The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

Hip and back hurting! How and why?? Tuna sandwich redux! Much better! Would an air conditioner matter? 农业，建设，超商… will it continue? Chinese banks soaring! 492 subscribers and counting! 加油！ Hey you can donate to the show! PayPal link below! https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA *** Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.com And on Notion: https://stevensirski.notion.site/SSAB-...

Biden’s out! What’s this about some sort of deal? They’ll get to keep the plane rides or something along those lines. But now, who takes over? Eventful times, these are: assassination attempt, old man drops out, what’s next? When is the next Chinese election? Ukraine war over in six months? Russian class done, rough, but it goes. Will need to make a few more videos about this. GOLD going down, SIL...

Biden has COVID? Didn’t he get like lots of jabs??! Raining now and kinda cooled… but not. Workout in! 6.45 km 1hr 9m 20s! 54 pull ups, 108 pushups, 162 squats… had to cut the run short (only did four laps instead of five) because it was HOT! Cantonese class done, what’s my commitment to this language? Made tuna sandwiches for dinner! I don’t think I’ve ever done that before. Had to Google it just...

Working with Google APIs and automations, is Gemini any better? Who do I want to have my payment details?? Chinese class done: BRUTAL. Here in China there are two things I fight the most: internet connections and Apple’s autocorrect. Lots of incorrect words just because I didn’t proofread. Embarrassing! Setting up a LinkedIn spreadsheet, I can see how this can work, especially planning a couple mo...

Metricool scheduler on call! A little more about the APPs I’m using these days. $30 for a program to do the work of 2 minutes per day x 6 or 7. How was Chinese class? Characters studied 1. 走 (zǒu) - to walk, to go 2. 步 (bù) - step 3. 是 (shì) - is, are, am, to be She has COVID? Or is it bird flu?!? Workout done, running slow! 7 km in 52.53… be careful out there and hydrate! Run slower if you hav...

Trump still alive and kicking! George Friedman on the 50-year socio-economic cylce and 80-year institutional cycle in the US: https://geopoliticalfutures.com/searching-for-a-cause/ Also mentioned: No Agenda Show - analysis of the Trump shooting: https://www.noagendashow.net/listen/1677 Harry S. Dent book "The Great Crash Ahead", all about the great demographic shift and how this will cra...

What a weekend! Trump shot! Biden still alive! Euro2024 - Spain wins in Europe! Argentina wins in South America! Didn’t watch any of it! Faucet broken Episode 47 recorded! And how was Chinese character class? Studied: 與 (yǔ) - with, and 學 (xué) - to study, to learn 舉 (jǔ) - to raise, to lift, to cite, to enumerate 興 (xìng) - interest, excitement, to rise, to flourish Hey you can donate to the...

Ah that little pain that happens every time you send money out of China… will I have enough? Thunderstorms and lightning, should it be so frightening? Still got the run done and workout in! Five laps, 53 pull ups and all the like. Took over an hour: 1hr 9m 9s Working on ideas for the language vlog. I’m thinking it would be neat to have a “coffee chat podcast” every week. Might be interesting. I’ll...

Gold stocks jumping, but gold lagging? This is the buy on rumours effect leading into earnings season! But not in China??? The US didn’t require people provide ID? So WTF was voting?! Working on another Chinese check-in video for the vlog… spent all day working on it! Should be able to release it tomorrow. BUT… how BAD is my written Chinese??!! Horrible. FKG Horrible. Had class today and spent the...

30 degrees and 61 percent! The floors are sticky! Tiktok has changed their algorithm cause my memes have been disrupted. But, looking at Castmagic.io for help, might be able to do away with ChatGPT! Current monthly costs? Afternoon run done… slightly polluted and slow going, but got it done. Is this safe? People run in Badwater soooo? 7km done in 49m 8s. Slam ball afterwards. Meme funny: running k...

Eeesh computer issues, iPads still can’t complete, lack of ports! Is this what it would be like to work for myself?? Set up a Buy Me A Coffee site for the language vlog. Will release this week. Neat little platform that I’ll be able to do a lot on. Check it out here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/stevenslanguagevlog Watching this Instagram Channel Body By Mark: how do people keep fit as they get ol...

Hot n humid! Why am I not in Canada? Other options?? What would you rather have to deal with all day: computers, clients or colleagues? Beijing manhole cover video being seen, and attracting followers! Setting up a buymeacoffee… cheap, simple, profitable? Lunchtime run, 6.63km in 41.04, plus all the workout add ons. Watching this Instagram Channel Body By Mark: how do people keep fit as they get o...

