High Desert Times

In about 2003 I bought dedicated audio streaming device, a Roku SoundBridge, in order to listen to internet radio. In the intervening decade, dedicated audio streamers have become obsolete and Roku discontinued the device. There appear to be no replacements. What can be done when the SoundBridge inevitably dies?  I built a streamer from a Raspberry Pi and it is now attached to my stereo. I put the experience together as a recipe in the Raspberry Pi Projects Page.

Birdie-cam is deployed! But unfortunately the birdies have yet to show up. It’s still too early for them to arrive, but now we’re ready. Each year some finches build a nest on top of outdoor speakers that we have on our portale. For a long time I’ve wanted some way to watch without disturbing. A couple weeks ago I became aware of a small single board computer and webcam that can be built into a “spy cam.” This is the Raspberry Pi. The build and configure process took some research, so I put the experience together as a recipe in the Raspberry Pi Projects Page.