commandN #132 (May 8th, 2008)

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Comments

[Chris (Amateur Traveler)]

Will, I can't offer you a Mongolia blog but I can offer you a podcast episode on Mongolia:

http://AmateurTraveler.com/2007/10/27/episode-111-mongolia/

I hope that answers some of your questions.

[madberry]

When will this episode be in the feed?

[mad]Berry

[Amber Mac]

@Berry - I am sure Brian is on top of this! :)

[Ben Eadie]

My iTunes is not picking this one up? I am with Berry on this one.

Come on Brian work faster :)

Ben

[SteveintheUK]

Not sure what you are all saying as I forgot to turn my hifi speakers down before turning on the computer, so have now blown an internal fuse in the amp, and its the only type of fuse I don't have a spare for. It's gone midnight so will have to wait till tomorrow night to hear what you are all saying, but the show does look much better in widescreen

@Mikey, Glad to see you back home again Mikey, but even gladder that they didn't let you hold the only mic again for this episode. Sorry I didn't say this last time you where on, but with the whole 'hogging the mic' thing I forget, but your looking good, in a 'straight male trying to lose weight' way. Have you lost weight since Christmas or has Brian's new camera just taken 20 or 30 pounds of you?

@Jeff, do you have any plans to start recording your segment in widescreen?

@Brian, would in be possible to the the 4:3 letterboxed on the side's to 16:9, rather than letterboxing 16:9 top and bottom on 4:3? Just an idea

@Amber, Congrat on seeming to keep Mikey under control this week, I can't wait to hear if you actually did or not.

@Will, I know you weren't in this episode, but Hi, and don't worry we want you back soon to. Hope Calgary was worth the trip, even if the weather doesn't sound like it was?

[Mike Laz]

SteveintheUK,
I hate using a stick mic. And yes I have lost quite a bit of weight over the last few months. I am planning on entering the Mr Universe contest this summer. :):):)

[Patrick]

FWIW, Mikey's webpick URL is http://thesidepath.com. The lower 3rd just said sidepath.com which is something else.

[rgck]

Dig the hat.
Lose the dork.

[Brian McKechnie]

@SteveintheUK - since the graphics and Jeff's part are still in 4x3 we have to letterbox the Amber/Will footage.

I haven't shot the show the last few episodes (Chris from MGImedia has). He might be able to fill you in on the new HD camera they're using.

-Brian

[madberry]

@Amber thanks for the response....

@Brain sorry for being inpatient :-D

[SteveintheUK]

@rgck

"Dig the hat. Lose the dork.
Posted by: rgck | May 09, 2008 at 07:49 PM"

That's no Dork, that's 'Super Slim Mikey'

[SteveintheUK]

@Brian Sorry to hear your not doing the filming at the moment, is this s temp change to give Chris some time to learn MGImeida's new camera, or are you just going to be doing the editing from now on? Nice sutler link to CriticizeThis.com on the Domize segment.

As for letterboxing, I just meant that if using FCP you could edit in 16:9 and insert the 4:3 in the middle with black bars either side, or your could have the 4:3 to one side and the hosts footage and links on the double width black side bar.

@Mikey, So how do you know that Fedex make you take an IQ test before you start working for them?

@Amber, and how do you know that Fedex make you take a urine test?

Also Amber, if Jeff is on PEI, are you going to have any time to get up there to see his Twins? I'm sure they would love to meet you in person.

@Jeff, I forgot Blue Ray was 54mbps, and I though this episode at 68mb for nearly 17 mins was pretty good quality.

@Amber, Mikey, Jeff, I knew I should have fixed my amp soon. Thanks for the plug for SearchcommandN.com, it's on Dreamhost.com so very flaky at the moment, but there is another version of this site at http://commandNSearch.com with nearly the same content, just a differnt host and bloging software. I did wonder why the page views suddenly went up.

[Hashem Bajwa]

Please no more Mike! He brings the show down so hard. Will & Amber are a far better combo. Mike is a dork.

[rorx]

I've only seen a few 
⌘-N episodes now, and I think the audio levels on the lavaliere mics that the hosts use, could be boosted further. The volume levels of the initial segment seems lower than the next transition, as well as Jeff's segment. It seems to me like Amber's levels are lower than the co-host, but I'm not sure. Actually, I think the master volume level of the whole episode could be boosted further. On my mac, most podcasts at least, I usually listen to at 50-60% volume and on this one I find I have to increase it to 80-85% to get similar levels. Anyhow, besides that, good production.

[rob frost]

Am I the only person who gets hopelessly confuzzed by the placement of the underline and "Posted by:"?

I always think "Posted by:" applies to the comment that follows... but then, I'm weird.

Anyhoo, have you guys seen this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St1-WTc1kow
It's not really about tech, but it's about Canadian protests and AMAZING!

[RevHelix]

Dude.. stop staring at her breasts.

[JitMaster]

@mikey: I've missed the enthusiasm you bring to the show. Not the same without you.