I remember years ago seeing something, quite possibly on television, but maybe in a magazine, where someone said, or wrote, that as homeopathy uses such extreme dilutions, if homeopathy works then that must mean it works by some mechanism of which we presently (that is, at the then present time) know nothing.

Now there is quantum entanglement being discussed.

And it made me wonder.

I remember long ago reading a science fiction story called "Not in the literature".

I had a quick look on the web. I have not found it. I don't remember who is the author.

William

Also in the wikipedia page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Mondrian

is the following:

As it happens that episode is currently available on BBC iplayer for those who can access BBC iplayer.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p … -episode-3

I have been trying to find Composition with Red, Yellow, Blue, and Black, 1921 on the web, thus far without success. I have found various Mondrian pictures that have similar titles, but not that exact one. Does it actually exist?

William

Thank you.

I think that the idea is that when one is recording a video on the smartphone, by default the smartphone uses its built-in microphone for the sound, but, provided the smartphone supports doing it, if one plugs in the external microphone, which is, probably, a more directional microphone than the smartphone's built-in microphone, and is possibly of higher quality that the smartphone's built-in microphone, then the built-in microphone is not used and the microphone of the vlogging kit is used instead.

So hopefully improving sound quality on the video.

But perhaps it is at least to some extent the romance, cachet and the je ne sais quoi of having a fancy-looking microphone like television news crews.

I note that that is not quite like plugging an external keyboard into the USB port of a laptop computer as one can in that case use either keyboard.

William

So I decided to order one.

But I was not logged on, and when I logged on I found they are not available at the Tesco store from which my grocery orders are delivered, probably because it is a Tesco SuperStore, which is quite large but not as large as the big stores, whatever they are called.

So I rang Tesco and a helpful lady has sent a request that they become stocked there.

So hopefully my request will be successful.

Tesco can be good about such requests.

If I had been logged on I would not even know now of those webcams.

They are not a Tesco own label product, so if Tesco don't have them available at the local store I might be able to get one mail order from somewhere else.

William

What do you make of this camera please?

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/p … /310707785

£17 is one thing, £11 Clubcard price and some Clubcard vouchers available might possibly be another.

I am wondering if it could be a roving camera to record video onto my laptop computer.

William

William

I watched the following video yesterday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53FdS5dNIcE

The vlogging kit has now arrived. The box is about 6 inches or more tall, not quite as wide, and about an inch thick.

I have not opened it yet, but I did have a quick read through the notes that are on the back of the box, but I had the rest of the grocery delivery to put away so it was just a quick read through.

I have just watched the following video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5274yDqpz2s

204 views so far. It seems that the vlogging kit featured might be possibly similar to the one I have bought. I suppose that it is possible that it is identical but in a different box.

On the vlogging kit that I have, the light will need two batteries.

There is included a cable that is said to be 10 cm long and has USB C on one end and a 3.5 mm audio plug on the other. The picture shows one of those round cylinder plugs that has black and silver rings on it and a rounded tip.

It says that the audio is compatible with most Samsung and Apple phones.

Now that plug looks very much like, though I am not certain that it is identical, but it might be, to the plug on the earphones things that can also be used as an aerial if the phone has a built-in radio receiver.

I have three mobile phones, a basic red Nokia, a white IMO Dash and a gold (colour ) IMO Q2, all obtained at various times. I habitually carry the red one and the white one in case I need to call for help. I have previously sent still pictures from the white one to my computer by email. I think it also has Bluetooth and I think I got it to work direct to the computer at one time but it was awkward setting it up, but the email is easier to use, though it does cost money off the stored pay as you go money credit in the phone whereas using Bluetooth does not.

The red phone and the white phone each have one camera on the back. The gold (colour) phone has two cameras, one on the back and one on the front, though I note what the gentleman in the first video said about for his phone that the camera on the back is a better camera than the camera on the font.

So can we discuss the audio please?

It seems that at the very least I can have a stable stand for the mobile phone when it is recording using its internal microphone, and the light.

Which is worth having, even if I can't use the vlogging kit microphone with my mobile phone.

Yet I am wondering if I might in fact be able to use the vlogging kit microphone with my mobile phone.

So I do not have either a Samsung phone or an Apple phone.

So I am wondering whether using the external microphone will or will not work with my phones.

Does the question really come down to "You know how a USB socket goes to an internal system such that it can be used for a variety of things, like an external full size keyboard such as I am using to enter this text, and also an external CD disc drive - well, does one of those sockets act in such a way that it could be used for the aerial of a built-in radio receiver, a link to earphones, and also as input for an external microphone when recording a video?

There was also something at the end that I did not take in that said something could be done using some sort of cable (not supplied)

By the way, the lens kit arrived the other day, at second attempt, at the first attempt it had been out of stock. There are some images and some explanatory text on the back of the box.

William

I have now noticed that the picture on the box of the vlogging kit has smartphone vlogging kit.

Yet there seems to be a USB connector, one of the basic type.

So as no brand of smartphone is mentioned I am wondering if everything is to some common standard as there are I think several different operating systems used for smartphones.

I only have a basic smartphone, rarely used, I just got it to try to learn a bit about smartphones.

I wonder if the Vlogging kit would work with a laptop computer.

William