Category Archives: media

Radio clock

Posted on April 14, 2020 by blogmywiki

BFH (Broadcasting From Home) is quite the thing these days, so I thought I’d make a web version of the clocks used in radio studios. These spell out the time in easy-to-read words, and remove the brain-gymnastics required to turn … Continue reading →

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Podcasts: skip intro

Posted on September 22, 2019 by blogmywiki

Something occurred to me as I binge-listened to the excellent BBC World Service podcast 13 Minutes to the Moon. Podcast makers might want to consider changing the grammar, the format, after a podcast has been initially released – or change … Continue reading →

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Human Voices by Penelope Fitzgerald

Posted on July 30, 2018 by blogmywiki

Human Voices by Penelope Fitzgerald (1980). 4th Estate Books, £8.99 It’s hard not think that I was destined to read, and indeed love, this book. Andy Miller recommended it to me saying he thought it would be right up my … Continue reading →

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piPlay

Posted on April 8, 2018 by blogmywiki

A simple Raspberry Pi audio playout system with GUI for radio or theatre. It runs from one Python 3 program (code on Github) on a vanilla Raspberry Pi running Raspbian and requires no other software or libraries to be installed. … Continue reading →

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Fip Now Plays

Posted on April 3, 2018 by blogmywiki

I’ve been tweaking my touch-screen Raspberry Pi radio. It’s optimised for the Pimoroni HyperPixel display, but it would work with any touch-screen, although it may need scaling for different sized screens. Aside from the mpd/mpc music player and adding some … Continue reading →

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