Just trying something from the phone
Waiting waiting, from the fire tablet
As you see, it can't get over the last mile, and play.
I've been experimenting with videos, to see if I can ever upload to here. Or anywhere. At one time to upload to blogger you needed to go via your YouTube channel.
Now there seems to be an option to go direct to blogger. Which sort of loaded but won't open from any source.
But several hours of trying and not getting anywhere have reminded me that Google, owners of YouTube, and Amazon, owners of the fire tablet, don't play well together, and that Amazon's playstore is hopelessly disorganized.
I bought a camera app to improve my tablet's usefulness for video and can't find it to install. Amazon's instructions clearly don't apply to my tablet though they assured me it was eligible. Maybe Handsome Son can help me track it down.
I learned a lot, found I'd inadvertently opened a YouTube channel, and was able to upload a trial video through a website giving me a one-time guest access to YouTube Studio, which opened up the works.
This requires the YouTube Studio app, which I then installed more than once on my phone, before concluding it wasn't going to operate more than a couple of commands, none letting me in to upload. I can edit, title, describe the crummy little test video, but I can't do much else.
I'm guessing my phone's too old. Sigh. But I did learn quite a few things even though I don't have much to show for it.
It reminded me that the fire tablet is neither Android nor not, so a lot of made for Android options don't run on it. I wasn't aware of this when I got the tablet which still serves me well anyway for a lot of functions.
And though I don't particularly want to start a regular YouTube channel, I notice a lot of videos saying how easy it is! Just use what you have! That may not apply to me.
I also tried to upload a short video to Spoutible, buffering endlessly. Zero for four. I need to learn more.
EXCITED ED NOTE I concluded the Spoutible video was too long, learned to edit it and tried again. It worked, it worked. I really needed that bit of success.
Because torrential rain is forecast today I decided against the knitting group, likewise the DVD pickup at the library and the package of knits to the post office. I may bake a chocolate cake in case Handsome Son drops in tomorrow. If so, he may help me with errands. TBD.
In other news, the mirror has been picked up from the dumpster and the other piece is now being rained on so I've removed the post.
Today's Textiles and Tea featured Svetlana Turov, a Russian Canadian felting artist who works in mixed media, adding precious stones and minerals to her work, sometimes painting into it, though her dyed colors are intense.
She's featured in books sold at the Hermitage, on the history of felt art, and writes on it.
She's a force of nature! Her husband has favorites among her work and would like to keep them, but she insists the energy has to get out there! Check her website. Felting if this kind is labor intensive and beautiful.
Happy day everyone. The rain lasted s few seconds then went away, so much for forecasting. But I think it will be back.
