I keep having this dream, sometimes multiple times a night, that I am in an airport. Large glass windows and bright, sunny weather. I’m usually in route to London via, JFK. The dream is vague, fleeting, and the details leave the second I wake up. Sometimes I’m sitting across the aisle from a cute guy. Sometimes I’m on the phone. Sometimes I’m singing (yes in the airport). Nothing I can grasp fully.
The dream started at my dad’s house. My brother and my friend had been working on car. Go to pull out of the drive-way and I start crying to my mom that they had both been under the hood but that the antifreeze was totally dry. (I just changed the thermostat and had antifreeze issues with my truck like 2 weeks ago.) Left my truck at the end of the driveway. Drove away in an apparition car.
Ended up driving to an old house, that turned out to be a girl I went to high school with’s grandmother. She, in the dream, was apparently a shut in. She had all the doors looked and there was some kind of screening around the entire outside of the house like a sun room.
My cats Pudding, Niko and Duchess had gotten out outside her house and there was a storm of some kind. She let me let them in, but I had to run out the door of the main house and very quickly open the sun-room doors. The storm was too bad for me to go out the door myself. I could only catch Pudding at first. I finally caught Niko and the girl from my high school showed up near the end to let Duchess in the front door. (This particular girl is someone that I wasn’t really friends with, just sort of knew, and now I haven’t spoken to in like 8 years or longer.)
The lighting in the entire dream was sort of lackluster, like everything had a yellow-light filter on it. Sort of like a tornado at dusk.
As some of you many know, my first business was a virtually based business-focused transcription company. One of my most popular posts, and a question I still get asked a lot is related to headsets and recording devices. This is an updated post from my transcription website.
Looking for the best device to record interviews, podcasts, phone calls, or Camtasia videos for your home office? Take a look at these 5 outstanding and affordable options.
*2015 update: I finally had to buy a new headset. It lasted 6 years, had been dropped in water, carried in my bag multiple times a week, beat to crap, and it still worked. But one of my cats got ahold of a snag in the “leather” cover on the ear pieces and tore it apart. I finally gave in and ordered a new one, identical to the one I’d had all this time. New one is awesome too.
*2014 update: Ok. So I’m hard on electronics and stuff. I take my laptop and headset with me a lot so I’m tossing my stuff in my briefcase all the time. One day I tried to pull the USB dongle for my .995 out of my laptop at the coffee shop and it basically snapped in half. I had to get a pair of pliers to get the metal bit out of the port. A little finagling and I was able to fix the dongle. And my five year old headset still works perfectly fine. (Although I probably will replace it this year.)*
*2013 update: Reason #459 I love my Plantronics Headset: My headset is now 4 years old. This week our condo had our carpet cleaned. I had picked up some stuff and moved a table into my bathroom to get it off the carpet… including my headset. Somehow, (I’m blaming Pudding) my headset ended up pushed off the table into the cat’s water dish for an unknown number of hours, while the carpet dried. Overnight in a bowl of rice, and it’s still working fine.
*2012 update: I have now had my Plantronics headset for 3 years. At one point, my USB dongle died. Plantronics replaced with no problems. I know the day Plantronics comes out with a headset this comfortable with a micro-dongle, I’ll be fighting for the front of the line.
*Original Post: I love, love, love my 995 Wireless Headset. In fact, I’m on vacation right now and it’s on my night table in the hotel room with me. I never travel without it and I use it nearly every day. It has a USB receiver which gives it a better sound quality and connection than a Bluetooth device. When I was transcribing a great deal, I would use it for 8-10 hours a day and it was still comfortable to wear. I even gave one away for our business anniversary in February 2010. I also bought one for my Project Manager.
The audio quality is phenomenal. Many times the quality using my Skype subscription is much better than using my cell phone or even a land line phone. The microphone is sound cancelling and I have had instances where my daughter was talking to me and the person on the other end of the phone couldn’t hear her.
The only thing about the Plantronics .Audio 995 Wireless Headset is it’s a little bulky because of the additional padding for comfort. I wish Plantronics made one of these headsets that folded for easier travel.
I could talk about this headset all day but for $55, my best advice is order one now.
So if I love the Plantronics headset so much why do I need another device? First the headset can’t record two or more people well. Second on occasion you may want to record a live speech or interview. Read on for microphone and handheld recorder suggestions. Read more
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/0 Comments/in Dreams /by EricaI keep having this dream, sometimes multiple times a night, that I am in an airport. Large glass windows and bright, sunny weather. I’m usually in route to London via, JFK. The dream is vague, fleeting, and the details leave the second I wake up. Sometimes I’m sitting across the aisle from a cute guy. Sometimes I’m on the phone. Sometimes I’m singing (yes in the airport). Nothing I can grasp fully.
Trapped
/0 Comments/in Dreams /by Erica4 Best Headsets and Microphones for Recording in your Home Office
/0 Comments/in Business, Reviews /by EricaAs some of you many know, my first business was a virtually based business-focused transcription company. One of my most popular posts, and a question I still get asked a lot is related to headsets and recording devices. This is an updated post from my transcription website.
Looking for the best device to record interviews, podcasts, phone calls, or Camtasia videos for your home office? Take a look at these 5 outstanding and affordable options.
Headsets
Plantronics .Audio 995 Wireless Stereo Headset
*2014 update: Ok. So I’m hard on electronics and stuff. I take my laptop and headset with me a lot so I’m tossing my stuff in my briefcase all the time. One day I tried to pull the USB dongle for my .995 out of my laptop at the coffee shop and it basically snapped in half. I had to get a pair of pliers to get the metal bit out of the port. A little finagling and I was able to fix the dongle. And my five year old headset still works perfectly fine. (Although I probably will replace it this year.)*
*2013 update: Reason #459 I love my Plantronics Headset: My headset is now 4 years old. This week our condo had our carpet cleaned. I had picked up some stuff and moved a table into my bathroom to get it off the carpet… including my headset. Somehow, (I’m blaming Pudding) my headset ended up pushed off the table into the cat’s water dish for an unknown number of hours, while the carpet dried. Overnight in a bowl of rice, and it’s still working fine.
*2012 update: I have now had my Plantronics headset for 3 years. At one point, my USB dongle died. Plantronics replaced with no problems. I know the day Plantronics comes out with a headset this comfortable with a micro-dongle, I’ll be fighting for the front of the line.
*Original Post: I love, love, love my 995 Wireless Headset. In fact, I’m on vacation right now and it’s on my night table in the hotel room with me. I never travel without it and I use it nearly every day. It has a USB receiver which gives it a better sound quality and connection than a Bluetooth device. When I was transcribing a great deal, I would use it for 8-10 hours a day and it was still comfortable to wear. I even gave one away for our business anniversary in February 2010. I also bought one for my Project Manager.
The audio quality is phenomenal. Many times the quality using my Skype subscription is much better than using my cell phone or even a land line phone. The microphone is sound cancelling and I have had instances where my daughter was talking to me and the person on the other end of the phone couldn’t hear her.
The only thing about the Plantronics .Audio 995 Wireless Headset is it’s a little bulky because of the additional padding for comfort. I wish Plantronics made one of these headsets that folded for easier travel.
I could talk about this headset all day but for $55, my best advice is order one now.
So if I love the Plantronics headset so much why do I need another device? First the headset can’t record two or more people well. Second on occasion you may want to record a live speech or interview. Read on for microphone and handheld recorder suggestions. Read more