More stuff I talk about

Hello again and welcome to another entry in my notebook or as it's cold or thoughts from high desk as you might be aware I've been doing the bloke now for quite some years even if I don't maintain and do it every single day or every single week mainly because real life appears to go Real life appears to get in the way quite often and sometimes it's because I don't really feel like doing it and stuff like that.

 As I said in an earlier post in October I was going to try a new piece of software on the iPad which lets you speak the words and then it transcribes your words into text and then from text you can actually put that into blogger  and then display on the Internet the engine the speech recognition engine is Apple's and its Siri.

 Siri can be quite accurate at least 99  of the time I suppose I don't think it's as good as Google's googles appraisal Google voice I think it's called Google voice is actually more Accra perhaps there is a caused by my horrible accent all the way that I pronounce my words oh it might even be that on my talking to quickly for Siri to understand what I'm trying to say that I think It's just to say that I think this is the fourth entry that I'm trying to see how the transcription process goes I wasn't too impressed with the earlier blog entries by the time Siri had transcribe them so I'm trying now to do the recording a little bit slower than pronounce my words a bit better in the hopes that Siri on ...

Quite a lot of the text on the last couple of occasions so this time where going to see how well she does Siri is a girl I'm sure of it anyway enough of me waffling on as I tend to do when talking to a microphone it is actually quite strange talking to a inanimate object's and trying to think what you want to say next without too many pauses if you get what I mean anyway let's see how Siri gets hold of this and how she transcribes it I have deliberately spoken slow recording and I'm trying to pronounce my words as best as I can so let's see what she makes of this bye for now

Donna this year

This is Donna in September 2016 showing off her new shoes and dress.

Cooking

Well doing some cooking, yes homemade burgers. If macdonalds sell half pounders ours look to be a pound each, it's a good job we are only having one each.

More items I said then Sir got hold of it.

Well hello again this is a another blog entry as I haven't done one for awhile but today it's sunny Today is Sunday it's 5 to 3 in the afternoon one side of the house is in blue sky they are Is in blue sky the other side of the house is grey cloud and it's raining which is a bit unusual am I think there's only about three hours of her I think there's only about three hours of a daylight left today and it's not cold but it's not warm if you not mean about 11 or 12 C ugly It's funny that how one side the house it will be bright sunshine and blue sky and yet the other grey clouds for me and all of that I suppose the stars All of that I suppose this does happen but it's the first time for quite long time that I've seen it here in the house no I mean.

I was thinking of going out and doing some kite flying on what have you with your big power kites but there's no wind would you please There is no wind would you believe so that made it a bit pointless and then the fact that it's now started to rain that will be the other reason why I haven't bothered to go out because what's the point of getting wet getting you can't sweat and all that stuff at the outing is that from the house to where I can fly the old power traction kites.

its about's I would say to 3 months and then you have to park up and then walk to where the field is that you can use so probably from the house to where you would be in position to fly a kite it would be probably court now 20 minutes well in that time like a said it's gone from blue sky for half the sky blue half the sky blue half the sky dark and raining so it looks like it was a wise choice to stop and stay indoors and make a recording yeah that's right I'm used to be a software on the old iPad which allows me to record my voice it then goes to Siri for voice recognition and it turns into a transcript and my plan is to use that train Is to use that transcript and upload it into the blocking software that are use now are more that's going to work or not I don't know am I actually paid for the app that does this without trying it well must say that you can't actually try at Try apps before you buy can you in Apple which is a bit was although it wasn't very expensive.

I think is a couple of quid so if it works it works, if it doesn't then it's just a couple quid lost his neck I think actually it works on my actually end up doing more blog entries because it's quite easy to sit down and do a recording and then translate it all And then translate it will transcribe it sorry and upload it onto the web at a later stage because it's gone onto my blog I can run my blog how I want to so I can make entries in the past can't type I want to I could if I wanted to make entries and post them for the future I suppose but the main idea of this is just to see when we saw fireworks and if it can be used really to help write to your blog entry because there are things I want to say but when you sit down to keyboard and start tapping or Sit down to keyboard and start tapping away sometimes your thoughts get away from me I'm not a touch typist so I can't type as fast as I'm thinking to be our main which has on occasion been really annoying and I mean hi Clive few good ideas I wanna write down.

