Patreon Update - VIDEO odd-cast March 2023

1h02 auto-translations don't really work on Android. or, they do, but selection of languages is much, much smaller than on desktop...

Is the cat named Techmeow?

The "try and sort it out" about the cat sounded a bit ominous. I'll just have a look for the "No cats were harmed/murdered in the making of this video"... ;) Thanks for the video and catch-up.

Yes, I made it to the end, Mat. "Drivel" from you is always entertaining. It's like having a friend drop in for tea and a chat. You mentioned the Adobe AI voice thingy. I'll look a that, but it reminded me of a hardware unit I used about 20 years ago. I found a demo online; this might interest you as the Adobe AI Voice Enhancer is probably trying to do in software what this did in hardware - 4 minute video https://youtu.be/Albkn_fWrcs Glad the medical trial seems to be working out; I hope that continues. Cheers, SB.

I actually give this my full attention when I'm eating breakfast on a Sunday. Background noise is live streams like Kitboga or Louis Rossmann :)

Yeah, I also watch them on 1x speed. I really quite enjoy them always! Don’t know why! Cats do really liven up your life don’t they? My cat looks a bit like it (her name is Gothie). I also watch the channel for the small car reviews. I like fast cars, but small ones. Up to VW Polo size is more than enough for me! Interesting idea on how to translate channels though. I watch videos in Dutch, German and English as I’m fine with those, but Spanish is always a bit fast for me (just like French). Thanks for that!

Thank you for answering the question about items we find online! Being a cat person, I hope to see the new guest speaker again in your videos :-) I'm happy you made it into the trial and I hope things will get better and better!

Something you immediately notice about the UK when you come from the continent is how cramped the towns are. It surprises me that over there everybody should want a large car.

Finally getting around to finishing this. For the record, I watch these at 1.0x. Yes, 1.0. I enjoy my one-way "Chats with Mat". :-) "Small car, small profit" is something that, I think, comes from the US car industry of the 1970s. GM/Ford/Chrysler struggled with designing and building small cars with an entire system, top to bottom, set up to build and sell Big cars at Big profit. And even though they finally figured out how to make smaller cars (I don't mean the Chevette or the Pinto) they never lost that mindset. Speaking of Muskmobiles and their issues, do you have the concept of "gross vehicle weight rating" (GVWR) in the UK? It's the weight of a vehicle when carrying the max specified load in the cargo areas, the max specified number of passengers, a full tank of fuel, etc. Bridges and urban streets in some jurisdictions are limited to vehicles of a certain GVWR ... which, thanks to Tesla's many, many-celled battery exceeds the limit for many urban streets. Cities often use this as a way to ban trucks by using Max GVWR ... and apparently several Teslas exceed the limits.

Late to the party, but as soon as you showed the Itsu pot, I thought "He's not gonna like those!"

I don't suppose that you could do an ironic thumbnail with all the annoying things you describe about them? 🤣

fighting insomnia and jazzed to listen. thanks for keeping me company. :)

Why is it that I'm always really looking forward to these videos? It's funny that..

I'm making a mental list, Mat: next update, 1. Cat's name; 2. Working at HMV; 3. Cheetah(sp?) the Chimp painting; 4. Your prior pets, maybe? 5. Something else that's just out of reach from my Friday brain capabilities; 6. Your usual

I was going to ask Mat if his Sanyo Briefcase Stereo had FM Stereo. I have posted pictures of the mysterious Sanyo Stereocast adapter in community.

I’ve had five items shipped to me in the UK from the US since the end of Dec 22, no issues at all

I heard 2 pops in the broadcast, but it didn't really make any difference, and you could easily have edited them out if it was a regular video. That's unnerving to hear about people getting lawsuits threatened for reviews. Hopefully it's just all talk and no briefs (haw, haw) but still, surely a review can't be considered libel? As for small cars, no issue with them, but I have a mid-sized car (A3) and my sister an Aygo, and the only real difference is I don't have to take a run-up for gradients on the dual/motorways or have to drop down a couple gears if someone pulls out in front of you on an incline. But then we live rurally, so not an ideal city/urban car location. I did enjoy the section about the DJs in the comments section. I do love YouTube, but I often wonder about many commenters, it seems like they hear something they disagree with and instead of listening to the full video in case this issue is answered, they immediately start furiously typing.

CAT!

Fine microphone Matt. Great update. I feel your pain re; no taste, Had that after Covid. Thanks for some great videos!

Someone’s probably already linked this, but you can get plenty of those old capture devices. Elgato has moved into this form factor for instance: https://bit.ly/3ZV8sTX :)

Sorry about Itsu/ happy you tried - hadn’t considered the lack of smell/ taste. Definitely not punchy.

