[COMPLETE] Insomnia Collection Vol. 5 - tg

Post by **TriciaG** » July 27th, 2021, 10:29 am

Asian Pottery is OK; I've entered Henry's expenses into the MW and will PL it later.

Post by **Kitty** » July 27th, 2021, 10:33 am

TriciaG wrote: ↑July 27th, 2021, 10:29 amAsian Pottery is OK

thank you, and I have to ask...how often do you fall asleep while PLing these sections ?

Sonia

Post by **TriciaG** » July 27th, 2021, 10:45 am

I did zone out a bit, but I typically do other things while listening to these, to keep alert.

Post by **Kitty** » July 27th, 2021, 10:48 am

TriciaG wrote: ↑July 27th, 2021, 10:45 am I did zone out a bit, but I typically do other things while listening to these, to keep alert.

definitely not car driving

Sonia

Post by **TriciaG** » July 28th, 2021, 3:37 pm

Ha ha!

Privy purse expenses PL OK!

vviera · Post by **vviera** » September 4th, 2021, 10:21 pm

Looks like this collection lost a little steam but is practically at the finish line.

I feel moved to record a few days of the Table of Contents and Codification Guide of the Federal Register. I think they're more or less 10 min. per.

As someone who looks for soothing voiced podcasts to fall asleep to every night, I LOVE the insomnia collection idea. Government documents (by definition public domain) seem like a neverending source of material. I used to work as a law librarian, and my mind is running through the materials I used frequently but which are, however, per se boring. My god, the parade of obscure, snoozeworthy legal decisions, etc. Selections from the annual U.S. Government Manual of years past. The Code of Federal Regulations section on the workings of the Postal Regulatory Commission.

Just writing this message is making me sleepy. I better go to bed.

Verla

vviera · Post by **vviera** » September 5th, 2021, 7:41 am

I came up with this intro-outro template. Please confirm or comment. Thanks, Verla

• Start of recording (Intro)
o Vol. 28 Numbers xxx to xxx of the Federal Register. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org.
Federal Register. By the United States. Office of the Federal Register.

Section: Vol. 28 No. XXX. Washington, [DOTW], July xx, 1963

End of recording (Outro)
o Federal Register, by the United States of America. Recording by Verla Viera, Las Cruces, NM, USA. [date]

Please leave 5 seconds silence at the end of your recording..

• AFTER recording:
Save files as
o ins005_Federal RegisterXXX-XXX071963_USA_128kb.mp3

Post by **TriciaG** » September 5th, 2021, 10:41 am

I think that looks fine. Would you please post a link to the text, so I can check it out? Being federal documents it's probably PD, but it's nice to double check it.

Your file name should be all lower case and no spaces, so something like this: ins005_federalregister_usa_128kb.mp3 (I don't think we need the specific volume numbers, etc. in the file name.)

vviera · Post by **vviera** » September 5th, 2021, 11:45 am

Hi Tricia -

Thanks for the help on the link. I've changed it in my notes.

Here's a link to the download site at the Library of Congress:
https://www.loc.gov/collections/federal-register/?dates=1963&sb=date_desc&sp=5

and one of the docs:
https://www.loc.gov/item/fr028139/

As to PD: while there are exceptions, it's a general rule that works that have the U.S. Govt. as author can't be copyrighted.
Here's the usa.gov site about it:
https://www.usa.gov/government-works#item-206100

Here's a Wikipedia snip:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Register#

"The Federal Register is compiled by the Office of the Federal Register (within the National Archives and Records Administration) and is printed by the Government Publishing Office. There are no copyright restrictions on the Federal Register; as a work of the U.S. government, it is in the public domain.
Free online archives: federalregister.gov"

Hopefully will post soon. Depends on how much my dog is snoring this afternoon

Post by **TriciaG** » September 5th, 2021, 11:48 am

Great - thanks!

vviera · Post by **vviera** » September 7th, 2021, 12:20 pm

Here is the Federal Register file.

https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/ins005_federalregister_usa_128kb.mp3

I'm going to do some sort of excerpt from this 1917 Spanish grammar next. I have a couple of other things to do first.
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15127

The book is in English and there are a few translation exercises in Spanish. Haven't decided what the most boring sections are. I love grammar, but most people find it a real snooze, so I should have plenty to choose from.

Post by **TriciaG** » September 7th, 2021, 4:38 pm

Thanks! What's the run time on your file, please?

vviera · Post by **vviera** » September 7th, 2021, 4:52 pm

TriciaG wrote: ↑September 7th, 2021, 4:38 pm Thanks! What's the run time on your file, please?

Sorry! 29:45

Post by **TriciaG** » September 7th, 2021, 5:00 pm

Ooo, JUST under 30 minutes! Okay on this one, but if/when you record another one, please try to make it longer than 30 minutes.

vviera · Post by **vviera** » September 7th, 2021, 5:14 pm

TriciaG wrote: ↑September 7th, 2021, 5:00 pm Ooo, JUST under 30 minutes! Okay on this one, but if/when you record another one, please try to make it longer than 30 minutes.

Why don't I add another day? I knew I was squeaking in under the line. I wouldn't want someone to still be awake at the end, and they were bizarrely fun to record.