I just cant write down quick enough so I'm somewhere where I can't write it down even using a pen and paper, I know pen and paper gosh how how do you explain to somebody that you can use a pen and paper to record your thoughts?

Here anyway am I'm waffling on now, anyway this one just an update as I'm recording this it's still blue sky one side of the house and if you want to know on the right hand side of the house and on the left hand side the house it's grey sky but it stopped raining I am Uniforce because it was fairly bright but they're going to rain but I want you at the 43 degrees  behind your shoulders with some gorgeous photos I should say rainbow but no rainbow are such anyway.

I'm waffling on really on site it will be interesting to see how Siri copes with transcribing my awful accent much Awful accent mutterings into text and into English of some kind until the next time bye bye bye

Now What?

so the last few blog posts have been via Siri

as you can see she does not always get it right. I have not corrected her just so you can see just how good or bad she is.

I wonder if Google is any better?

Sadly at this time I cant test this as I don't have a programme or app that will let me feed my ramblings into google and get a transcript out, well I have yet to find one.

So what I have learned from this is that i need to talk to Siri a bit slower as it appears to give her a better chance of understanding what i was trying to say.

So I shall have another go and see if Siri and me start to understand each other better.

What is this all about?

So as you are no doubt gathered from looking at the blog entries I have not done a lot of login trees for quite some time I'm not really sure why perhaps it's because you have to make time to sit down at a keyboard and start writing and then upload it to the website and such is the way of life I just don't get time to sit at a keyboard and write something that's cause assuming that I've got something to write about which isn't always the case because do you really want to have a plug in true that says well today it was sunny and I went to work I came home from work I cooked I had something to eat watch the telly I went to bed phone by the way I've gone that the last X number of days exactly rather boring and well it's not what you gate up look for apparently I suppose I could say that my blog is a notebook for me and that certainly the case when I first started it before even blocks off I came out because are used to use word and use word is a diary and then when blog software became available on the block inside started to use that and literally.

I just record and literally I just record stuff that's why want to remember in years to come because it turns out that when you look back over some of your old entries that you forget and awful lot of what you do day today you know the odd thoughts that you have and stuff like that so that's why I have a bloke that doesn't get very many entries because sometimes I really haven't got any think I want to record a look at later now this blog this actual entry is been done using a voice trans coding transfer Trans coding transcribing service allegedly I can talk into the microphone for however long this is going to take and it then says it to's to the iCloud Siri apparently will then look at it and try Look at it and translate it into text and then says to result in my iCloud and then I've got to transfer from the iCloud into my blocking software so it's a bit more involved but allegedly have a quick up because I can just talk about whatever I want to talk about and Siri will do the business in translating it all into text. I don't actually believe it I don't think Siri is say I don't think Siri is going to be that Accurate on what I've been saying, so I am going to talk into the app for a few more minutes and then save it and upload it.

I'm not planning on changing any of the transcribed text mainly because I would ensure remember what I've said lie I know strange anyway sign is blocking tree is probably what the longest I've done in months in fact when I look at the logs this year 2016 I've only done 75 entries and we are on day 1 200 ordering must be over 200 days now but you must be in till Fatima's been to last hundred days less to the end of the year so I haven't done many entries because the reasons.

I said earlier anyway according to the bits of her amusing I'm talking to I have been talking for four minutes and 17 seconds which is quite amazing really I don't know me talk for that collects time is the Sunday if you're really interested it's Sunday afternoon it's a 10 to 3 in the afternoon here in the United Kingdom it's a cloudy day but with a blue sky it's not there Sky it's not raining but it's about 12 C a spouse and as I'm in the house on my own I thought let's try the sufferance Let's try this offer and see if it works so I'm going to sign off now and I will see what Siri makes of all the f stop I've been yapping about bye for now

Strike a pose

Donna's in her blue jeans

I do think Donna is getting better at doing the poses for the camera. I do think the top and the jeans work well together I am not so sure of the shoes.

