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| Week 3, Thursday: Wireless mic, Cameo ES Mat | 2024-08-15T21:55:00+02:00 |
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This morning I got something fun in the mail - I ordered an electrostatic mat for the Silhouette Cameo. The way it (normally) works, is there is a plastic 12" x 12" cutting mat, which has a low tack side to which you stick the material to be scored or cut. Then you feed it into the machine and it does its work. Afterwards, you peel off the material from the mat. That's okay, I guess, but the material easily damaged because the low tack mat, especially when it's new, is not exactly low!
Silhouette has made a gizmo which I think is pretty cool: on the Cameo v5 there are three power pins on the front of the machine, and to that power I can connect a plastic tray which has a sliding mat which is electrostatically charged. There's a little button with a green LED which turns on and off the charge pump, and the paper (or vinyl) pretty much immediately locks into place. After cutting, I can turn off the static charge, wait a few seconds, and the paper comes loose again. So cool! Now, cutting very small details on paper is much easier than before, because there's no chance of ripping or damaging the cut material. Well done, Silhouette!
Marina is off to the Maag Halle today, to see an exhibit on Leonardo da Vinci. Me, I'm going to finish the configuration of the Arista switches that I deployed yesterday in Rülang; and Glattbrugg. Before I do so, I extensively play with another thing that I got in the mail (and aluded to, yesterday) -- the Hollystar Lark M2 wireless microphones. It takes me a small while to get them to a point where they are good to go.
The mics are super tiny, maybe eight grams of weight with a magnet or clip to put them on the collar of my polo. They sound good out of the box, but some tweaking in the OBS settings make them sound a fair bit better. They are pretty sensitive, and rather easily pick up the sound coming from the monitor speakers, so it takes me a few trials before I'm happy with them.
I break for lunch - which is simply tossing all of the vegetables and beef from yesterday into a Miso soup with ramen noodles. It's a rich broth with soy sauce, miso paste, red chilli paste, beef bouillon, and the kit'n'caboodle of leftovers from yesterday. And oh, is it good!
After lunch, I take out bs01.zrh35 for a spin, and configure it, taking notes. Spoiler - I did
this to learn a bit about the switch configs, as this is the first time that I get up close and
personal with an Arista EOS. I have a lot of fun
[exploring] and
[comparing] to
what I know (IOS/XR, IOS, Centec NOS, and Juniper). After an hour or two I think I got it, and
that's why the video of me configuring its counter part bs01.zrh56 may come across as well
organized:
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Compared to the Røde microphone, the Hollyland Lark M2 button mics are not as pristine of a sound, but, and this is actually quite important for me, I can wear them and move freely around the room, and the audio level and quality is the same everywhere. That's actually quite nice, so I approve of my purchase after recording the video :)
By the way, you can regularly see me in this habitat on the weekends, as IPng has lots of tasks like this one (although there, I typically would automate it in Kees pretty quickly, to avoid mistakes and create consistency).
Then I pull out the ES Mat for the Cameo, which interestingly comes with no manual. In hindsight, that should not surprise me, as all I have to do is click the tray onto the Cameo, and press the button for ON and OFF. OK, I think I can do that - I immediately put it to work by cutting the IPng logo in white out of some Oracal vinyl, and then again out of IPng-red vinyl. These will go on the two Hollyland mics (pictured below), one for a dark outfit, and the other for when I'm wearing a lighter top. I can't help but think that addin the ability to sticker over the logo on the mic is a nice touch - Good job, [Hollyland]!
Marina comes home and has a video call with the folks from BadgeMatic, and they diagnose the faulty stamp. Anja is super friendly and agrees to send a replacement stamp our way, and we'll return this one to them. I decide to celebrate this by offering Marina a G&T; elderberry flavored with a side of salami. We sit in the yard and admire the growth of our hazel - sitting under it in the shade and reading a book may be in my future, some day.
We have a pasta puttanesca, which Marina demands to prepare without my "help" (as somehow I tend to mess it up?!), and we nom it. After dinner, Quinn goes his merry way and Marina and I watch some TV. She has found a belgian police series called Coppers and we watch the first two episodes of season one. It's nice that it's in Flemish, and the episodes are standalone Krimi style stories.
Did you know that if you take a sufficient amount of frogs and feed them magic mushrooms, that they will successfully attack and eat up two life-sized sharks? See the pictures below for my empirical evidence to back my claim.
After watching two episodes it's only 22:30 but I am bushed. I decide to punt on writing my story until tomorrow, and turn in early for the day.
Pictures of the Day
{{< gallery-category >}} {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-15/IMG_0660.JPG" caption="A tasty miso and beef ramen, made from leftover veggies" >}} {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-15/IMG_0662.JPG" caption="The ES Mat that arrived, fits on the front of the Cameo, and holds paper in place using electrostatic force - it works well!" >}} {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-15/IMG_0661.JPG" caption="Look at the detailed cut of Cameo 5, it's cut out a vinyl logo of 21mm and it looks beautiful" >}} {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-15/IMG_0665.JPG" caption="I cut one red and one white logo, so I can mix and match on lighter and darker outfits. I'm such a fashionista!" >}} {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-15/IMG_0663.JPG" caption="The Gin and Tonic, with salami, was lovely today" >}} {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-15/IMG_0664.JPG" caption="Our hazel tree is a super happy camper, and grows easily three meters per season. This Fall, we'll have to pair it down a bit." >}} {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-15/IMG_0666.JPG" caption="We watch Coppers, a belgian crimescene investigation series. It's OK, so far!" >}} {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-15/IMG_0667.JPG" caption="The frogs have cornered the two sharks, who are fearing for their life." >}} {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-15/IMG_0668.JPG" caption="The frogs have consumed the magic mushrooms, and obliterated one shark, and half of the other one! Look at them gooooo!!" >}} {{< /gallery-category >}}
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