Another weekend has virtually flown by! I often find myself in a relective state of mind on Mondays and today is no exception. My oldest child, Lauren, went off to college this year - have I already mentioned that a million times? This alone has been fodder for hours of reflection. Remember whens and I wonder whats...Ah well, there is no better cure for reflection than some reality, right? Scotty, beam me up.
In my
present world I have a large class assignment that, true to computer world form, isn't going smoothly. As a result of my vast experience with computers, peripherals, software, etc. I always steel myself when beginning a project and expect that there will be a malfunction(s) - real, virtual or HUMAN!For my eme5208I assignment I chose the Digital Video and Audio modules of Journey #1. Now; time to organize the "Required Materials for this Module". I got out the (circa 2000-how did it get so) old video camera and charged the battery. Charged the battery. Charged it some more. True to form, no charge!? @*$&%^!
After the battery had a one night sleepover at the Interstate Battery store, I learned that it will no longer hold a charge (i.e. it's D E A D). The helpful clerk, Mark, was able to find a relacement battery in stock (yay!) that did not fit into my camera (darn!). Mark was nice enough to write down the #s of two other batteries (not in stock) that his nice computer informed him would also fit my camera. $40-50. Sheesh. He suggested I look on Amazon or eBay. Geez, by the time (if I can find it at all) I get this battery it'll be Xmas! And I don't see the module posted yet, so I don't know what else I'll need.
So, shift gears. I do a few jumping jacks. Some push-ups, jumps, jog in place. Shake it out. Calm - feel the peace, let it in....ok. Now.
Let's see what the "Required Materials for this Module" are for the Audio portion of the assignment;
#1. Computer with sound card. Check! Whew..got past #1 no prob.
#2 Microphone. Right! I have a microphone we got with our very
first computer. In 1997. 11 years ago.
Don't panic: remember - you used it at school (with Audacity as a mater of fact) on a new Dell and it worked fine. A microphone is a micrphone right? Right!
I untangle it's cord from the mess of wires I discovered, but never wanted to look at, protruding like spaghetti from the back of my son's PC. After I recover from breathing in a large dust-bunny (good thing nobody can see back there...) I give the microphone a quick once-over. All the parts and pieces are here-good.
Drum roll. . . . . . Oh good, there is a little hole in the front of my laptop with a tiny drawing of a microphone! That must be where I should plug it in, D'OH....
Tune in for my next bLoG installment. Find out:
**Does Kittygator's microphone REALLY work? **
>>Is it broken, and just APPEARS to be ok?<<
@@Does it have a voice warp feature so I can sound like an alien-wait, never mind that.@@
~~What is #3?~~
Come back soon to find out what the next real, virtual or human malfunction will be in-
KiTtY's VIRtUaLLy ReAl COmPUtEr EsCAPadEs
3 comments:
Kitty,
I'm enjoying your escapades -- very funny! Looking forward to the next one. Been there, done that with much of what you share.
Read ya soon!
Jennie
You really are fun to read-I suppose because I relate to the expectation of computer malfunctions-and then the efforts to reel myself back in!
Thanks for the fun reading!
Christina
You are a natural! It was entertaining to read your entries. My camcorder battery is on it's last leg...I learned this after I
(thought)I fully charged the battery to video tape my families first karate tournament. Let's just say our memories will have to stay alive in our minds... Now, I try to have it plugged into the wall to make sure I can record.
Kelli
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