Category Archives: Linux

Little Box of Fip

Posted on October 9, 2016 by blogmywiki

I’ve made many Raspberry Pi internet radios in the past – here’s how to make the simplest one possible, making use of an ancient RaspberryPi 1B that was lying neglected at the back of the drawer. This one is so … Continue reading →

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Updated URLs for your internet radio

Posted on February 21, 2016 by blogmywiki

I’ve just been doing my annual maintenance on my kitchen radio – it’s an old RaspberryPi with a lovely Pimoroni Displayotron3000, and it runs their lovely radio script. (You configure it by editing the dot3k.cfg file in ~/Pimoroni/displayotron/dot3k/advanced) I’ve made … Continue reading →

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Pimoroni Flotilla – first impressions

Posted on December 24, 2015 by blogmywiki

Hot on the heels of my official Raspberry Pi SenseHAT, Mr Postman brought me the Pimoroni Flotilla. I got this early because I backed it on Kickstarter, ooh quite a long time ago now, and I’d almost forgotten about it. … Continue reading →

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Another music in a different kitchen

Posted on July 25, 2015 by blogmywiki

I’ve long wanted some sort of solution for centrally storing and serving music for listening around the house. There are all sorts of commercial products (like Sonos) out there, some eye-wateringly expensive even without any storage, plus numerous open-source projects, … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi 2 hands-on

Posted on February 28, 2015 by blogmywiki

We’re now a FOUR Pi household. One Raspberry Pi is our wireless print server, enabling us to use an old cheap laser printer to print from Macs, Raspberry Pis, iPhones and iPads; another is our kitchen radio; the third is … Continue reading →

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