Oct. 21, 2023
Flying, Shoulder Surgery, Fall Update – NaPodPoMo 2023 – MDW387
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Hello, everyone! It feels like ages since we last caught up. My summer and fall have been quite eventful, to say the least.
Flight Adventures:
I embarked on an exhilarating flight training journey at the renowned Giving Wings Flight Center in Traverse City. However, life threw a curveball, and I need to undergo rotator cuff surgery this week. This means a short break from my flying lessons. On the bright side, my recovery will give me a reprieve from snowblowing duties this winter!
Home Renovations:
On the home front, we've taken on some significant projects. The old woodshed behind our garage, which was on its last legs, has been removed. In its stead, we've erected a functional carport-style tent. It's the perfect storage space for our summer essentials, freeing up the garage to serve its primary purpose once again.
Podcast News:
Exciting times ahead as I've committed to NaPodPoMo (National Podcast Posting Month) this year! I'm eager to dive into podcasting throughout November, sharing intriguing episodes with all of you. There's a plethora of ideas I've been toying with, and now's the perfect time to bring them to life.
Stay tuned and thanks for being on this journey with me!
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Good morning, good evening,
good afternoon, whatever the case may be.
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This is Mike and you're listening
to Mike Dell's World number
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3 87. What is it? Uh,
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October 21st, 2023, I think.
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World.
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Ah, there it is. And there we go.
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Boy, haven't heard that in a while,
have we? Sorry about that. And, uh,
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this is kind of my normal,
uh, every once in a while,
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podcast episode and blog post
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00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:03,610
over@mikedell.com. So, yeah, it's been a,
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uh,
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busy summer and fall so far.
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Uh, fall is still continuing.
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The leaves aren't really changing that
much around right around the house here.
15
00:01:16,310 --> 00:01:18,930
Uh, we're, the maples
are starting to, but, uh,
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it's been kind of a lame
color season as far as
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as right, right around the house.
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Now you get a little ways out of
town and away from the water. Yeah,
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it's pretty nice. So, what
have I been up to? I guess the,
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uh, biggest thing is, uh,
doing the flight training.
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So I've been, uh, training on the, uh,
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vans. RV 12 is, which
is a, uh, little, uh,
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sport aircraft, low wing. Looks
like a little fighter jet.
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I'll throw a picture in the show notes,
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but I've been doing the training this
summer and it's been a lot of fun. But,
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00:02:01,870 --> 00:02:06,810
uh, the flying had to come to a
screeching halt. Not really screeching.
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I stopped last week and, uh, we'll,
we will resume probably mid-winter,
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early spring, but, uh,
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I have to have shoulder surgery. I, uh,
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injured my shoulder in an
unknown way, but it, uh,
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manifested itself when I was trying
to start the lawnmower this summer and
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pulling on the cord and, uh,
something ripped. And, and I saw,
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I saw the M r I and, uh,
indeed I have a nice rip,
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uh, in the, uh,
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muscle slash tendon area in my
shoulder, my right shoulder,
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which is a little unfortunate.
That's my, uh, mouse hand.
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But it's so bad. Now, uh,
when I drive my truck, uh,
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I can put it in gear with my right hand,
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but when I go to put it back up in park,
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I gotta reach over with my left
hand and pull it up. It's, you know,
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00:03:02,890 --> 00:03:07,610
column shift, full size
Chevy, so, oh, well,
42
00:03:08,310 --> 00:03:11,090
and you know, doc says
he can fix me right up,
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but it's gonna be a couple of months, uh,
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at least before anything gets
anywhere close to back to normal, uh,
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six weeks in a sling.
And then after that, uh,
46
00:03:25,140 --> 00:03:29,660
physical therapy. So that
won't be any fun. Uh,
47
00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:33,500
but I do have a, uh, track pad
for my mouse that I can put, uh,
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00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:37,540
so I can still run the, uh, run
the mouse around the screen, uh,
49
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when I'm in the sling. And
apparently the doc said the sling will,
50
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uh, move enough to where I should
be able to get on a keyboard.
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So take a little adaptations
here and should be good.
52
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I had to modify my recliner with a, uh,
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a rope on it so that I
can, uh, initiate the, uh,
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recline and then I can
put it down with my feet.
55
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That's the one in my office here. I
don't know if you guys knew that I,
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I built a office chair out of a,
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00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:11,180
out of a actual lazy boy recliner.