Love looking at the comment section on Patreon, but can not cope with the anger filled tripe on YouTube. I absolutely love Matts take on everything old and new. Just saying.

Matt v Comment section, is a thing of Joy to hear and watch 🤣

The 5 metre limit is likely only enforced against a particular group that travels in large vehicles that they don’t want to mention by name.

Seeing Mat interact with a cat is genuinely heartwarming. I always assumed Mat wasn't a cat person.

Talking about small cars. I drive a Mini Cooper convertible. I loved smaller sized but well equipped and powerful and fun cars for my whole live because you often get better handling and simply a more fun driving experience for the money. As you know, a Mini is not a cheap car. It is a choice. Talking to my american friends about smaller cars I always feel like being Michael Douglas in the car scene of War of the Roses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXskW2VvfC0

When you think these videos could not get better, we are introduced to the deaf, arthritic and lonely cat,.Mat please keep doing these videos, I enjoy them a great deal. Thank you and good news the medical trial is showing some positive results.

BTW, if anyone is interested in obtaining the highly desirable ☺️ AM/FM headset worn by Stache, it's a Sears 22572 (57-R-22572) AM-FM-FM Stereo Headphone Radio circa 1976. https://ibb.co/25wsDCT Here's the only one I found on eBay U.S. - a well-used and fully-soiled specimen: https://www.ebay.com/itm/304476129558

I bet I'm not the first one, but it still gives me a thrill to have identified the mystery movie:"Sherlock Holmes in New York" made for television in 1976. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075208/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_in_New_York

On the topic of Interesting Things in Cases, I came across my own Interesting Thing in a Case last week. I volunteer with an electronics thrift store/recycler (Free Geek Twin Cities in Minnesota) and the day after you posted your Sanyo video, we were donated a briefcase-looking thing which turned out to be a really beefy elementary school-issue cassette recorder from either the late 60s or early 70s. I was telling the other folks there about your video and we briefly considered contacting you about it, but it was in pretty poor condition so we figured it probably wasn't interesting enough to justify the hassle of trying to get it to you. Sounds like from your recent shipping experiences, we were (unfortunately) probably right.

For some reason, I enjoy the fact that you're bringing a touchstone from traditional 9-to-5 office work into your work-from-home job: your lunch is instant noodles, something easy to heat up in a breakroom kitchen. It must be tempting to leave anonymous little passive-aggressive notes to yourself on the door to the fridge or microwave about dirty mugs or missing lunch containers that were ***VERY CLEARLY LABELED*** WITH A NAME AND EVERYTHING. (It's similar to a recent realization that struck me as I prepared dinner using my Instant Pot, my sous vide, and my countertop oven. I'm decades out of college, and yet I still do most of my cooking with appliances that I can hide if I hear the dorm RA coming down the hall.)

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Ahh, it's like sitting down with a good friend and having a chat. Thanks Matt

Try not to worry about the naysayers, you're where you are now because of your honesty and talking about what interests you! It's appreciated by the vast majority 😊

The Coturn people do respond but it can take up to a week between messages. They initially sent a reset suggestion which didn't work and then had me send it back for repairs. I did all that last Saturday so fingers crossed they can fix/replace it and I can enjoy the unit...eventually. Meow.

I enjoyed the bird feeder video, and was able to show my wife (who could care less about regular old tech vids). Loved the sweet deaf cat videobomb.

Ha! Boy oh boy, people in the 70s sure weren't afraid to go out looking like complete idiots! (slides Meta Quest VR headset back over eyes, adjusts volume on huge noise-cancelling headphones, settles back into airline seat to watch rest of video)

Finally watched fully. • Cat is a beauty; it's a 'tuxedo' variety, methinks. It's very sweet that you've taken it in despite the arthritis, deafness, and loneliness 🥹. Cat thinks at 52:28 "I'll do anything you want if we can birdwatch later. Or let me jump onto some of your shiny gadgets." • I immediately noticed that painting at the beginning of the noodles clip, and thought to myself 'you must have redecorated. Mirror is still there, though.' Why I notice these things I do not know. • Nobody cares, but of all the cars I've ever had my favorite was the small(er) 1980 Pontiac Phoenix hatchback. Second favorite, 1985 Dodge Charger hatchback. New cars, though more reliable, are completely boring. • Dawn was the lady who solved your earlier movie question. • Items for sale in the U.S. ... like laser turntable prototypes that sell for insane prices (damn it) and may fall apart on transit anyway. • I gave up trying to eat healthier with blandness, life is too short to avoid food that tastes good. I'll die happy to have enjoyed it. • Your commentary of drivers/cars through dashcam videos really entertain me. Your countryside and villages are much more picturesque than my neck of the woods, as well. But we both have plenty of cornfields.

