The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski

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The Audio Blog of Steven Sirski episodes

September 24, 2021 SSAB - September 24 2021
Drilling drilling drilling! Why is there always a drill? // Chinese reading progress, but how is my pronunciation? // Hitting a wall with Python! Or is it too many carbs for breakfast because of the Pop Tarts? Change of weather? // Nesting dictionaries, function outputs, and recursion! // Started watching Silicon Valley, thinking back to 2014! // Tickets to Chengdu: fly or ride? Four hours by plane, 28 by the slow train. How committed am I? // End of week, have a good one! // stevensirski.com
16 min
September 23, 2021 SSAB - September 23 2021
More Chinese grammar practice! One, S V1 O VS T! Two, no 为! // Food battle in a comic book: to dip or not to dip. // Today's movie: 秋菊打官司, The Story of Qiuju. Words learned: 兽医，理，说法了，只准载货，笔〔筆〕代，调解，干部，新潮发屋（髮），差错，产科。 // Python Day 8 and 9: Hangman and nested lists. // Hope Thursday is good! // stevensirski.com
16 min
September 22, 2021 SSAB - September 22 2021
Tuna and pasta for dinner! Cheap! Easy! Quick! // Podcast Episode set up for this weekend! // Crushing Chinese studies early in the morning! Get it done! Put in the time! // Pythoning all day, Hangman, Ciphers, and more! // Hope Wednesday is good to you! // stevensirski.com
16 min
September 21, 2021 SSAB - September 21 2021
Officially Mid-Autumn! Got a good shot of the moon! // Moon cakes, anyone? // Nice day but stayed inside to study Python! Randomisation, loops, and FizzBuzz! // The difference between a programming language and a human language... // Continuing on with HSK 5 vocabulary building. If only I could do the same for the grammar structures! // Hope your Tuesday is going well! // stevensirski.com
16 min
September 21, 2021 SSAB - September 20, 2021
USA publishes lots of books about future tech, what about in China? // Red room with posters all around it outlining the duties of a good Party Member. What does it take to join the Party? Could that ever exist in Canada? //
Found a good podcast to listen to in Chinese, slow, relevant.
// Saturday was the air defense siren, could barely hear it. (Sound clip at end of Episode.) //
Tims changed the cream cheese they use. No good! Have a good start of week!
21 min
September 18, 2021 SSAB - FULL WEEK - Sept 13 - Sept 17, 2021
Sept 13, 2021 - Quiet weekend ends in musical madness! // Full lamb served at Western Mahua, a famous Xinjiang Muslim-style restaurant in Beijing! // Found chocolate Moon Cakes! // So ends the weekend! So begins another spin! Everyday is your birthday! // Hope your weekend was great! // stevensirski.com ... Sept 14, 2021 - Python in Blender? Game development? Unity and Unreal?! All free? A Chinese movie watch list! // Chinese movies: 周润发 / 天注定 / 南京！南京 / 孔雀 / 山河故人 / 万箭穿心 / 虎爸虎妈 / 可可西里 / 肖申克的救赎 / 鸟类迁徙 / 地久天长 / 千与千寻 / 李米的猜想 / 疯狂的石头 / 宁浩 / 你好李焕英 / 少年的你 / 无问西东 / 岁月神偷 / 盲山 // Have fun at work! // stevensirski.com ... Sept 15, 2021 - It's not an age thing, I'm just telling you you're old. - Thanks Steve! // Cyberdogs, Cyberhorses, what's next?? // Python not a bad choice to learn. // Why aren't more people here in China learning it? Am I in the midst of a career change and not even know it? // Makes me think of the BIG COMPANIES that have many divisions. Are we any different? // Tried some soundtracking, have a listen! // Happy Wednesday! Don't work too hard. And if you do, enjoy it! // stevensirski.com ... Sept 16, 2021 - 48 hours to make a game? Four days to learn Python? How long should we spend before actually doing something? // Looked into the Unity game development program, uses C#. How much of this do I need to learn? // Watched 可可西里 or Mountain Patrol this morning. Not the most uplifting movie but I still recommend it. About a Beijing reporter going to Tibet to follow a volunteer group of patrolmen who are trying to stop the antelope poaching going on in the mountains. Survival rate of the group? Well, it is based on a true story. Words learned: 唵嘛呢叭咪吽, 保重, 枪手, 产羔, 上缴, 违法, 抓, 跟上, 脚印. // Have a great Thursday! // stevensirski.com ... Sept 17, 2021 - No language studies done today. // Last day of work for A MONTH! // Workout partner for today, and I'm asked why I study so much! Part of it was due to my upbringing. // A lot of plans for the next month, how many will get done? // Sound clip: The sound of evening falling in Beijing. // Have a great weekend! // stevensirski.com
56 min
September 17, 2021 SSAB - September 17 2021
No language studies done today. // Last day of work for A MONTH! // Workout partner for today, and I'm asked why I study so much! Part of it was due to my upbringing. // A lot of plans for the next month, how many will get done? // Sound clip: The sound of evening falling in Beijing. // Have a great weekend! // stevensirski.com
17 min
September 16, 2021 SSAB - September 16 2021
48 hours to make a game? Four days to learn Python? How long should we spend before actually doing something? // Looked into the Unity game development program, uses C#. How much of this do I need to learn? // Watched 可可西里 or Mountain Patrol this morning. Not the most uplifting movie but I still recommend it. About a Beijing reporter going to Tibet to follow a volunteer group of patrolmen who are trying to stop the antelope poaching going on in the mountains. Survival rate of the group? Well, it is based on a true story. Words learned: 唵嘛呢叭咪吽, 保重, 枪手, 产羔, 上缴, 违法, 抓, 跟上, 脚印. // Have a great Thursday! // stevensirski.com
16 min
September 15, 2021 SSAB - September 15, 2021
It's not an age thing, I'm just telling you you're old. - Thanks Steve! // Cyberdogs, Cyberhorses, what's next?? // Python not a bad choice to learn. // Why aren't more people here in China learning it? Am I in the midst of a career change and not even know it? // Makes me think of the BIG COMPANIES that have many divisions. Are we any different? // Tried some soundtracking, have a listen! // Happy Wednesday! Don't work too hard. And if you do, enjoy it! // stevensirski.com
16 min
September 14, 2021 SSAB - September 14 2021
Python in Blender?
Game development?
Unity and Unreal?!
All free?
A Chinese movie watch list! // Chinese movies: 周润发 / 天注定 / 南京！南京 / 孔雀 / 山河故人 / 万箭穿心 / 虎爸虎妈 / 可可西里 / 肖申克的救赎 / 鸟类迁徙 / 地久天长 / 千与千寻 / 李米的猜想 / 疯狂的石头 / 宁浩 / 你好李焕英 / 少年的你 / 无问西东 / 岁月神偷 / 盲山 // Have fun at work! // stevensirski.com
14 min