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So I'm sitting here in comfort
right here in the office. Uh, but,
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uh, I can't run the handle with my
right hand when it's in a sling.
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So, but yeah, that
surgery happens Thursday,
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the 26th of October. And,
you know, probably be, uh,
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kind of out of it for the
weekend anyway. But, uh,
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come November 1st, I'm going
to do Na Pod Pomo again,
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national Podcast Posting Month. And,
you know, during, during my hiatus here,
65
00:04:45,930 --> 00:04:47,980
I've been doing, you know,
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00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:52,540
coming up with a lot of little subjects
I wanna talk about on my podcast or the
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blog, both. And be sure to
check out the blog@mikedell.com.
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'cause I am gonna have some blog
only posts at some point, too.
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00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:05,660
Of course. I, I say that all the time
and then never do it. But, uh, we'll see.
70
00:05:05,750 --> 00:05:09,860
We'll see. But, uh,
you know, now with the,
71
00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:13,780
the AI and voice, uh,
72
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ai, you know, you can help
you write and voice to text,
73
00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:22,220
uh, which I have now set up on here.
74
00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:27,100
So I can just do voice to
text and it works pretty
75
00:05:27,210 --> 00:05:30,740
good. And then just go in
and tweak things as we go.
76
00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:36,540
And, you know, been playing with the
AI stuff at work. We've been, you know,
77
00:05:36,540 --> 00:05:39,860
we are working on doing
some AI stuff at Blueberry,
78
00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:44,220
so that should, uh, be interesting. It's,
79
00:05:44,220 --> 00:05:48,740
it's really handy for show
prep and, uh, doing images. Uh,
80
00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:51,300
you'll see the image over@mikedoll.com,
81
00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:56,460
and it also should be the
episodic image, uh, that,
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00:05:56,560 --> 00:06:00,880
uh, I had generated from chat G B T, uh,
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what do they call it? Dolly three. Anyway,
84
00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:07,880
it makes some pretty neat artwork.
I, uh, also did the artwork.
85
00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:11,120
I changed the artwork for the overall
show, which you might have noticed,
86
00:06:11,180 --> 00:06:15,120
you might not have. Uh,
so that will, uh, that,
87
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that was also done with a dolly three.
88
00:06:18,210 --> 00:06:22,080
Gotta get used to how that all
works and you know what to tell it,
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00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:26,560
to make it do what you want
it to do. And during November,
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I will probably have a whole
episode about my opinion on ai.
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So we got an ambulance driving
through, if you can hear that,
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or firetruck or something.
Well, it's kind of normal here.
93
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The weather's not so great. Uh,
it's, you know, medium cloudy and,
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uh, it's up to 47, but not
good flying weather. And,
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uh, not necessarily, uh, nice. But
it's not raining, it's not snowing.
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I don't have to shovel
it. So we're good. Anyway,
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I'm just gonna make this
short. Uh, be sure to, uh,
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00:07:01,650 --> 00:07:05,400
check out Mike dell.com
and also check out nap pod
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00:07:05,750 --> 00:07:09,560
pomo.org for all the
other shows doing, uh,
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national Podcast Posting Month,
101
00:07:12,450 --> 00:07:17,280
which is a challenge to do one
episode a day for the month of
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November. So, we've done it once.
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We've attempted it several times. We're
gonna do it this time, uh, no problem.
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'cause I'm gonna be not doing a whole
lot of other stuff other than recovering
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from surgery. So,,
why not hit the, uh,
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hit the record button and, uh, opine.
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So anyway, uh, we'll
see you on November 1st.
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Everybody have a good,
uh, I guess about a week,
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and we'll catch you later.
00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:04,600
good afternoon, whatever the case may be.
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This is Mike and you're listening
to Mike Dell's World number
3
00:00:08,330 --> 00:00:12,040
3 87. What is it? Uh,
4
00:00:12,110 --> 00:00:15,840
October 21st, 2023, I think.
5
00:00:16,930 --> 00:00:17,763
World.
6
00:00:43,500 --> 00:00:46,970
Ah, there it is. And there we go.
7
00:00:48,310 --> 00:00:52,530
Boy, haven't heard that in a while,
have we? Sorry about that. And, uh,
8
00:00:52,530 --> 00:00:54,810
this is kind of my normal,
uh, every once in a while,
9
00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,090
podcast episode and blog post
10
00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:03,610
over@mikedell.com. So, yeah, it's been a,
11
00:01:03,670 --> 00:01:03,960
uh,
12
00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:08,770
busy summer and fall
13
00:01:09,310 --> 00:01:11,370
Uh, fall is still continuing.
