1 00:00:00,545 --> 00:00:03,555 Mike Dell's World number 3 96 for 2 00:00:03,795 --> 00:00:06,435 November 9th, 2023. 3 00:00:06,955 --> 00:00:07,788 I. 4 00:00:34,735 --> 00:00:35,568 Ah, there it is. 5 00:00:36,925 --> 00:00:41,025 And so how terrible was that episode yesterday? ? 6 00:00:42,805 --> 00:00:47,065 I'm gonna call that the, uh, world's worst podcast, or at least my world, 7 00:00:47,325 --> 00:00:51,385 my world's worst podcast. Yeah, 8 00:00:51,385 --> 00:00:55,465 that was all done with ai, 100%. 9 00:00:55,725 --> 00:01:00,385 The only thing that I did was publish it on my WordPress site, uh, 10 00:01:00,385 --> 00:01:04,305 which put it out to the podcast world. But I had, uh, 11 00:01:04,305 --> 00:01:07,585 I'll tell you how I did it. Uh, first I had chat, 12 00:01:07,785 --> 00:01:12,145 GBT write me a script about AI and podcasting, 13 00:01:13,005 --> 00:01:17,665 and I edited the script a little bit to get rid of some of the extraneous 14 00:01:17,735 --> 00:01:18,985 crap that it put in there. 15 00:01:19,605 --> 00:01:24,305 And then I went to de Script and I trained de Script to use my voice. 16 00:01:25,595 --> 00:01:28,285 That did sound like me, but it wasn't me. 17 00:01:28,765 --> 00:01:32,885 didn't sound like me normally had, uh, you know, 18 00:01:32,985 --> 00:01:37,245 no soul or something. I don't know. It was weird, but it, uh, 19 00:01:37,545 --> 00:01:41,245 it did a pretty good job of pronouncing everything and it sort of sounded like 20 00:01:41,245 --> 00:01:46,085 me, at least my voice. But, uh, yeah, wow. It was crazy. But, uh, 21 00:01:46,085 --> 00:01:49,525 anyway, I trained a script to, uh, use my voice, 22 00:01:50,025 --> 00:01:54,965 and then I fed that script into it, recorded it. Then I, 23 00:01:54,985 --> 00:01:59,845 uh, told chat GBT to, uh, make me some, uh, 24 00:01:59,955 --> 00:02:02,805 artwork for it. And voila, 25 00:02:03,435 --> 00:02:07,365 there's the podcast episode. I told him to make a 10 minute episode, 26 00:02:07,465 --> 00:02:10,565 and mercifully, it was, what, three or four minutes? 27 00:02:11,355 --> 00:02:16,245 Something like that. But yeah, it was hard to listen to. Uh, 28 00:02:17,185 --> 00:02:20,405 so I don't think, at least the, the process I used, 29 00:02:20,845 --> 00:02:25,525 I don't think that's ready for, for prime time. Uh, but, uh, 30 00:02:25,525 --> 00:02:27,685 some of those tools are getting pretty cool. The, 31 00:02:27,785 --> 00:02:30,685 the episode artwork that I've been doing, this whole, uh, 32 00:02:31,155 --> 00:02:34,765 stretch of nap pod Pomo has been AI generated, 33 00:02:34,825 --> 00:02:39,565 but some of 'em I had to do about six tries at before it made one that was worth 34 00:02:39,565 --> 00:02:42,085 it. And it doesn't spell worth a crap. 35 00:02:43,305 --> 00:02:47,685 That's one of the bad things about, uh, image generation. 36 00:02:48,345 --> 00:02:53,325 Uh, if you have any text in that image, it just doesn't do it. But, uh, 37 00:02:53,385 --> 00:02:57,005 it does make some pretty interesting artwork. If you haven't seen the artwork, 38 00:02:57,635 --> 00:03:00,165 well, you should get a different podcast app, . 39 00:03:00,865 --> 00:03:05,405 And speaking of podcast app, thanks for, uh, those of you that, that, uh, 40 00:03:05,765 --> 00:03:10,615 answered my question about what podcast app you're using. Uh, 41 00:03:10,975 --> 00:03:14,655 I switched to Podcast Guru for a little bit, and then, uh, 42 00:03:14,935 --> 00:03:18,135 I found one that I like a little better. Uh, 43 00:03:19,165 --> 00:03:21,295 what is it called now? Castomatic. 44 00:03:22,075 --> 00:03:26,295 So that's the current one that I'm using in place of Overcast, 45 00:03:26,685 --> 00:03:31,575 because it has the same features as Overcast and it adds a few 46 00:03:31,575 --> 00:03:35,655 other features such as value for value and, and that kind of thing. 