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It has been so hot here that the prospect of Plein Air painting is somewhat repulsive. Perhaps a drawing done on the spot with color notes and lots of photo reference is the way to go.  Right now I’m setting up at the drawing board next to the computers. The Weather Alert radio upstairs just turned itself on automat­i­cally with some warning or advisory. It was in a cabinet in the dining room staying quiet. I’d just taken it back out again. I know now that we have another day of excessive heat expected here on Saturday. Oh joy.

I’m surrounding myself with these OTT Light bulbs. They give you brilliant illumi­nation but they are CFLs and will save a lot over a period of time and they are daylight balanced. You can find a nice display of OTT lighting at any JoAnn Fabric Store and I’ve even seen them at Michaels Arts and Crafts. They are also available here online and have a nice variety of shapes and forms that they come in to suit people’s different needs.

Color-wise they are much more effective than the old Luxo Lamps that I was used to working with. They relied on a round fluorescent tube and in the center was a spot for the incan­descent bulb. While this gave you more balanced lighting than fluorescent or incan­descent bulbs alone… it still did not come close to daylight. These OTT bulbs seem to make a big difference. You ought to check them out. These bulbs do reduce eyestrain quite a bit.  I’ve got to get on into painting here now.  so … I’ll keep writing  …more later

WPaudio WordPress Player has been put to use here — hear?

In my article “About “ionos­phere” and Bill Beauchamp” I gave my background and explained why the name ionos­phere is being used for my website and now my blog. I’d recorded some HF Radio stuff while living in my apartment prior to getting married and moving here to Pennsylvania. I’d saved digital .wav files and just converted them so that they could be used on my site. With the exception of a missing on-screen volume control, I’m very happy with the addition. You’ll find the audio files at the bottom of the page linked above.

If you have a WordPress blog I think that you’d also find Todd Iceton’s program very useful. The current WPaudio WordPress MP3 Player version is 2.2.0 and can be downloaded by following the link provided or found at WordPress.org’s website.

I put a couple players on the other page and I’ll drop another one here. This was recorded (captured) using the Japan Radio NRD-545 DSP Shortwave Receiver and saving directly to the hard drive.