Siri overheard this

Morning Donna are you found it properly yet or you can add to repeat it all again down down down down down down what's the golden crushed trains crash there is it great British menu.

 No yeah yeah and then rubbish in it from the one that you use instead of me bloody nuts can't where is it where is it where is it nearly down look up as well but what is crop great British bake off night night from there yes oh which one is it which one is it by number perfect seven at seven yeah the works ...


So the above is what was heard looking back on it not sure how good a transcription this is.

Testing Testing Can you hear me Siri

This is a test recording can you hear me properly I wonder how long that you can talk on this system ...

Things

There are moves a foot which if they work should help me to do more entrys on this blog.

Music

I have been able to get on and compose some music, which is great as I have not had the chance to compose music in  a  long time. As is usual I have uploaded the tracks to utube.

Colder

Colder than I expected this morning 

October

So it's October already and I have not been very good in updates not sure if I really have an excuse other than I have lost the will to update the blog. Sadly from what I have seen on the Internet this is not a rare event. So I don't feel bad about it.

One bit of news is that I have not lost my will to create music and I am pleased to say that I am still making some 5 or more tracks a month and that they are all going on to my utube channel which is good.

Home hum

So it's that time of the year when night and day length are the same. Yes it's equinox which means that winter is just around the corner.

Easy Saturday

I have decided that today that I am going to have an easy Saturday, and why not as I have worked hard this week and so I  think I deserve it.

Long time no speak

I have just noticed that i have not been on blogger for a long time, why this should be in just don't know all I do know is that I have not been on in a long time.

I do have things that I can talk about but for some reason or other I just don't get around to writing about it on this blog.

Perhaps it will change and I will write more soon but I noticed that I have already said that before and I still some how end up not writing anything again.

So only time will tell.

Still here

Still here just not posting that much

Ascot

Went to ascot yesterday and it was fun. Didn't win but a good day out with family and friends. Even had a picnic.

London

In London boy is it busy

June

Wet in June then

Music

I have to say that I have over the last few weeks been writing some new tunes or tracks. Some of them are i think very good, it you look on utube you will find them. I must state that I don't advertise the channel very much.

Weather

It's turned out warm and sunny which is a bit of a surprise.

Weekend

Clad that the weekend is nearly with us.

Ugh

Just feeling a bit ugh not sure why.

Wet

So it's the middle of June and I am sure it's wetter now than in April which is when it's supposed to be wet

New phone

Just a quick update on the new phone. It's working great I am happy that I got it

Usa and guns

Very sad the news in USA. Perhaps gun laws like that in UK and Canada are not a bad thing.

Music

Just listening to some of my own music on unused is it wrong to like your own music 

April Snow

So the other day it snowed here and in London I am not sure if this is unusual for it to snow at this time of year. The weather people have also said that it is going to get down to -1 tonight, really!

April weather

Wow its a bit cold. Should it be this cold in April?

New phone

So I have a new phone a Galaxy S7 edge and so far it has been very nice and it does seem to do everything I need it to do

Oh well

I have not had much to put on my blog, lots has happened but for some reason I just have not wanted to do a blog post.

Test video

[New broadcast]
You are invited to my broadcast. -
http://youtu.be/qtm0MQPubeo

New phone

So I have my new phone a Galaxy S7 edge so far it has been very nice to use and its a big change from the S4 that I had before.

New phone due

So my new personal phone is due today its a S7Edge will be fun to see how it works.

Cold

Cold is all i want to say.

Show Victoria

Went to see a musical at the Woking Victoria last night. The show I daw was Prisilla queen of the desert and i have to say the songs and coztumes were great. If you get chance have a look at it.

Cold again

So note to me cold yet again but at least the sunrise is now getting to be at a better time.

Cold

The weather people were right -3 last night which ftom 14 is a bit of a change.

Cold tonight?

So the weather people have said its going to be cold. Looking at the cloudless sky I think they maybe right.

Shopping

Shopping for shirts always fun

Cream tea

Having cream tea at Buxted Hotel East Sussex. Very nice it is too.

Golden Pride

Just a note to me that Golden Pride is nice to drink but not on an empty stomach.