47 00:03:36,835 --> 00:03:39,255 And, uh, I still use, uh, 48 00:03:40,845 --> 00:03:43,505 pod verse and whatnot for 49 00:03:45,325 --> 00:03:49,945 the live stuff. 'cause Castomatic doesn't have the live in it. You know, 50 00:03:49,945 --> 00:03:53,345 I listen to a couple of shows that go live and, uh, 51 00:03:53,345 --> 00:03:57,905 you can listen to those right in your app rather than have to go to wherever 52 00:03:57,905 --> 00:04:01,185 they're live streaming. So it makes it pretty convenient. 53 00:04:02,045 --> 00:04:04,145 So I've been playing with Castomatic and, 54 00:04:04,205 --> 00:04:08,865 and kind of switched over to it from Overcast, and so far, so good. We'll, 55 00:04:09,375 --> 00:04:13,825 I'll continue to report on that. But, uh, yeah, 56 00:04:13,825 --> 00:04:15,505 otherwise everything's going good here. 57 00:04:15,515 --> 00:04:17,465 Still recovering from the shoulder surgery, 58 00:04:17,575 --> 00:04:21,585 that'll be an ongoing thing for the next, you know, couple months. 59 00:04:22,565 --> 00:04:23,125 But, uh, 60 00:04:23,125 --> 00:04:27,945 I'm getting to the point now where I'm doing physical therapy home version. 61 00:04:28,845 --> 00:04:30,345 Uh, they gave me, uh, uh, 62 00:04:30,485 --> 00:04:35,305 sheets of exercises to do all passive range of motion type 63 00:04:35,315 --> 00:04:38,425 stuff. So no, uh, physical, you know, 64 00:04:38,445 --> 00:04:42,785 I'm not moving the shoulder with my shoulder muscles and, 65 00:04:42,805 --> 00:04:47,545 and whatnot. Uh, it's all, uh, passive using my other hand, 66 00:04:47,645 --> 00:04:49,425 or in this case, a, 67 00:04:49,585 --> 00:04:54,265 a golf club to do range of motion for external rotation. 68 00:04:55,405 --> 00:04:59,345 But, uh, it's, it's still a little sore, but uh, it's getting there. 69 00:04:59,525 --> 00:05:03,985 The range of motion is, it's okay. Uh, 70 00:05:04,155 --> 00:05:07,225 it'll get better after I lose the sling here in another month, 71 00:05:08,645 --> 00:05:13,645 and then I can do a regular physical therapy with 72 00:05:13,725 --> 00:05:17,805 a therapist and get a range of motion back and, 73 00:05:18,705 --> 00:05:23,405 and, uh, strength back and all that. So, uh, yeah, it's doing, 74 00:05:23,505 --> 00:05:24,685 uh, doing quite well. 75 00:05:25,865 --> 00:05:30,485 My doctor told me I couldn't drive for the whole time, the whole six weeks, 76 00:05:30,615 --> 00:05:33,445 which is horse crap. Uh, 77 00:05:33,475 --> 00:05:38,125 I've watched a whole bunch of different physical therapists and doctors on, uh, 78 00:05:39,045 --> 00:05:42,245 YouTube and all of them say, well, 79 00:05:42,245 --> 00:05:47,005 once you're off the narcotics and as long as your vehicle is, uh, 80 00:05:48,225 --> 00:05:52,015 compatible with, uh, driving one handed, then you're good. 81 00:05:52,355 --> 00:05:55,175 So I can't drive my Toyota Corolla with a stick shift, 82 00:05:55,195 --> 00:05:59,525 but I could drive my Chevy pickup truck. I haven't been doing a lot of driving, 83 00:05:59,665 --> 00:06:03,905 but I've done some just a little bit. Uh, 84 00:06:04,245 --> 00:06:08,185 but for the most part, I'm just taking it easy. Uh, 85 00:06:08,185 --> 00:06:12,025 just had to hire someone to take care of the leaves in the yard. Uh, 86 00:06:12,365 --> 00:06:14,105 you got done with it here a little while ago, 87 00:06:14,105 --> 00:06:19,025 otherwise I would've recorded earlier. But, uh, all the machinery was running, 88 00:06:20,485 --> 00:06:24,905 so I got that done or got, you know, use, used my checkbook to, uh, 89 00:06:24,935 --> 00:06:26,865 rake the leaves rather than my, uh, 90 00:06:28,365 --> 00:06:33,065 body sometimes the most powerful tool in the 91 00:06:33,095 --> 00:06:37,795 toolbox is the checkbook. Uh, it's my wife's birthday today. 