The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

Busy day, still gotta get a long form video up on the vlog. Episode 45 done! Into the post studio we go. Korean class, neat way of teaching grammar bit by bit: 맥도날드는 어디에 있어요? 저는 핸드폰에 맥도날드 앱이 있어요. [앱] app [Can] vowel + -ㄹ 수 있다 final consonant + -을 수 있다 수 있어요/수 있었어요/수 있을 거예요 PSY does a concert every summer… forgot to mention this. Show notes n tracks...

Russian video takes off! PSY does a concert every summer?!? Last Korean class with this teacher. Tough going, what was I doing before class? Moving files around. Damn iPad and Skype! Workouts in! 6.57km in 41.36, followed by some slam ball work. Episode 45 to be recorded tomorrow! Will need to spend some time editing already! Show notes and tracks up on stevensirski.com , newsletter over at steven...

Standing desks: yay or nay? Then your legs still get sore. Russian class done, how was it? Made a video about it. Korean class in the morning, how was it? A realization that vocabulary trumps grammar! Hey, ChatGPT does spoken words now! How is it? And did I tell you about what happened on Instagram and why I don’t think TikTok is done for, regardless of the rhetoric out of the US? And apparently U...

First rain in a long time! New week!  How was Korean class? Using LingoDeer to go through a lot of the basics, follow my language vlog for progress updates, all in English, very little Korean. How was Chinese class? Still not as fluent as a kid. Workouts in! Saturday: clubs and a run, today: lunch time run 6.59km in 40.55 plus another 21 minutes of HIIT. Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com...

Oh, they were pacers! That’s why they were running so well! Oh, and it was two Kenyans and an Ethiopian. But now they’re saying it was fixed. Medals stripped, money taken back!  Canada raises its capital gains tax rate… 2/3s?! WTF! https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/ottawa-moves-to-raise-inclusion-rate-on-capital-gains-taxes-in-2024-budget-1.2059842?lid=9gc6wtfkihjl Still MORE internet issues, let’s not...

Welp, some dbag is in town causing all the plug up mess that is the internet these days. Fkg unbelievable. First Korean class in fifteen years! How bad was it? How much will actually be possible to learn? Taiwanese Mandarin class again, learned all about bopomofo keyboard, which I remember talking about many years ago. Teacher gave me some materials to work with, much appreciated. Interesting to s...

Why is it okay to put off exercise for a job, but not your business idea? The Steve’s English? How does that sound? Cherry blossoms are gone. So tough luck if you were thinking of visiting me with a side helping of seeing the spring flowers. Now they’re just trees. Korea booked! First time in fifteen years! Well, except last year’s stop over. now, how to learn Korean in three weeks? Russian class...

Steven, did you put the wrong date on yesterday’s show? Yes. Oops. Russian class done, hey why not add some Korean? How is Chinese going? Lunch time workout: should I just start training one muscle group per day six days a week? Seems to be the thing to do, how would I do that with kettlebells and maces? Or have I chosen the wrong instruments for this tune? Enjoying the newsletter? I don’t feel a...

What would you do if you couldn’t access the internet you need or want for 24 hours? What else would you fill your time with? What’s causing problems this time? GOLD reversed on Friday late in the trading day, what’s the outlook now? My big disappointment is that I did try to maneuver the market, sold early, and then watched the stocks take off during a seasonal upswing. I won’t let that happen ag...

Exit plan for the beard? Wow! GOLD STILL GOING! Oh, THAT’S why the assisted connection device isn’t working: Russian guy in town, followed by former leader of a Taiwanese political party. Tried out some Twitch streaming to see if I like performing live again. Not bad, not sure if it’s something I want to do regularly. The problem with streaming in China, well, see above issues. Lunch time workout...

Taiwanese class… done! A little bit more difficult to express than I thought it would be. Spent the HOUR chatting about the differences in Chineses.  Working on another longer vid for the language vlog, all about a walk around the neighbourhood. More automation! Things are coming together!  But what do you mean I have to pay for ChatGPT’s API access? WTF? Shouldn’t this sh.t be free?! Why, yes, yo...

Catkins! That’s what they’re called! Those little fluffs flying out! Nothing outside today though as it was raining during the lunch time run: 6.56km in 38 min and 15, a very speedy 5’44” pace per km. I’ve been doing hip flexor work lately so that seems to be paying off. Lots more automation work, so much so that it’s basically occupying my time. What I want to happen: -auto-transcribe podcasts, i...