14
00:01:11,430 --> 00:01:15,650
The leaves aren't really changing that
much around right around the house here.
15
00:01:16,310 --> 00:01:18,930
Uh, we're, the maples
are starting to, but, uh,
16
00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:24,130
it's been kind of a lame
color season as far as
17
00:01:24,750 --> 00:01:26,250
as right, right around the house.
18
00:01:26,350 --> 00:01:30,090
Now you get a little ways out of
town and away from the water. Yeah,
19
00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:34,690
it's pretty nice. So, what
have I been up to? I guess the,
20
00:01:34,970 --> 00:01:39,170
uh, biggest thing is, uh,
doing the flight training.
21
00:01:40,150 --> 00:01:43,930
So I've been, uh, training on the, uh,
22
00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:49,210
vans. RV 12 is, which
is a, uh, little, uh,
23
00:01:49,220 --> 00:01:52,730
sport aircraft, low wing. Looks
like a little fighter jet.
24
00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:55,850
I'll throw a picture in the show notes,
25
00:01:56,910 --> 00:02:01,770
but I've been doing the training this
summer and it's been a lot of fun. But,
26
00:02:01,870 --> 00:02:06,810
uh, the flying had to come to a
screeching halt. Not really screeching.
27
00:02:06,970 --> 00:02:11,410
I stopped last week and, uh, we'll,
we will resume probably mid-winter,
28
00:02:11,860 --> 00:02:15,090
early spring
29
00:02:15,650 --> 00:02:18,570
I have to have shoulder surgery. I, uh,
30
00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:22,650
injured my shoulder in an
unknown way, but it, uh,
31
00:02:23,210 --> 00:02:27,890
manifested itself when I was trying
to start the lawnmower this summer and
32
00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:33,370
pulling on the cord and, uh,
something ripped. And, and I saw,
33
00:02:33,490 --> 00:02:38,290
I saw the M r I and, uh,
indeed I have a nice rip,
34
00:02:38,630 --> 00:02:39,810
uh, in the, uh,
35
00:02:39,810 --> 00:02:44,770
muscle slash tendon area in my
shoulder, my right shoulder,
36
00:02:44,780 --> 00:02:48,210
which is a little unfortunate.
That's my, uh, mouse hand.
37
00:02:48,950 --> 00:02:53,250
But it's so bad. Now, uh,
when I drive my truck, uh,
38
00:02:53,970 --> 00:02:56,250
I can put it in gear with my right hand,
39
00:02:57,070 --> 00:02:59,850
but when I go to put it back up in park,
40
00:03:00,050 --> 00:03:02,890
I gotta reach over with my left
hand and pull it up. It's, you know,
41
00:03:02,890 --> 00:03:07,610
column shift, full size
Chevy, so, oh, well,
42
00:03:08,310 --> 00:03:11,090
and you know, doc says
he can fix me right up,
43
00:03:11,090 --> 00:03:13,130
but it's gonna be a couple of months, uh,
44
00:03:13,190 --> 00:03:17,450
at least before anything gets
anywhere close to back to normal, uh,
45
00:03:18,070 --> 00:03:22,610
six weeks in a sling.
And then after that, uh,
46
00:03:25,140 --> 00:03:29,660
physical therapy. So that
won't be any fun. Uh,
47
00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:33,500
but I do have a, uh, track pad
for my mouse that I can put, uh,
48
00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:37,540
so I can still run the, uh, run
the mouse around the screen, uh,
49
00:03:38,140 --> 00:03:43,020
apparently the doc said the sling will,
50
00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:45,740
uh, move enough to where I should
be able to get on a keyboard.
51
00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:50,300
So take a little adaptations
here and should be good.
52
00:03:50,340 --> 00:03:53,500
I had to modify my recliner with a, uh,
53
00:03:54,180 --> 00:03:58,380
a rope on it so that I
can, uh, initiate the, uh,
54
00:03:58,610 --> 00:04:00,700
recline and then I can
put it down with my feet.
55
00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:05,620
That's the one in my office here. I
don't know if you guys knew that I,
56
00:04:05,820 --> 00:04:08,460
I built a office chair out of a,
57
00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:11,180
out of a actual lazy boy recliner.