Creme Egg

While in London yesterday and walking every where we also went to Greek Street in Soho where cadburys have a shop/store stelling Creme egg toastes line from the shop went round the block but we did get our toaste for 2 quid each all the money going to charity

The toastey eas nice but not something you would want to eat every day as its far to rich and full of stuff you shouldnt eat.

But as something to do in London fun and silly at the same time.

Sherlock Holmes

Yesterday while in London went yo the Sherlock Holmes musem. Sadly I have to say that it eas not what I was expecting and gelt ripped off at the cost of 25 quid a ticket to walk around 7 tooms od stuff from the 1900's.

Part of the problem is that it bills itself as a musem yet nothing is labled ehich is I think something that should have been done. To me it just feels like a way of making loafs of money for no real effort.

London

Went to London yesterday for 11 pounds on the train which as it eas a group save was I think cheap.

Leave

So I am having a couple of days at home looking forward to s 7am lie in.

Buds

Just noticed on an oak tree that I have just walked passed that the buds on it have started to swell, I asume its daylight or its getting warmer.

Cold

-2 today which was a bit of a surprise.

Donna

Donna on the Albert Embankment London Year Unknown  (Edit from 2022 its 1984!)

Donna

This image of Donna was taken in London on the Albert Embankment near Lambeth bridge.

Sadly I do not know when this picture was taken, I know that I took it as I had to travel up to London to meet Donna.

She looks a little sad?

Me in Sept 2022

I think I have found the year the picture was taken

Which is 1984!

This is so long ago, (looking back from 2022) the thing is that I remember taking the picture as we where on our way to Waterloo train station to catch a train back to Farnham. 

What I can not remember is, what I took the picture with!

I think it was a camera and not a phone were digital camera's at a price that I could afford back then,  I just don't know.

I still like this photo.

I may just edit and put up here a photo of Donna with a smile and see if it ruins the picture.

 

Lie in

I really wanted a lie in today.

Windows start up

Why does windows take so long to start?

If I changed my hd for a ssdhd would it be quicker?

Donna

Donna take in unknown year.



Just an image of Donna that I like. this was take sadly a few years ago, if I had known just how well this picture was going to come out I would have taken more, but sadly this is the only picture I took this day of Donna.

 I love the half sort of smile on her face. Yes it was raining when I took the picture.

Paddington bear

Just found this image of me and Paddington Bear in London by the Mansion House I think, not sure as its been some time since I had this picture taken.

No wind

So after all that wind yesterday today no wind just dull grey sky.

No wind

Finally the very strong winds have died down, the noise was getting to me.

Windy

Its still very windy outside as I write this. The weather people have said that the winds should die down by 8 pm, we shall have to wait and see.

Blood

So I have given blood for the 134th time!

Weather

So the weather is very windy just as they said it would be. 97 mph winds so far and this is in land.

Wating to give blood

So the long wait to give blood I dont know why, but this is the bit thst I dont like very much.I am not sure why I dont like the wait perhaps its the getting board while waiting or that I just want to get the donnation over with.

Blood

So today, all being well I shall be giving blood for the first time this year.

The maximum number of times that I can give is 4 times a year here in the UK..

Windy

Just very windy today, espically in land where I am.

Brighton

This is something i would like to see. But havr you seen just how much the car parking is in Brighton more or less the dame as London why?

Morning twiligjt

So morning twilight is always something nice to see and as the fays are getting longer at this time its something I do see while going to work.

Holiday

The fun of booking a hoilfay you need onr after booking one.

Shy

So one of the reasons that I have this blog is that I am and have always been shy, I do find it hard to talk to people who I don't know. This shyness has been part of me since as long as I can remember. I think I have got over some of my shyness because if I hadn't I would not be married and have a family.

One of the side effects of my shyness is that I have very few friends, which at times is sad for me as there are times when I would like to have the odd friend or two to talk to about anything as and when.

So I use this blog to jot down things that I might have said to a friend. Why not the wife I hear you ask?

Well not all the things that I am interested in are of interest to her and sometimes you need me time and I am not joined at the hip we are both are own people.

February weather

So the very strong winds of yesterday have finally gone which is good. I am so glad that the weather we are having is this and not the snow and stuff like that.