I’m definitely picturing a one way conversation between the complaining puppet and the deaf cat.

Would love to hear the story behind the Cheeta the chimp painting!

Regarding the lenses, I have very good experiences with vintage 50s on close ups. Those manual lenses are great and you can find easily some close. Focusing ones (under 30 cm) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci12K-xN8ZG/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Of course vintage macros are there and not only a great value for money but they do get the job done I do have the plan to photograph some hi fi internals with some konica and minolta... But I cannot set a studio at home with two small kids at the moment

Where can I get those beautiful headphones each bigger than my head?? What's the maker?

When I get a hire car I almost always pick the smallest for ease of parking (but also because I'm naturally tight!). I don't understand why you'd want a larger car. The Tesla Model X was designed for the US market first and foremost, where length doesn't matter. Length of parking bays are probably specified in feet, hence the 5 metre barrier not being something they'd think about.

Mat two comments: 1 I nearly choked on my chocolate digestive biscuit I get 10 megs download speed not 450. 2 The cat is cute looking.

Those DJI mics don't sound great. I saw another Youtube channel the other day and they had that model too, and they sounded very distorted. Can you tell me what you use for your main YouTube video camera, it has a nice clear picture.

"I have nothing interesting to say" then proceeds to put out an hour and a half long video 😄 Always nice to have these updates and just hear a bit more of the "behind the scenes". Try not to worry about people moaning in the comments - can't please everyone and lots of people are just silly. All the best with your hospital appointments!

Are you having a lav with that mic?

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I love these updates so much :D The Digital Darkage is definitely a thing - and with junk like Discord it'll be so much epically worse.

Hearing about EORI, Commodity Code and Customs just reminds me of work!! I work as an Export Publishing Salesman and that’s all we hear all day haha. EORI is a nightmare, especially with DHL. With our 3rd party books we always have to include the commodity code and brick code to make sure it gets through customs. Honestly, all such a nightmare 😂

Check out stackry.com to have US items shipped on to you. I used them recently to replace a power supply board on a Sony Broadcast Oled monitor and Sony USA refused to ship to UK. (Same item was 3x the price from Sony Europe) Stakry worked perfectly and their fee was very reasonable.

Fingers crossed now for cat gadget reviews! I’ve thought about getting those trackers to see where my cars go, and a smart cat flap that has a camera and doesn’t let them in if they have a bird/mouse in their mouth but I assume it wouldn’t work as well as I want…..

Thank you for taking in the cat. I hope it doesn't affect your breathing issues. And, of course, the cat thinks it is the center of the universe... because it is. Oh, and yours is the only chimp painting I've ever seen. Kind of figured there would be a story behind it.

I think the views on the Bird Buddy video are all from cats and they've all thought "Hmm. There'll be prey here if he's encouraging them." Watch out for a feline influx soon.

Love the new feline addition!

While I remember as I understand it briefcases are the, usually leather, ones that open at the top and attache cases are the ones, like this, which are solid and hinge open like a suitcase. I always wanted an attache case as a kid but only had a briefcase.

Ha, its interesting you mention about your router issue and solution. I've done exactly the same thing, for exactly the same reason. I noticed my connection slowing down after a few days. I tried all sorts of different things, but the one thing that worked was to turn it off, and back on again (its a Apple router). So i purchased a simple timer to do the job at 3am each day ! Problem solved. Its being doing this for over 3 years now ....

Interesting... are there Lav mics that have thicker wire/shielding from interference? I've never had to look for one.

Dang, my lunch is only 45 min. Gonna start video anyway. For now, so excited because my Sound Burger shipped today! https://ibb.co/Fqfg3V4 By the way, 1970's - 80's headphone box models are odd ducks, aren't they?

FWIW, as far as shorts go, I put a plugin into my browser that removes shorts from my youtube video list. I never watch them, and the vertical format pisses me off.

>Something to block out the voices in your head My friend, that is what you have been for 5 years. It just so happens your voice is very similar to my head voice, at least in regards to interests, except it doesn't bring up the times I didn't tell my dad I loved him when I had the chance or that time I told the person at the box office "you too" when she told me to enjoy the movie in 2004, or indeed the many years I lived in Luxembourg and had been pronouncing all the French words wrong because I only speak German and English and didn't find out until 3 years ago when I dated a French girl.

You are one of the voices in my head! 😟