92 00:06:38,485 --> 00:06:43,195 She's now the same age as I am, which I won't tell, but, uh, 93 00:06:43,415 --> 00:06:47,195 at least for a couple of months till I bump up another notch in January. 94 00:06:48,695 --> 00:06:52,475 Uh, uh, we're having a, 95 00:06:52,635 --> 00:06:56,035 a party get together this weekend, uh, 96 00:06:56,725 --> 00:07:00,715 which is kind of okay, but, uh, what's weird is that we did it, 97 00:07:00,725 --> 00:07:03,435 we're doing it on Saturday at three o'clock, 98 00:07:04,525 --> 00:07:08,785 and I just got a notice from the power company yesterday morning that said, oh, 99 00:07:08,845 --> 00:07:13,785 hey, we're gonna have a planned outage from 8:00 AM until 2:00 PM on Saturday. 100 00:07:15,285 --> 00:07:19,305 So not only is it gonna get cold here or cold in here, 101 00:07:19,885 --> 00:07:23,145 I'm gonna bump up the, the heat a little bit, uh, 102 00:07:23,205 --> 00:07:26,385 before that happens so that it'll retain a little more heat. 103 00:07:28,045 --> 00:07:31,745 And so, yeah, so we get to, uh, 104 00:07:32,675 --> 00:07:35,705 party plan in the dark. We're with no power, 105 00:07:37,035 --> 00:07:40,935 so that'll be not fun, but, oh, well, stuff happens. 106 00:07:41,705 --> 00:07:45,455 Gotta make sure the phones and iPads and laptops are all, uh, 107 00:07:46,285 --> 00:07:49,855 charged up, I guess if we want internet access, 108 00:07:50,255 --> 00:07:52,295 I don't suppose I need that, 109 00:07:53,275 --> 00:07:57,935 and we just load up my podcasts and call it good. So, 110 00:07:58,075 --> 00:07:58,615 uh, 111 00:07:58,615 --> 00:08:02,775 Saturday's episode ought to be interesting to record because I'm gonna have to 112 00:08:02,775 --> 00:08:06,415 do it either early in the morning or after the party. 113 00:08:07,515 --> 00:08:10,495 So I don't know, maybe I'll record ahead. 114 00:08:10,735 --> 00:08:12,655 I do that some from time to time as well, 115 00:08:12,795 --> 00:08:17,775 so maybe I'll record two tomorrow and meter them out. But, 116 00:08:17,835 --> 00:08:22,055 but anyway, rather than just going on and on, I'll cut this one off. And, uh, 117 00:08:22,395 --> 00:08:27,095 thanks for listening and continue to listen to Mike 118 00:08:27,555 --> 00:08:32,495 Dell's world here. And again, if you wanna try one of the new podcast apps, 119 00:08:32,675 --> 00:08:37,215 go over to podcast apps.com or new podcast apps.com, 120 00:08:37,955 --> 00:08:41,775 or you can go to, uh, podcast index.org/apps. 121 00:08:42,005 --> 00:08:45,655 There's a whole bunch of ways to get there and, you know, 122 00:08:45,895 --> 00:08:50,095 download something new. Uh, like I said, I recommend castomatic or, 123 00:08:51,435 --> 00:08:55,095 or, uh, podcast Guru. Uh, if you're on Android, uh, 124 00:08:55,180 --> 00:08:58,485 podcast Attic is pretty good. Uh, 125 00:08:58,805 --> 00:09:01,045 I think Castomatic is only iOS, 126 00:09:02,465 --> 00:09:05,965 but they're, uh, they're good apps and, uh, 127 00:09:05,965 --> 00:09:09,125 they've got some features that, uh, other apps don't have, 128 00:09:09,425 --> 00:09:14,205 so they're well worth playing with. It was also on the, 129 00:09:14,265 --> 00:09:18,895 uh, nap pod, Pomo, whatever, 130 00:09:19,055 --> 00:09:23,255 I forget what it is. They do it every morning, a, a session on Zoom, 131 00:09:23,355 --> 00:09:28,095 and I was the guest of honor on Wednesday's session, so, uh, 132 00:09:28,695 --> 00:09:33,295 I don't know where to find that, but I'm sure it's there somewhere. Anyway, 133 00:09:33,385 --> 00:09:34,775 catch you tomorrow. Bye-Bye.