Nasa hd earth facing camera

So looking at the NASA HD Earth facing camera and the views of Earth are well wonderfull

Cctv

Watching a cctv broadcast of bognar regis not one person on the beach not even a dig walker.

Wet

So it's wet again not that is a surprise for the time of year 

Testing

This is a test of the new bloging app

Sunshine

So some actual sunshine 

How to make a Largerita ( Updated Layout)

My Largerita

This is a great summer drink (Yes, it's true that the United Kingdom does have summers, it's just they don't last long!) that with great food and friends is very nice, it is also a hot summers day drink and a hot summer is even better (But much much rarer here in the United Kingdom), and a BBQ is well even more better!

So to make my version of a Largerita you will need ( I did say to make my version of a Largerita! you may find others that have similar ideas, they are also worth having a go at, it may be, that one of the versions you find is just what you are looking for! and not my version, that is alright as different folks have different tastes so hopefully you will find a Largerita that tastes just right for you. )

So you need the following bits and pieces......

Bottle of Mexican Beer

(Sol) (330ml) make sure it's cold,(I said Cold, I do mean cold, not frozen but cold, got it?) if you have no Sol,(yes and I also do bad puns!) I have found that any 5% (Alc vol) bottled Larger works, but for some reason the less "sweet" ones work much better, your taste buds might have other ideas....(and if they do, give them a taking to!.....)( make sure the beer is cold, you will see a theme, about cold here....)

One shot of Tequila 

The best you have around, also without this ingredient you will not have a Largerita, and I mean the best you have, your Largerita will taste much better if you don't skimp on the quality of the ingredients.

Honest.....if you happen to have Patron Platinum, and who doesn't? then go for it. It really does make a big difference to the final drink, I should know as I have tried this drink with several different Tequila's and its sad to say that in the case of Tequila you get what you pay for, at least that's what my taste buds are telling me!

One shot of Triple Sec

(Any make seems to work at least for me, but please do note that different Triple Sec's do have different tastes,some are sweeter than others, as I said before, find the one that your taste buds like and also the one with the deep flavor that you like or your taste buds like.)

One shot of Lime Cordial

The higher the Lime content the better, here in the UK, I have found that Britvic and Rose Lime Cordial work well, for me that is (my taste buds again) your taste buds will have other ideas that is for sure, as it appears that when it comes to tart tastes, people really do have a big difference in how their taste buds perceive tart or sour tastes.

Fresh Lime Juice to taste 

Not really needed, but try it for the first glass or two, it's a real surprise, what a little fresh Lime juice can do to the taste of a drink.

Mix vigorously and serve with ice

Well don't ask me why, but do not leave this out, as it makes all the difference to the final drink you end up with in your hand, well to me it does...and I promise you, I have tried this recipe both ways and this is the best way (with Ice that is.....)

I have read somewhere that it deepens the taste, whatever that means!

All I know is that it really does change the drink into something-worth having on a hot day, with blue sky, your shades on and a BBQ near by

So there you have my version of a Largerita, which I have to say it always works well for me.

I suspect that the better the ingredients the better the end result, but then you know that don't you?

Also it's a bit like when baking, keep to the measures given, as it makes all the difference. (yes just a little bit over on just one of the items can change the whole nature and final taste of resulting drink) (I have warned you as I know from my own experience!    that it can make a great drink, complete crap!)

Have fun and let me know how you got on, and if you can remember what Larger, Lime cordial and Triple Sec and Tequila you used, let me know, so that I can try them out assuming I can get them in the UK that is.

Livebook

So as I said in another post my Livebook doesn't want to be seen by my computer but it is seen by my sons laptop the only strange or thing that is different is that the Livebook is plugged into the router while all the other Nas drives are plugged into the switch. So I have decided to buy a new switch which has more ports on it and see if having everything plugged into the the same switch will make a difference. Even if it doesn't I do need some spare ports.

Snow New York

So glad that I don't live in New York that amount of snow looks very dangerous, hopefully the people in charge will have a plan to cope with the snow.

Livebook

I have a Nas drive made by western digital called Livebook which is 3TB in size. The strange fault that I have with it is that I can access it from my iPad but not from the computer it does not show up on the network drive list. When I try to connect to it by using its IP address it still fails to see it.

