Setup looks good, sounds pretty good (you already mentioned that its slightly low), and the background is perfectly good as-is, I think! And I didn't really notice any sync issue myself. I guess you could experiment with having the webcam a bit higher up to see how that changes things; you might find it more flattering.
I've just gotten started on Ishiguro with Remains of the Day (great) and Klara and the Sun (best literary evocation of a non-human intelligence that I've yet read, but the huge anachronisms played havoc with my suspension of disbelief; I guess you don't get edited much once you've won the Nobel Prize). I had Never Let Me Go spoiled, and then saw the movie (OK), so I'll likely skip that one. The plot summary of Buried Giant didn't send me rushing to the bookstore, but if you say it's great, then it will be next on my list!
Daaaang look at those beautiful blue eyes! So much better.
Raise that webcam a foot and have it pointing slightly downwards. Everyone looks better that way. Don't cut off the top of your head. Careful knocking the desk, it really gets picked up and is pretty loud when listening with headphones. Looks and sounds great otherwise.
Huh lol, I just came across that Jacobin piece earlier this week. Definitely worthy of being highlighted like this, I sent it to a couple friends after reading it. One of the better articulations of a deep skepticism towards military interventions, one I have long shared. So yes, it was preaching to the choir, but I had actually been pulled a bit in the other direction over the last couple years, or rather towards greater uncertainty about the whole thing... And this article made a very good case and reignited my anti-interventionist passion.
Your Jacobin essay was powerful and sadly still necessary. I wish we Americans could have the humility to admit to ourselves that since WW2 our overseas interventions have never made things better and often make them worse. The sole possible exception to this history, the war in Bosnia, was distinguished by an extremely limited scope and international cooperation, rather than us just indiscriminately bombing or inflicting drone strikes. Thank you for taking on the Samantha Powerses of the world and arguing forcefully and effectively that those of us who oppose war—yes, even for oxymoronic “humanitarian” purposes—do so because we look at history and know we would make things worse.
RE Your column on Libya, funny timing. I'm in the middle of Obama's memoir right now and just finished the section on Libyan intervention. About half his team was calling for American intervention to save lives, and the other half was calling for restraint and pointing out that there was no guarantee that whoever replaced Gaddafi wouldn't be worse. Interestingly Biden is portrayed as one of the voices calling for restraint. Obama spends pages and pages going over the pros and cons of military intervention. What a gut-wrenching decision.
Freddie, I just noticed that every post has a little heart at the top. Does "liking" your posts do anything or do you only look at click-throughs/readership numbers?
Setup looks good, sounds pretty good (you already mentioned that its slightly low), and the background is perfectly good as-is, I think! And I didn't really notice any sync issue myself. I guess you could experiment with having the webcam a bit higher up to see how that changes things; you might find it more flattering.
Your next step will be makeup videos on YouTube but be warned there’s lots of drama in the beauty community. ;)
I personally like the “normal” unproduced backdrops.
Also The Buried Giant was remarkable. I found myself thinking “…huh?” a bunch of times yet somehow it all made perfect emotional sense.
I've just gotten started on Ishiguro with Remains of the Day (great) and Klara and the Sun (best literary evocation of a non-human intelligence that I've yet read, but the huge anachronisms played havoc with my suspension of disbelief; I guess you don't get edited much once you've won the Nobel Prize). I had Never Let Me Go spoiled, and then saw the movie (OK), so I'll likely skip that one. The plot summary of Buried Giant didn't send me rushing to the bookstore, but if you say it's great, then it will be next on my list!
Daaaang look at those beautiful blue eyes! So much better.
Raise that webcam a foot and have it pointing slightly downwards. Everyone looks better that way. Don't cut off the top of your head. Careful knocking the desk, it really gets picked up and is pretty loud when listening with headphones. Looks and sounds great otherwise.
I'm stealing the line "Good intentions don't ensure good outcomes. They never have".
Huh lol, I just came across that Jacobin piece earlier this week. Definitely worthy of being highlighted like this, I sent it to a couple friends after reading it. One of the better articulations of a deep skepticism towards military interventions, one I have long shared. So yes, it was preaching to the choir, but I had actually been pulled a bit in the other direction over the last couple years, or rather towards greater uncertainty about the whole thing... And this article made a very good case and reignited my anti-interventionist passion.
Your Jacobin essay was powerful and sadly still necessary. I wish we Americans could have the humility to admit to ourselves that since WW2 our overseas interventions have never made things better and often make them worse. The sole possible exception to this history, the war in Bosnia, was distinguished by an extremely limited scope and international cooperation, rather than us just indiscriminately bombing or inflicting drone strikes. Thank you for taking on the Samantha Powerses of the world and arguing forcefully and effectively that those of us who oppose war—yes, even for oxymoronic “humanitarian” purposes—do so because we look at history and know we would make things worse.
RE Your column on Libya, funny timing. I'm in the middle of Obama's memoir right now and just finished the section on Libyan intervention. About half his team was calling for American intervention to save lives, and the other half was calling for restraint and pointing out that there was no guarantee that whoever replaced Gaddafi wouldn't be worse. Interestingly Biden is portrayed as one of the voices calling for restraint. Obama spends pages and pages going over the pros and cons of military intervention. What a gut-wrenching decision.
Freddie, I just noticed that every post has a little heart at the top. Does "liking" your posts do anything or do you only look at click-throughs/readership numbers?
I like the Capeside frame behind you. I prefer natural backdrop to a contrived one. Please don’t change the setting or background.