SSAB - January 10, 2025

Trying out the mic with the QuickTime, but the Notes application won’t use the Shure MV7+ as input. How did it all sound yesterday? This new MacBook is rather bass-y. Workout in, but barely! 7.02km in 1 hr 6 min 56 sec. 54 pull ups total, double that for push ups, triple for squats. Felt rough the entire time… like just slow. No deadlifts as I had an idea… to go to Tianjin, but then I realized I had no room on my cameras. Sooo… had to transfer footage. But this does go along the lines of my adventure travel videos. Thinking… what else could I do? Why Tianjin? Well, the latest vlog I posted, someone suggested I should just get on the train and go somewhere. Tianjin’s the closest. Reading DuZhe 读者, a magazine for students or young people. I guess it’s one of those “wholesome” publications that tries to instil good ideas in people’s heads rather than others (eg, comics).  Chinese stocks sure not moving the way I thought they would back in December. Gold is up but is still in a downtrend. Donate to the show! PayPal link below! https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA *** Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com And on Notion: https://stevensirski.notion.site/SSAB-The-Audio-Blog-of-Steven-Sirski-00acfe344e164bfab191d3cddf6952b2?pvs=4 December Drumming 2024 over here: https://skrskimuzik.bandcamp.com/album/december-drumming-2024 Newsletter over at stevensirski.substack.com (soon to be AI generated!) Language vlog on http://www.youtube.com/@stevenslanguagevlog Hope you have a great weekend! 00:00 Introduction and Setup 00:27 New Microphone and Workout Reflections 01:17 Podcasting Journey and Technical Challenges 02:51 Recording Setup and Storage Issues 05:58 Workout Routine and Challenges 11:04 Debating a Trip to Tianjin 17:27 Language Learning and Vlogging Goals 24:30 Chinese Magazine and Stock Market Insights 31:08 Conclusion and Final Thoughts