The strange thing is that my son can see it as a network drive and access it on his laptop so go figure.

Very cold

So we have just had a cold snap -8 over night which I know is not cold for some parts of world. But the reason I live where I do is so that I don't have to suffer such cold temperatures.

Steak

Just cooked a steak at home and it was great got the timing just right 

Snow

So the weather people say we are due some cold weather perhaps even snow, if we are lucky it will just be cold but I think that else where they could get some.

Fog

The first fog of the year so far it's amazing just how little you can not see and how quick you forget this fact.

Cold

So its much colder today than yesterday which should not be a surprise as it is winter after all.

James Bond

So I happen to be watching an old James Bond film on the telly and I got to thinking just how much of the original film do we see on the tv as compared to what was released at the cinema?

Blog post last year

I see from looking at my blogger dashboard that last year i did only 88 posts. As I do the blog for me it doesn't matter how many posts I do a year as I only post something when I have something to say.

It will be interesting to see just how many times I do post in 2016.

Happy

So I have to report that I am still happy so far this year.

Cold

So it's much colder than last week in single figures would you believe when last week it was 15 centigrade.

Number one

So here goes with post number one, it will be interesting to see just how many times I manage to post in 2016 as compared to 2015.

Last day

So it's the last day of 2015, a lot of things have happened in this year some of them have not been very nice, the death of my mother being one of them.

Another thing that happened for a while was that I did not know if I was still in love with my wife, i know a strange thing to say here but for a while I didn't know what I wanted and that included my wife of 30 odd years.

The good news is that I do still love her so much but I have no idea how to tell her in a way that I have not already told her.

Last day of the year is always going to be a strange time of the year as you can look back and see what happened but can't change what happened but the good news is that most of what happened was good even if at times I felt that I was a passenger.

Weather

I am so lucky that I don't live near to a major river as the news from else where in the uk is very upsetting with all the flooding that is going on. Knowing that it will be a long time before the people effected will get their lives back to something like normal. I suspect that the insurance companies are going to do there bit to make life harder as well.

Rest day

So today is a rest day which is good the bad news is that I still had to get up early to make sure the wife went to work on time.

Roast Pork 2

Well I can say here that the rare breed pork was well worth the money and the time to cook it. If you get the chance then do have a go at trying it.

Roast pork

So today we are going to try a rare breed pork called gloster old spot it will be interesting to see if the rare breed pork tastes different to the standard pork you get in the shops.

Back from Calane

So the journey back from Calane took 1.5 hours which was not bad the gps sent us back on a different route to the route it sent us on on the way there.

Drinking

So it's Christmas night and I am having a beer that I have never had before called kill your darlings which is a Vienna style larger and I have to say that it is great.

Cooking

So as its a day off we normally have a roast dinner and today is no different in that we Are going to have roast gammon which is and has always been a favourite.

Happy Christmas

So it's the 25 December so it must be Christmas if you celebrate that kind of thing. For me it's a day off so that is always good.

Drink

Having a the bears from jig hug the beer is a bit strong for me as there appears to be a lot of hops which appears to overload the flavours for me.

Drink

Drinking fullers 1845 all i can say is wow.

This is not a session beer but something to be enjoyed with respect as it is a great beer with a strong taste.

Shoes

Why do women have so many shoes?

I don't know the answer to this question but I am sure that the answer if there is one is going to be good.

Time

Where does all the time go when you are on days off?

I mean I woke up at my usual time and decided to do some reading, the next thing I know it's 11.30 where has the time gone to?

Reading

I like to read this is something that I have always loved and it's something that I have always done. So it is always a pleasure when I get a book that is great to read the only problem with this is that I then find that other things that I should be doing are not being done and that can and does lead me in getting into trouble, but with a  good book the trouble caused is I think worth it. Most of the time the books I now read are on the iPad, which in one way is sad but it is easier to carry far more books than if they were paperbacks. 

One of the joys of reading is that you can sometimes find a new author and then find that they have written lots of books, so you know that your reading list is going to be full for the next few weeks as you read through the list.