… getting things working the way you want. I had a blast working on the Lyrion setup yesterday. In the process I learned that the results of updating from Logitech to Lyrion are very different from a fresh install. The latter is preferred.
Category: Tech
From Logitech to Lyrion
The Lyrion project is headed by, and apparently mostly programmed by, Michael Herger, who has done an outstanding job of updating the software.
It’s been fifteen years since I bought a Logitech Squeezebox Radio for the bedroom and installed the music server software on a Windows XP netbook. Later, I acquired a second radio for the kitchen, and a Squeezebox Touch for the living room stereo. I use the SqueezePlay program on several of my Windows systems.
Searching this site for references to LMS would reveal instances of frustration, and even desperation, in my efforts to keep the system running after Logitech discontinued the product line. It’s been a long road, and I’m glad I didn’t give up, because thanks to the die-hards it hasn’t ended yet.
After so many years, I wasn’t going to risk replacing my LMS installation with Lyrion until I had tested it on another system to be sure everything works. Indeed it does, and in fact it’s better than LMS in some significant ways, not the least being the user interface. I can continue using the Squeezer controller app on my Android phone, but I’m finding myself preferring the new Web browser interface. As long as the excellent old Logitech hardware continues to hold up, I’m good.
On another tech note, tastewar informs me there’s a gadget with a slight twist on the dograt name, branding it as a voice-activated garage door opener interface!
https://paulwieland.github.io/ratgdo/
This is his New Year’s project. I found this article to see what’s involved with the installation, especially the wiring. Go, tastewar!
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/09/i-home-automated-my-garage-door-finally-with-a-ratgdo/
Taking a Thermometer’s Temperature
Cold weather reduces the power in both lead acid batteries for an internal combustion engines and lithium ion batteries for EV’s.
Recently, when I posted this photo of the thermometer outside of the laundry room window, I commented on the apparent need to replace the battery.
Now that the weather has warmed up, I see the low battery indicator is off. So it seems the thermometer’s CR2032 has more life left in it.
Is TP-Link TP?
TP-Link faces possible US ban as hijacked routers fuel Chinese attacks
Uhh… uh, oh? The return window has closed.
Twisted-Pair Sister
The evolution of the Ethernet standard and related products was very significant in my working life. The switch from coaxial cable to twisted-pair wiring with hubs and switches made local area networking easier to install and much more reliable.
On LinkedIn some time ago I told the tale of the strangest 10BaseT problem I worked on.
In Brightest Day, In Blackest Night
Last week I caught a comment on a news item about the drone sightings over New Jersey that made me wonder if it was for real or just a troll’s idea of a joke. Some guy ranted the government is lying to us about everything, including the space program. His proof? All of those fake space photos that don’t have stars.
Replying to something like that can go one of two ways, depending on the assumption about the comment being genuine or a joke. If the person making the comment isn’t joking, do they simply not know, or do they have a political axe to grind?
As the saying goes, you’re entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts. The quote has been attributed to Patrick Moynihan, but it dates back much further than that.
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2020/03/17/own-facts/
So, what are the facts explaining why some space photos don’t have any stars?