailman came, and delivered a Rode mic arm. It's really fancy, with springs and wire guides. But my mic doesn't ... fit" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-06/micbracket.png" caption="Off I go, in Fusion360 to design a mic bracket that can clamp on the mic and then has a 3/8 inch screw socket for the mic arm to grip." >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-06/IMG_0549.JPG" caption="My first print was not exactly right - there's a bit of missing clearance so I redraw and print a second one (which is spot on)" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-06/IMG_0550.JPG" caption="We have an apero in the back yard with gin and tonic, kalamata olives and carrots with humus. It was delish!" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-06/IMG_0551.JPG" caption="After dinner, Marina and I watch Ariel (the 2023 version) - I saw it once on a plane but Marina hasn't seen it yet" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-06/IMG_0552.JPG" caption="The micstand and 3D Printed bracket are done. It sounds awesome, even if the mic is under the field of view of the camera :)" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-06/IMG_0553.JPG" caption="Another angle of the micstand. I like that it can be under the camera's view this way, with really good sound." >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-06/IMG_0555.JPG" caption="Marina has printed a bunch of IPng logos on a template with circles, 2 inches wide. I'll cut in total 120 of these." >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-06/IMG_0556.JPG" caption="The 2'' disks are quickly cut. Tomorrow, they will become pins and fridge magnets!" >}}
+{{< /gallery-category >}}
+
+{{< gallery-modal >}}
+{{< gallery-script >}}

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   {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-04/IMG_0524.JPG" caption="Closeup of a hamburger bun with sesame seeds, cut in half to show the breadcrum" >}}
   {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-04/IMG_0525.JPG" caption="My burger with salad, cheese, onions and pickles. It was godly." >}}
   {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-04/website.png" caption="A screenshot of the work-in-progress IPng.ch website in Hugo. It's looking really good!" >}}
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   {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-05/IMG_0528.JPG" caption="I'm making pins for the Frys-IX barbecue.  Sssssht, don't tell anyone!" >}}
   {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-05/IMG_0530.JPG" caption="I made a lovely turkey sandwich for lunch with the leftover hamburger buns from yesterday" >}}
   {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-05/IMG_0533.JPG" caption="We went to Aligro for 'bulk' shopping, and we got a lot of food!" >}}
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   {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-05/IMG_0535.JPG" caption="With all of that meat frozen, we took to a vegan dinner: Crispy tofu, glass noodles, and lots of veggies." >}}
   {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-05/IMG_0537.JPG" caption="The evening walk was very relaxing today, although my left ankle hurts a little bit." >}}
   {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-05/IMG_0538.JPG" caption="The sunset over the fields in our village.  I love Switzerland!!" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-06/IMG_0539.JPG" caption="I made a big pot of leek soup - we'll eat this with veal dumplings and stilton cheese - you'll see!" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-06/IMG_0548.JPG" caption="The mailman came, and delivered a Rode mic arm. It's really fancy, with springs and wire guides. But my mic doesn't ... fit" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-06/micbracket.png" caption="Off I go, in Fusion360 to design a mic bracket that can clamp on the mic and then has a 3/8 inch screw socket for the mic arm to grip." >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-06/IMG_0549.JPG" caption="My first print was not exactly right - there's a bit of missing clearance so I redraw and print a second one (which is spot on)" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-06/IMG_0550.JPG" caption="We have an apero in the back yard with gin and tonic, kalamata olives and carrots with humus. It was delish!" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-06/IMG_0551.JPG" caption="After dinner, Marina and I watch Ariel (the 2023 version) - I saw it once on a plane but Marina hasn't seen it yet" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-06/IMG_0552.JPG" caption="The micstand and 3D Printed bracket are done. It sounds awesome, even if the mic is under the field of view of the camera :)" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-06/IMG_0553.JPG" caption="Another angle of the micstand. I like that it can be under the camera's view this way, with really good sound." >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-06/IMG_0555.JPG" caption="Marina has printed a bunch of IPng logos on a template with circles, 2 inches wide. I'll cut in total 120 of these." >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-06/IMG_0556.JPG" caption="The 2'' disks are quickly cut. Tomorrow, they will become pins and fridge magnets!" >}}
+
 
 {{< /gallery-category >}}