Ouch, GOLD! SILVER! What happened to Chinese stonks?! https://zealllc.com/2024/gdsksr24.htm New videos up on MYMYM, making this a daily thing now instead of just a couple months a year. Will see how long I can go! Aiming UGC-style content creation production workflow! Russian class done! Barely a lunch time workout! Looking into studying some different Chinese dialects, Taiwanese anyone? Need to c...

Is that a sandstorm or just another layer of smog? Weekend workouts and a run at lunch! Today 7km in about 42min, forgot to start the watch. Did NOT lift heavy, shoulder is still bothering me. Upgraded Zapier account for more flexibility, also got a month of Descript transcription software. Looking to build out! New videos posted on the language vlog, will need to do another longer form vid. Worki...

What was that double top you mentioned yesterday? -RSI -Price action: did the S&P500 just top out? Body fat and “normal body type”, Jeff Nippard on Youtube. The reality of getting a six pack. Reversion to the mean, some bodies just won’t be happy at some weights. Steroid usage: https://youtu.be/VD9p9tEP9RE?si=MGAPdmNB_stxGOtW Getting shredded: https://youtu.be/larBqTjA7-g?si=BpgdwGfw_HfGdzm0 L...

Qingming day off, did NOT get as much done as I wanted to but still got quite a bit done. Mostly moving files around from one hard drive to another. Making videos every day, posting to MYMYM on YouTube. Starbucks done with the olive oil! Made another video trying to capture the parallax effect. GOLD and SILVER still going, Canadian energy in a tear. Chinese stonks look to have turned around in Jan...

Qingming dao le! Day off tomorrow as the nation remembers those who’ve gone before us, complete with tomb sweeping and street corner offerings. Last Russian class done with one teacher, will change it up for the next little bit. BIG learn today: AnkiWeb! Found out you can import CSV files AND add some code that will use TTS (text-to-speech) from your computer to SPEAK the word. ANY LANGUAGE! Check...

Dishes washed, time to record! Korean for dinner, but talking about roast duck on the vlog! Russian class done and lining up classes for the rest of the month. Plans? Looking to get into Chinese calligraphy to learn traditional characters.  Learning Chinese through Taobao? Models and infomercials galore! Newsletter a writing: how could this change?? Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Have...

New month, new week, new what? GOLD with the BOOM! Still missing out on this rally. FML Careful chasing this. Workout in at lunch, 6.48km in 40.02, about a 6 minute per km pace. Rope work, push ups, jumps, pistols after. How are those pull ups? Only got 30-35 done today. Back feels fine, but just want to make sure. Still, doing more than I used to. Working on automation and application selection:...

Good Friday! And it’s the weekend! Have you confessed your sins yet? Spent the day on a video for the language vlog, should be up this weekend. Is this what it would be like to be a content creator? Amazing how technology has changed. Doing some numbers: -$600 to make five videos, 15 seconds long -initial consult -research  -scripting -editing Workout in! Lunch time run 6.48km in 1 hour 1 min 16 s...

Holy Thursday, this is the last day for Stations of the Cross. I’ve always liked the Church music from Easter. What happened to Chinese stonks? Falling again? Gold with the surprise move (is it USD-related?). Canadian oil still chugging along. Did not know Canva could actually publish websites. Just as I’ve been looking to switch my hosting provider, might be time to scale down and make the move....

How was Hardwell? What’s that smoke smell? What are they doing in that apartment over there?! Midweek means it’s a workout day! But had to pull up cause something got strained so now I hurt even more! Could you own a business? Could you take over a business? The Knowledge is Power Podcast on YouTube had on a few guests that were by no means household names but still had a lot to share. Brad Jacobs...

Out for a bike ride, is that smog in the air?! Or just a change in the air pressure? Got a little Xiaomi photo printer, the idea is to keep track of some of my photos a little more. I question how long the photos will last.  Setting up another pcast episode, looks like April will be busy. How are those pull ups doing? 10 done today. Push ups? None. It’s okay, this doesn’t have to be done right awa...

New week! Easter week! What do you do? Visit to the Beijing Capital Museum… the city has been around a loong time, much longer than the 5,000 years most people talk about. Working on automation, Make.com vs Zapier.com, which seems to be the best fit? Haven’t heard anything form Riverside.fm regarding the pcast so I’m going to assume that if it hasn’t been altogether lost, then there’s some problem...

Friday night at the river! 同事们！Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk?? Lunch time run, 6.49 km in 49.18, brought out the 5kg steel clubs and weight vest cause I can’t do pull ups at the moment! Got like 10 done! Russian class done, has homework changed? Using ChatGPT… Chinese class done… on the way home! Should’ve been a writing class but no assignment before class. No alcohol for a month! First time s...