Humid, says it will rain but that doesn’t seem to have happened yet. Another day off, Starbucks’ing responsibly today! Lunchtime workout: 6.35 km plus 54 pull ups pushups squats in 1hr 6m 6s. Sports band didn’t connect so got the distance wrong. New video up on the language vlog! Thinking of starting a newsletter and now I think I know how. Apparently Descript has an AI function built in that is p...

Happy Independence Day! Remember the movie? Surgeon General’s warning label on social media? All because of TAXES?! I’d concur! Now on Threads, trying it out for the language vlog. Spent three hours this morning posting content, there needs to be an easier way to do this, but it was all creative content. Difference between creative and content? Creative is unique and not repurposed, content is jus...

Cooled down! nice! Chinese stonks a tanking, why is the US soaring?? Earnings season about to begin. Google Drive issues: shared is not the same as owned by. And something going on with YouTube n TikTok. Internet issues? Oh that’s why. Euro2024 still going, England is still in?? And how do you tell who’s gay in China? Oh… that’s funny. Substack article: https://stevensirski.substack.com/p/canada-d...

Hmmm… spreadsheet idea’ing… selling templates?? Notion templates?? Rainy n cool, but still hot inside. Still need this fan running! Looking ahead to classes for the rest of the year, and this MYMYM challenge is still sitting in the back of my mind. Received the tax refund, is it enough for Canada?? Hey you can donate to the show! PayPal link below! https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA...

Happy Canada Day! Is that okay? Newsletter out! Productive weekend, even though it’s uncomfortably humid. Tickets to Canada STILL expensive.. can fly to Sydney THREE TIMES for the same cost as going to Canada ONCE! Communist Party of China Day, 103 years and counting! Oh THAT’S why the debate was scheduled last week! Julian Assange was moved! And setting up Episode 47 already?? Hey you can donate...

Back to work? Are client meetings the same as having a work schedule? Working on a few long form content ideas. Here’s the issue: how do I do extensive listening in Chinese and Russian if I have to concentrate on creating content? Working with freelancers Maybe I’ll have to wade into this. Aaaaaand finally! Episode 45 is up! William Griffith of Live China Music fames joins me on the podcast to tal...

Hmmm, work slows down, so why am I not in Canada? Canada Day this weekend, many years since I first entered the bar scene! Episode 45 has been edited and cut up, so we’re looking for a tomorrow release date! Language vlog continues, I think I may have swamped my editor with a bit too much! Might have to get a second video editor in to handle the workflow! And the thought… if this was my job, would...

Chatbots are the teacher of the future, your teaching career regardless of the subject depends on you developing an automated system that will teach people on their own time and in the subject they are interested in. Sales, business, marketing, communication, bye bye generic drunken English teacher trying to sleep with their students. Got paid, yet it doesn’t feel like enough! Not a bad thing, sim...

Florida wins, congrats goes to Paul Maurice Edmonton will have to try again next year. Watched the live stream, I haven’t seen commercials in English in a very long time! No workout today as I kinda just kept working. Was trying to figure out ChatGPT’s API. Bought a ChatGPT subscription through Apple thinking I’d get the API, I didn’t. Still need to get that. There is Perplexity AI that is bundled...

Episode 46 done and recorded! Episode 45 getting edited right now! Why am I not in Canada yet? Newsletter out, all about expat vacations! Workout in, 7km in 45.30 And the tax app says my refund has been processed, so where’s the money?? Lumafusion vs Final Cut Pro vs Capcut Hey you can donate to the show! PayPal link below! https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA *** Show notes n tracks...

It’s the solstice! First sponsor! $30! Sheeeit! What do I do? They said it was for Blue Frog, but since it went through Paypal, this will go to production costs! Thank you! Edmonton Oilers into the Stanley Cup, did not even realize this. The team had a huge dynasty in the 1980s and lasted until Calgary Flames took over. And then Gretzky left for more money is Los Angeles. Another half day, these a...

Second longest day of the year! Tomorrow is the solstice! And it’s 20/2024! Oh chuckle chuckle 🤭 Feeling MUCH better, but still sniffly. Got some automation done, how fast can I do this? About four hours. BUT it works: bulk uploading to TikTok BUT using Zapier to autofill the spreadsheet! Standing desk = broken! 麻烦了！Did try to sit for a while and now I remember why I got one in the first plac...

Cicadas are back! Summer is here! How am I feeling? Still good enough to go for a run + workout at lunch. 6.45km in 40m 04s. Slam ball too, but moving slow. First four hours of the day marketing… can you imagine? How is Paris? Or CDG? Or, is it even safe to transfer through France this year? Made a CRM, or customer relations management tool, never had one so watched a YouTube video on how to creat...