The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

No more PRC tests to ride the rails! No more testing if you work from home! No more mass testing! And this is how China will reverse its dynamic zero: it will just change the numbers. And the science (or news reporting thereof)! Canada gone from World Cup, but at least they scored a goal. Why is Canadian soccer so bad? December Drumming starts! Stay tuned for today's track. Making stir fries with...

Last month of the year, second last of the Chinese zodiacal year. Next up is the Year of the Rabbit. Jiang Zemin dies, market rallies! The ominous bag of vegetables, big blue tents, and which doors are still open? Dedicated connection to upload. Five hours on Sunday. But... would it even work? Oh Canada... does China still have a grudge? Maybe that's why my connection isnt so good. And what did I...

Jiang Zimen has died, age 96. Will Hu Jintao get the same mention? DELTA reading... one week out. Lots about methodologies. Cold cold cold and windy... inside workout in the morning but then outdoors for the afternoon. A revisit of some workouts I did when the pandemic firat started. Second workout was skip n ballz, but shortened the number of rounds to 6 and did four rounds of skip n ballz. Was a...

Could and windy! Like real windy! Beijing city lockdown? No, but maybe you don't have to get tested all the time. How do I qualify? Spent the day updating the website and working on Episode 35. Thinking... do I need to upgrade my microphone? NaNoWriMo - still have more to do. Automator programming... so close. Six hours on Saturday Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com Stay warm out there! --...

Proof of COVID vax not needed for Canada and many other countries as of October 1 2022 ?! What happened?! Aaaaaannnndddd... on cue... Beijing cases drop. But that's not why the assisted connection devices have been so bad... Need a new desk as Im trying to set up this MIDI controller I got. Getting cold outside, but that's not stopping the people. World Cup continues... have it on but not followin...

Beginning of the weekend... for real this time! And all the optimism that Friday night brings. Morning routine altered... DON'T GO OUTSIDE! An unverified msg about potential fumigation in the city. 3 miles (5km) 60 pull ups 120 push ups 180 air squats + 2 miles after work and slow heavy weight training Burger for dinner and cheesecake... don't want to use the meats in the freezer just in case we d...

Happy end of harvest?! Wow loaded day! Xmas anyone? Still surprised that still so many hold onto their passports so they must still see the hope in that system. Publish or perish, if you're not willing to put your voice out there in the modern, accessible format, how can we move forward? DELTA... learning how to parse a sentence like a pro. Takes me back to my Latin language days (another language...

Home security, spa cards and how to keep aware. Morning routine change? Mobility in the morning, workouts in the afternoon? World Cup but COVID cases, you watching? DELTA reading: how to parse a sentence. Two weeks to go... hope we don't get locked down or restricted access. Show notes up on stevensirski.com Have a good one! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stev...

NaNoWriMo - not word count sensitive SSP35 recorded! Have you ever seen Gone with the Wind? With Clark Gable? How about Dances with Wolves with Kevin Costner? Locked down! And then opened! Cases rise, assisted connection device on and off... what will tomorrow bring?! Show notes up on stevensirski.com Have a good one! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stevensirsk...

COVID Death of a podcast Science of Ultra Winnipeg Blue Bombers lose to Toronto Argonauts in the Grey Cup Newsletter out 5K in the morning... morning routine change? Quiet out there... no generator, few people moving. And Trump reinstated! But will he come back?! What is Mastodon? Show notes up on stevensirski.com Have a good start of week! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.c...

Awfully quiet out there today... Today's workout: a modified Murph challenge. More cases means... fewer testing stations! And bars and restaurants closing down in Chaoyang... again! Graham Hancock & Randall Carlson - ancient civilizations - definitely skeptical -resonance - this has come up before but doesnt mean that humans had it. Could mean that if there were civ restarts throughout history...

Automation Pt 2: is AppleScripts being deprecated? Replaced by Swift DJI mic test... not holding up. Little bit disappointed. The Lottery... have you read it? Not in public domain so cant publish it but interesting story. Read this back in high school! Trudeau and Xi meet? Is this intl travel the reason for ths complete mess of NAT testing going on now? Show notes up on stevensirski.com Have a goo...

