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David L. Jones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-881IriBus
And if I get enough negative responses I might make another one! :->
Dave.
Don McKenzie
Good on you Dave, let me be the first to congratulate you.
I enjoyed it, and at the same time, learnt quite a bit.
Notice your eye contact with the camera was spot on, a mistake many
newcomers make is being unable to keep that personal touch, by always
referring back to a feed back monitor.
See how your Australian accent goes for global consumption. :-)
I can see this building up, as it sure beats reading about any new
product, or concept. Easy as falling off a log for dinosaurs like me.
I'll be telling a few friends about it.
Good luck with your projects,
(sorry it wasn't negative. :-) )
Cheers Don...
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"David L. Jones" <alt...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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No negative response from me, I enjoyed it.
I'm off to look up the scope and the voltage regulator.
Thanks,
Ian
Nutz
Good stuff Dave, what would be interesting would be if others would conduct
virtual tours of their work benches & TEQ - be it at work or home.
Phil Allison
"David L. Jones"
** Amusing - it is indeed.
You look a bit younger than I previously believed and also now speak with a
distinct west coast Yank accent and manner too - compared to a few years
ago when we last spoke on the phone.
Spend a lot of time consorting with Septics these days - eh ??
> And if I get enough negative responses I might make another one! :->
** In the video, you ask for ideas like a name for your proposed blog.
IMO - it just has to be " Davy Jones Locker " - sub tilted: " Bits and
Pieces of Eight from the Binary Depths"
You need to decorate your currently totally bare environment with a few
coiled ropes and rusty anchors and such - plus have a colourful stuffed
parrot sitting on your left shoulder. Wearing an eye patch is essential.
Loose that damn awful Yank accent totally.
Not one, single person will take you seriously of course - but that IS your
fate no matter what.
Dare to be great, Dave - have fun with the whole darn thing.
Remember, even your hero " The Woz " had the nerve to appear last month on
the US version of " Dancing with the Stars".
..... Phil
Spehro Pefhany
You suck! **
>Dave.
** just to get you to make another one. Pretty good video, for
something not involving pornography. Anyone have the version of that
Rigol with the logic analyzer?
Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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Baron
FWIW I enjoyed watching ! A little rough round the edges, but so what.
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Baron.
Don McKenzie
Dave,
I know a good idea when I see one.
I would also like to be the first to offer you products for review, if
you wish to travel along this path.
As you may be aware I run a small family business from Tullamarine
Australia, and am now well past my used by date, but keep plugging away
regardless.
I don't wish to push any specific items on you for review, I would want
you to pick something that is of personal interest.
Please contact me at: support2009 AT dontronics.com if you wish to chat
further on this subject.
Basically I like Phil's concept, but can't see you with a parrot and an
eye patch all the way though the video blog, so you may have to settle
for a photo blowup behind you. :-)
Good luck with it in any case.
Swanny
Now that's just silly :)
How about a character like Herr Frankenstein and a sidekick/gopher
called Igor? Then you could have a set like a 'laboratory'. Maybe a
'distinguished guest' spot as well. Sounds like an interesting idea for
a free podcast...
David L. Jones
I've now set up a proper Blog page here:
http://www.alternatezone.com/eevblog/
So you can now subscribe to the RSS feed (top right corner) and have new
videos automatically announced on your iGoogle page or whatever.
Still trying to figure out how the whole WordPress and blog thing works, so
there may be a few hiccups.
Yes, the first one was pretty rough'n'ready, just dug out my old webcam and
started talking. No script, no notes, no planning etc. So there is certainly
room for improvement!
Some editing was done on the Rigol review to fit the whole video into the 10
minute YouTube limit, so I've now posted the full review video on the Blog
site.
I almost like Phil's suggestion of Davey Jones' Locker :->
But I'll stick with EEVblog until something better comes up.
A background of some sort would help, perhaps my work bench. Might have to
see if my old notebook is up to the task so I can record somewhere other
than my drab office wall.
Dave.
David L. Jones
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Well, Phil only lives about 30km from my place, perhaps he could be the
first 'distinguished guest'! :->
Dave.
Mark Harriss
>
> Yes, the first one was pretty rough'n'ready, just dug out my old webcam and
> started talking. No script, no notes, no planning etc. So there is certainly
> room for improvement!
> Some editing was done on the Rigol review to fit the whole video into the 10
> minute YouTube limit, so I've now posted the full review video on the Blog
> site.
>
> I almost like Phil's suggestion of Davey Jones' Locker :->
> But I'll stick with EEVblog until something better comes up.
>
> A background of some sort would help, perhaps my work bench. Might have to
> see if my old notebook is up to the task so I can record somewhere other
> than my drab office wall.
>
> Dave.
>
>
All in all it was pretty good, nothing that further practise and vids
won't knock any rough edges off. Possibly a powerpoint presentation on
a projector to the background would come in handy for each topic and to
display diagrams that are visible to you and can be pointed at when
discussing a topic. You could even have multiple cameras for close ups
and for the work area to avoid having a camera operator.
