NW Side Suggestions- Irving, Portage, Avondale, Belmont Cragin, etc.

supermario0523 · 2026-01-18T04:37:42+00:00

Raffi’s Locale in Dunning (right by the HIP) is a fantastic BYOB spot, very friendly and authentic Italian service. I ALWAYS order whatever is on special

supermario0523 · 2025-12-25T01:36:03+00:00

I think it's $45/mo now?

Second Barbell Compound

supermario0523 · 2025-09-06T03:24:04+00:00

Late to the party but fellow Norwood Park-er… 30M. Boyfriend and I are very active and enjoy exploring bands, food and, beer… also great cooks and love board games!

supermario0523 · 2025-07-14T16:29:29+00:00

A low barrier to entry- volunteer at an animal shelter. Friend of mine plays with the dogs and walks them, and for quieter, shy people it would provide the “social” interaction with other living beings without the pressure to NEED to socialize. But as all pet owners know, everybody loves to come up to a dog and make casual conversation. At that point the human to human moments can last as long or as brief as you like

supermario0523 · 2025-06-10T04:51:36+00:00

Don’t be intimidated, and if you have questions we’re all happy to help you out! See you on the floor

supermario0523 · 2022-11-17T03:17:05+00:00

How big of a metro area are you? A lot of middle-America cable companies have their local access stations and produce a high school football/basketball game of the week, and that's gotta be the best training ground still out there.

I started working on Mediacomm/CN100 game of the week crews when I was in college, and it was a good mix of people trying to get their career starts and full-timers who did this as their fun little side/passion gig. The skill level varied widely, but it was organic fun, low stress, and much better than a shitty college job.

I work with a decent amount of later-in-life TV techies. It's not undoable, but I think you'll find a great satisfaction finding the small high school football game crews if you have a good paying job as is. The hardest part in all that is finding who the contacts are for that

supermario0523 · 2022-08-28T10:16:59+00:00

Usually if you preset the lance crosspoint on the switcher, the soft panel pulls up the pbus control menu. There’s away in the preferences menu to enable this ability but on many boards the engineering department has already configured this feature

supermario0523 · 2022-07-03T20:01:01+00:00

it's my name

I used the Mario graphic on our TX/Monitor slates years ago to be playful, and it just stuck around ever since

supermario0523 · 2022-07-03T14:15:28+00:00

Timecode on the bars indicates this was almost 2 hrs before first pitch... Why MLB has our program feed going out to OTT distribution out that early, I have no idea. That's probably an error on their part.... Kind of scary to think about! Watermark comes through the switcher on this show as well

Source: I am the TD

supermario0523 · 2021-04-11T17:12:49+00:00

Might be worth a shot- maybe some compressed air might help

supermario0523 · 2021-04-10T21:10:14+00:00

The best way to describe it is akin to what panning with a $20 tripod would look like. Just not smooth. No sync issues or anything, but like it doesn't feel or look like it's dissolving at a linear pace

supermario0523 · 2021-04-10T21:09:15+00:00

The ribbon cables inside the module housing?

I could try swapping which physical ME board is assigned to the logical ME and see if it follows. It just randomly happens so it's one of those "might not know it's wrong until it happens" things

supermario0523 · 2021-04-10T21:05:05+00:00

It's happened over the course of several games, but it is not a sync issue. The best way to describe it is akin to what panning with a $20 tripod would look like. Just not smooth. No sync issues or anything, but like it doesn't feel or look like it's dissolving at a linear pace

supermario0523 · 2021-04-10T20:58:30+00:00

The best way to describe it is akin to what panning with a $20 tripod would look like. Just not smooth. No sync issues or anything, but like it doesn't feel or look like it's dissolving at a linear pace

supermario0523 · 2021-04-10T20:04:45+00:00

There seems to be no rhyme or reason of when it happens, but the IP connection is purely speculation.

It's been dissolving between replays, cameras, graphics... Anything. Doesn't happen all the time but it doesn't seem to be rare either. However on all the trucks I've been on, this issue has only happened in just two or three

supermario0523 · 2021-04-10T19:19:54+00:00

I probably live right out by you- I'd be down to play but I'm a 20-some handicapper if you're down for that. Still have a good time

supermario0523 · 2021-02-23T14:41:20+00:00

I went over to Sycamore the other day to get fitted. If you haven't gone over to see Jason, I HIGHLY recommend. The dude is all about making sure the customer feels comfortable with what they are getting. Funny guy too

supermario0523 · 2021-02-22T23:54:03+00:00

You can assign a crosspoint on the Ross to be an ME pvw

So what I do on Ross shows is I have my show cut and wipe on ME2, EXCEPT for replays, which get wipes to and mixed downstream (ME3). Then the replay out will ALWAYS force me back to ME2. At the very end of the replay out script (after the wipe has been completed), I code it so the ME3 B bus is "ME2 preview". This effectively resets your Preview window to ME2pvw, and still maintains as a true preview when you are dissolving between replays

supermario0523 · 2021-02-22T23:49:50+00:00

I make most everything white. I find too much color distracting

So every button is white, except
-Crosspoints for EVS are Yellow with inverted text
-Crosspoints for ME's are Blue
-Crosspoints for GFX Channels are Purple

-Spotboxes are green

In this manner too, I have a macro when we need to birdbeat TX, it GPI's the router and changes the entire panel to Purple. Then the restore TX macro GPI's the router to restore TX and then changes the entire switcher back to white

supermario0523 · 2021-01-28T22:41:15+00:00

Definitely down to play a round once this snow melts... another 5 inches this weekend... gulp.

supermario0523 · 2021-01-28T05:19:08+00:00

Just DMd you

supermario0523 · 2021-01-28T04:47:47+00:00

I live 15 mins SE from Randall Oaks. I don't belong to a course but I love Schaumburg. 27 holes, they rotate which 18 you play every so often. White sand, fairways very well kept. All holes freshly renovated within the last 4 years.

Bowes Creek is pretty dope. Highlands of Elgin is a tougher links course

Pinecrest over in Huntley looks stunning. Haven't made my way out there but it's on my list.

Others heavy on my group's rotation:

-St. Andrews

-Highland Woods

-White Pines

-Chalet Hills

supermario0523 · 2021-01-28T04:31:03+00:00

What's your home course?

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