@streakmachine What is remarkable is that the microphone which was a PlainTalk stereo microphone with an elongated TRS plug actually fitted the recorder!
Back in 2006, a Mac User Group member was scheduled to give a two-hour presentation on 30 Apple Years. This was to be conducted in the auditorium of the College where we met at the time.
A week earlier he gathered a few tech-minded types and asked if anyone had any ideas on how to record the speech & still send it on to the PA system for all to hear.
I mentioned I had a pocket-sized MiniDisc recorder & microphone (the mic actually came with my very first Apple computer, a 1993 Mac Classic) and it could record at ½-speed to cover the envisaged time. I didn’t have it with me at the time, I brought it with me on the day of his presentation.
The recorder also had a voice-activated recording mode, which was put to very good use.
He put the recorder in the hip pocket of his jeans with the mic in his shirt pocket. Then there was an Toslink digital audio lead running from the recorder’s combined mode audio out port to the room’s PA system.
I fiddled the sensitivity of the voice-activated mic setup, made sure it was in long-play mode with good batteries & an 80-minute disc inserted.
At the end of the day there was 30 minutes of free space on the MiniDisc. Next I imported the recording to my Mac - only possible via an audio cable with 3.5mm plugs at each end. The .aiff file was then imported to iTunes & burned to a pair of high quality Matshita Gold CDs in the same format.
The presenter was very pleased with the result & I’ve just observed that the file itself in iTunes is stored in my iCloud Music Library, courtesy of iTunes Match.
Cold brew pot has arrived: written instructions are in Asian languages only. Google is my friend, only took a minute to download the proper English documentation. Mine is a 1-litre pot, which will apparently need 1180 mls of filtered water for the brewing process. Why the excess? Because 80 grams of coffee absorbs the excess.
The end result is supposed to be a concentrate able to make 8 cups of coffee. Doesn’t say how big those cups are.
@hazardwarning I’m varying my brewing methods between the AeroPress & a plastic Hario V60. My reason for choosing a plastic V60 cone over glass or ceramic is twofold: plastic was cheaper & no heat is transferred to the cone, therefore retaining more heat in the brew itself.
@streakmachine I visited Ikea about 6 years ago, when my arthritic knee was being a bit sore. The longer I was stuck in that hell-hole the worse the pain became. I soon checked out the escape shortcuts between each section and staggered out of that Black Hole with my knee joint locked as any attempt to walk with it bent threatened me with collapsing.
It took over a fortnight to recover sufficiently to go about life normally.
@jextxadore I recall you posted a link to an article on cold brewing methods, I have saved that website as a pdf somewhere on one of my Macs.
/@hazardwarning @larand
@variablepulserate The bills are smaller but I’m paying off the cost of the panels & installation over a 4-year period. Three years & 6 weeks to go.
@hazardwarning It makes a concentrated coffee which you can dilute & reheat.
// @larand