Personally I think it's a good idea to also parallel post to YouTube
as well as your own site so you can reach a wider audience.
KR
Very good !
Keep at it.
That regulator sounds very interesting :)
Tom
> Thanks for the support guys.
> I've now set up a proper Blog page here:
> http://www.alternatezone.com/eevblog/
Good stuff! Can you please crank the sound up, on my laptop speakers I can hardly hear you but other Youtube films sound ok.
Thanks again and don't stop please!
Tom
David L. Jones
"Tom" <T...@nospam.com> wrote in message news:49d7fa5d$1...@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
> David L. Jones wrote:
>> Thanks for the support guys.
>> I've now set up a proper Blog page here:
>> http://www.alternatezone.com/eevblog/
>>...
>
> Good stuff! Can you please crank the sound up, on my laptop speakers I can
> hardly hear you but other Youtube films sound ok.
Yes, the sound was pretty ordinary on this one.
Zero effort put in to post production this time around, just encoded and
uploaded as a quick trial. I also had an issue with my studio mic with
several of the segments, so there is a funny stereo echo thing happening in
the intro and some other segments. Fixed in later ones when I switched to
mono mode.
The next one should be a better effort I hope.
Dave.
David L. Jones
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> David L. Jones wrote:
>>
>> Yes, the first one was pretty rough'n'ready, just dug out my old webcam
>> and started talking. No script, no notes, no planning etc. So there is
>> certainly room for improvement!
>> Some editing was done on the Rigol review to fit the whole video into the
>> 10 minute YouTube limit, so I've now posted the full review video on the
>> Blog site.
>>
>> I almost like Phil's suggestion of Davey Jones' Locker :->
>> But I'll stick with EEVblog until something better comes up.
>>
>> A background of some sort would help, perhaps my work bench. Might have
>> to see if my old notebook is up to the task so I can record somewhere
>> other than my drab office wall.
>>
>> Dave.
>
>
> All in all it was pretty good, nothing that further practise and vids
> won't knock any rough edges off. Possibly a powerpoint presentation on
> a projector to the background would come in handy for each topic and to
> display diagrams that are visible to you and can be pointed at when
> discussing a topic. You could even have multiple cameras for close ups
> and for the work area to avoid having a camera operator.
All in good time if it gets popular enough.
My current camera operator is a whisky bottle box that props the crusty old
$10 ebay webcam up in front of my monitor on my cluttered desk. Lighting is
whatever comes in through the window at the time.
The only resemblence of a professional staging setup is my studio USB
podcasting mic on a desk stand. Not the best for capturing distant audio
from though I suspect, it's designed more for close-up voice podcasting. But
still seems to work well enough.
I have a better (but old) DV camcorder, but that's more hassle to use and
import the video files from than the webcam.
> Personally I think it's a good idea to also parallel post to YouTube
> as well as your own site so you can reach a wider audience.
I'm still hosting on YouTube, and I've set up a new dedicated channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/EEVblog
The videos on my blog site are not hosted locally, they are just using
embedded links direct to YouTube. So better to go to the Blog site:
http://www.alternatezone.com/eevblog/
Easy to leave comments, subscribe the RSS feed, and will eventually be
better to sort through the archives etc.
Dave.
Mr.T
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> Well, Phil only lives about 30km from my place, perhaps he could be the
> first 'distinguished guest'! :->
How would you make him "distinguished" though?
MrT.
David L. Jones
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Perhaps one of these distinguished looking spinning bow-ties?:
http://www.spinningbowties.com/
Dave.
Mark Kelepouris
I didn't notice much 'yanki' accent but I was a 'bit' annoyed by the up-tone
of your voice at the end of much of what you said.(there's ya neg.
feedback!)
This could well be the start of something really good, with regards to
electronics here in Oz.
You could include special input from people like Mr Parker or Allison etc.
(bow tie and all ha ha)
APET you could call it, an Australian Perspective on Electronics Today...
everone loves a pet.
Mark Kelepouris
Mr.T
> >> Well, Phil only lives about 30km from my place, perhaps he could be the
> >> first 'distinguished guest'! :->
> >
> > How would you make him "distinguished" though?
>
> Perhaps one of these distinguished looking spinning bow-ties?:
> http://www.spinningbowties.com/
Was that "distinguished" or just more comical?
:-)
MrT.
David L. Jones
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>
> "David L. Jones" <alt...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> For your amusement:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-881IriBus
>>
>> And if I get enough negative responses I might make another one! :->
>>
>> Dave.
>>
> Good stuff David, you came across pretty well.
> I didn't notice much 'yanki' accent but I was a 'bit' annoyed by the
> up-tone of your voice at the end of much of what you said.(there's ya neg.
> feedback!)
Don't know how Phil is hearing a Yanky accent... Maybe I have been watching
too much American TV?
> This could well be the start of something really good, with regards to
> electronics here in Oz.
I don't want it be Australian specific in any way, so will probably try and
avoid Australian references were possible. But ultimately, with the accent
and the occasional reference, it will have an unavoidable Aussie flavour.
