Walking with the White Squirrels from September 2009.

Hopefully the reprocessed audio is better than it was. Sorry about the last episode's audio being low. Won't happen again :)

Just playing with a few new toys here.

Don't mind me :)

I spent some time in the woods and recorded a bit about cutting the cable at the house for TV.

I put up a new antenna and now can get **some** local TV and it's just enough :)

It's been very rainy here in Traverse City lately. Lake Michigan is at a high water level which makes my basement into a bit of a swamp.

It's a cycle and it will go back down I'm sure. Lets hope for a hot and dry summer up here!

This needs to be said again.

Should I buy a NEW car or an old truck?

Old trucks (and cars) are simple, analog, easy to work on and troubleshoot. New cars are full of crap like "Body Control Modules" and "Anti-lock brake controllers" Shit that cost a ton of money to do something that is mostly un-needed.

I'm toying with the idea of getting a Classic daily-driver from the 60's or 70's. For the most part, I don't drive a lot. If I buy an old truck, in 10 years, I will still have an "old truck". Might even be worth more than I pay for it or not, but it won't be 10's of thousands of dollars less because it's a new-fangled car that looses money by the second.

A short update on traveling and the spring thaw around here.

 

Stay tuned to the end to hear how the Bearded Lady Died (Andre Villoch)

Hello from the Snowy white north!

Apple caused a panic in the Podcasting world this week and caused my week to be a bit weird.  I update you on what was going on and a bit about the weather (of course)

I will be in Orlando Florida and points south next week.  Maybe have an episode or two from the road.  Stay tuned!  I will be speaking at Podfest on Saturday.

Find everything I do in Podcasting over at MikeDell.com

I talk about an experiment I'm doing with another podcast service. Anchor.fm

See: https://anchor.fm/viewfromthenorth for this experiment.

Also found in all the podcast platforms.

Also, talk about my travel for the next few months.

Recorded in Columbus Ohio after an Adventure in Flying in the winter. I spent 24+ hours at Detroit airport due to weather. It was an experiment in flying to the office in Columbus instead of driving. Result: Driving 6.5 hours. Flying 28 hours. PLUS if the weather sucks while driving I can always pull over. OR not go. Flying, you are kind of stuck. The lesson, DRIVE.

Posting this just before heading to the airport to head home. Hopefully, I will get home more or less on time.