DJI mic test impressions Automating workflows... getting closer -moving files around the computer -uploading to a website -folder actions - convert video to audio and then apply effects and export as mp3 How NaNoWriMo going? And... my skipping rope broke. Burpees instead? Show notes up on stevensirski.com Happy humping day! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/steve...

Physio... did she forget about me?! April Gourmet is open aaand the meat man is gone! And COVID testing lineups are loooong. Interesting article in WSJ: Working and adding value. Do you care or do you think you're going to be famous? DJI microphone tests, can you tell the difference? Show notes up on the site stevensirski.com Have a flexible Tuesday! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters...

COVID testing changes: on the compound instead of off. Does that mean the compounds have to pay for it? Will rents increase as a result? COLD outside so bought some workout sweaters. Lighter workout Mondays should mean better performance on Wednesday. Setting up Episode 35 of the big cast! Aim is to double output over the next year. Practice test for the DELTA... took longer than recommended! Show...

No Murph today as it was a low energy day. Was it the rain, the woman screaming at 4.00am or just a deload week? Taobao shopping! Let's read it again! In Flander's Fields. Still hard to fight back welling up. Ukrainian Iiterature celebrated on Nov 9th, what to read? Why USAmerican power endures, some thoughts. -it is resilient -others have a stake in it -grew up in relative isolation from the Euro...

Double 11 begins! 8.00pm kick off the sales deals begin and... who's buying? Locked down, locked out, higher prices, who has money for this stuff? I wonder what the sale figures will be like this year. MacBook is back and seems fine, replaced the whole bottom chunk of the computer! Talked about alternatives. Chinese convo meet up and DELTA catch up: why bother reading the books when you can just r...

PSB run done for another year Computer is done... can get a new one for the same price as replacing the old one. NAT tracking... what's it good for? I mean, who exactly are they tracking? For the public good, okay, but if all the isolation hasnt changed anything yet, why is this still going on? One was tracked to the toilet on the second floor of a building... soooo... they didn't have it before?...

Blood moon! Beaver blood moon! Feel like garbage cause... jiaozi! Shouldnt have gotten he fish jiaozi silly silly silly. Out all day. Used MacBooks for 6000rmb! Why bother fixing the old one? Mandatory testing for the next three days cause... why not? Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stevensirski/message

Laba zhou and dumplings as today is the first day of winter according to the Chinese calendar. April Gourmet closed! New cases detectedf How why and when will this end! LOL! Computer update: we need to reformat your computer. 4500 for the logic board... why not just get a new computer? Stream through Anchor.fm, Spotify, Apple and Google or head over to my website stevensirski.com for archivesf Hav...

Weekend already... would mean something if work didnt bleed all over it. My choice, right? Uploading delays... working on getting a new provider. Feeling MUCH better, do I recover quicker or what is going on? But it IS getting cold outside! Winter jacket out! Half Murph done today, a little slower on the runs but I think I did the rounds faster. For reference: 2 mile warm up + 1 mile = 29.53 1 mil...

Computer is in the shop and now Im figuring out how to work with the iPad. Garlic and the sniffles Deep tissue and physio therapy, probably one of the reasons I'd like to stay in China for now. Stick with what works! Chinese lessons on Skype and vocab building And NaNoWriMo. stevensirski.com Have a look :) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stevensirski/message

Sorry about the late upload but was having device connection issues. May have to look into alternates now as this has gotten bad. Workout modification: triphaisic training. Shift the harder days to Friday so your body can recover over the weekend to be ready for Monday's workout. Will take the computer in for repair tomorrow as the new battery is in. Wrote another chapter for The Art of Learning a...

New month Hang Seng Index falls... been going down for a while, but did we just see a bottom? So-called window dressing days are the last three days of the month + first two of the next. Big movement on the Shenzhen market New HSK 7-9 test starts in November. Skip HSK 5 and go for higher? How much content do we need? Produce produce produce, but who's watching? How much do you watch? How much do y...

Halloween... does it matter? I didn't go anywhere haha Beijing leaves and the wind is picking up. PSB visit... took a while. Had to update registration beforehand too. New photos... wow have I changed over the years! Seoul, South Korea! What happened? Take care of each other out there. Ladies, you take care too! Heard a lot of women I know undergoing some sort of surgery or repair-ation of some so...