That will either scare off or intrigue the Yanks :->
Dave.
Michael A. Terrell
"David L. Jones" wrote:
>
> Well, Phil only lives about 30km from my place, perhaps he could be the
> first 'distinguished guest'! :->
'Estinguished guest' would be more like it.
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Mark Harriss
> That will either scare off or intrigue the Yanks :->
>
> Dave.
>
>
Pull up a billabong and whack the diddly-o down cobber!!
Have you seen those cheap $15 webcams at the import shops?
it may be worth grabbing a couple for the "Studio"
David L. Jones
> Have you seen those cheap $15 webcams at the import shops?
> it may be worth grabbing a couple for the "Studio"
I'm using an "ancient" 2 y/o webcam.
Just discovered that that frame rate appears to vary with the image
brightness!
When I useed it the other day to shoot it was working fine at 30fps, but I
was playing with it this morning and it was only 10fps. Point it toward a
bright light source like the window and it climbs up to near 30fps again. A
linear type increase with brightness. Weird.
Just realised too that my digital camera has a 640x480 30fps video mode and
can also be used as webcam. The webcam mode only seems to work at around
10fps (no brightnes issue), but the standalone video mode works great. Only
limitation is the internal mic is a bit noisy and is only sampled at 8 bits.
So unless I upgrade my gear, the choice at the moment is either higher res
and clearer video with so-so audio, or 320x240 webcam quality with good
audio...
Perhaps a new $15 webcam is in order!
Dave.
Mark Harriss
> I'm using an "ancient" 2 y/o webcam.
> Just discovered that that frame rate appears to vary with the image
> brightness!
> When I useed it the other day to shoot it was working fine at 30fps, but I
> was playing with it this morning and it was only 10fps. Point it toward a
> bright light source like the window and it climbs up to near 30fps again. A
> linear type increase with brightness. Weird.
Not that weird, it obviously slows down to gather enough photons for
the exposure, you could try fitting a larger diameter lens than the tiny
one it usually has, or even try a telescope eyepiece to obtain the extra
photon gathering power needed. Frame rate and image noise should improve
accordingly.
So when does the watch calculator kit hit the market?. I want to add
an IR LED so it can be programmed with the 400 odd TV remote turn off
and turn on codes like that guy's invention.
Cheers,
Mark
David L. Jones
> So when does the watch calculator kit hit the market?.
I'm been selling them for over a year now! The 4th batch of kits has been
and gone. Although I do have a few more I'm going to release for sale again
soon, but that will be it I think as the project no longer holds as much
interest for me as it once did.
Dave.
Jasen Betts
I think most of it would have worked well as a podcast, with no video at all.
Ross Vumbaca
David L. Jones wrote:
> For your amusement:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-881IriBus
>
> And if I get enough negative responses I might make another one! :->
Great work, keep it going! Even as a clueless student, I found it very
interesting..
Regards,
Ross..
Ian Macmillan
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> David L. Jones wrote:
> > For your amusement:
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-881IriBus
> >
> > And if I get enough negative responses I might make another one! :->
> >
>
> Good on you Dave, let me be the first to congratulate you.
> I enjoyed it, and at the same time, learnt quite a bit.
>
> Notice your eye contact with the camera was spot on, a mistake many
> newcomers make is being unable to keep that personal touch, by always
> referring back to a feed back monitor.
>
> See how your Australian accent goes for global consumption. :-)
>
> I can see this building up, as it sure beats reading about any new
> product, or concept. Easy as falling off a log for dinosaurs like me.
>
> I'll be telling a few friends about it.
>
> Good luck with your projects,
>
> (sorry it wasn't negative. :-) )
>
> Cheers Don...
>
>
>
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Should be more!
Rgds
Ian Macmillan
ehsjr
> For your amusement:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-881IriBus
>
> And if I get enough negative responses I might make another one! :->
>
> Dave.
>
>
Nice job!
Ed
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> For your amusement:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-881IriBus
>
> And if I get enough negative responses I might make another one! :->
>
> Dave.
Dave, I liked your video, Do do another!
George Herold
David L. Jones
>Dave, I liked your video, Do do another!
Thanks.
Another one is up:
http://www.alternatezone.com/eevblog/
But you would have already known that if you subscribed to my RSS feed or
YouTube account :-)
Dave.
David L. Jones
Thanks.
Alan Rutlidge
"David L. Jones" <alt...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi Dave,
Like your video blogs. Nice work. No doubt you'll get better at it as time
goes on.
Particularly interested in your high speed data book review. I must check
it out.
When is Phil doing a guest spot? I bet thousands out there can't wait to
see that one. :-)
Cheers,
Alan
David L. Jones
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> Like your video blogs. Nice work. No doubt you'll get better at it as
> time goes on.
Things might also improve if I decide to actually get a script to work from,
or do more than one take, or lean to act, or... ! :->
> When is Phil doing a guest spot? I bet thousands out there can't wait to
> see that one. :-)
I'm sure it would rate highly!
How about it Phil?
Dave.