58
00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:17,420
So I'm sitting here in comfort
right here in the office. Uh, but,
59
00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:21,820
uh, I can't run the handle with my
right hand when it's in a sling.
60
00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:25,980
So, but yeah, that
surgery happens Thursday,
61
00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:32,140
the 26th of October. And,
you know, probably be, uh,
62
00:04:32,170 --> 00:04:35,060
kind of out of it for the
weekend anyway. But, uh,
63
00:04:36,010 --> 00:04:40,700
come November 1st, I'm going
to do Na Pod Pomo again,
64
00:04:41,060 --> 00:04:45,860
national Podcast Posting Month. And,
you know, during, during my hiatus here,
65
00:04:45,930 --> 00:04:47,980
I've been doing, you know,
66
00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:52,540
coming up with a lot of little subjects
I wanna talk about on my podcast or the
67
00:04:52,570 --> 00:04:56,820
blog, both. And be sure to
check out the blog@mikedell.com.
68
00:04:57,020 --> 00:05:01,020
'cause I am gonna have some blog
only posts at some point, too.
69
00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:05,660
Of course. I, I say that all the time
and then never do it. But, uh, we'll see.
70
00:05:05,750 --> 00:05:09,860
We'll see. But, uh,
you know, now with the,
71
00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:13,780
the AI and voice, uh,
72
00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:19,580
ai, you know, you can help
you write and voice to text,
73
00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:22,220
uh, which I have now set up on here.
74
00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:27,100
So I can just do voice to
text and it works pretty
75
00:05:27,210 --> 00:05:30,740
good. And then just go in
and tweak things as we go.
76
00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:36,540
And, you know, been playing with the
AI stuff at work. We've been, you know,
77
00:05:36,540 --> 00:05:39,860
we are working on doing
some AI stuff at Blueberry,
78
00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:44,220
so that should, uh, be interesting. It's,
79
00:05:44,220 --> 00:05:48,740
it's really handy for show
prep and, uh, doing images. Uh,
80
00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:51,300
you'll see the image over@mikedoll.com,
81
00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:56,460
and it also should be the
episodic image, uh, that,
82
00:05:56,560 --> 00:06:00,880
uh, I had generated from chat G B T, uh,
83
00:06:00,910 --> 00:06:04,040
what do they call it? Dolly three. Anyway,
84
00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:07,880
it makes some pretty neat artwork.
I, uh, also did the artwork.
85
00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:11,120
I changed the artwork for the overall
show, which you might have noticed,
86
00:06:11,180 --> 00:06:15,120
you might not have. Uh,
so that will, uh, that,
87
00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:17,600
that was also done with a dolly three.
88
00:06:18,210 --> 00:06:22,080
Gotta get used to how that all
works and you know what to tell it,
89
00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:26,560
to make it do what you want
it to do. And during November,
90
00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:31,320
I will probably have a whole
episode about my opinion on ai.
91
00:06:32,140 --> 00:06:35,120
So we got an ambulance driving
through, if you can hear that,
92
00:06:35,540 --> 00:06:40,000
or firetruck or something.
Well, it's kind of normal here.
93
00:06:40,860 --> 00:06:45,560
The weather's not so great. Uh,
it's, you know, medium cloudy and,
94
00:06:45,660 --> 00:06:50,320
uh, it's up to 47, but not
good flying weather. And,
95
00:06:50,500 --> 00:06:55,000
uh, not necessarily, uh, nice. But
it's not raining, it's not snowing.
96
00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:58,200
I don't have to shovel
it. So we're good. Anyway,
97
00:06:58,220 --> 00:07:01,040
I'm just gonna make this
short. Uh, be sure to, uh,
98
00:07:01,650 --> 00:07:05,400
check out Mike dell.com
and also check out nap pod
99
00:07:05,750 --> 00:07:09,560
pomo.org for all the
other shows doing, uh,
100
00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:12,400
national Podcast Posting Month,
101
00:07:12,450 --> 00:07:17,280
which is a challenge to do one
episode a day for the month of
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00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:20,880
November. So, we've done it once.
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We've attempted it several times. We're
gonna do it this time, uh, no problem.
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'cause I'm gonna be not doing a whole
lot of other stuff other than recovering
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from surgery. So,
why not hit the, uh,
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hit the record button and, uh, opine.
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So anyway, uh, we'll
see you on November 1st.
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Everybody have a good,
uh, I guess about a week,
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and we'll catch you later.