… 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.
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/
Too Much of a Good Thing?
I have long felt that exercise is a cure for many things. The latest lab science backs that up, at least with mice.
In my case, I overdid it. “Long-distance running is the unhealthiest thing you can do to your heart.” So says the Mass General electrophysiolgist cardiologist who will be performing the ablation procedure for my atrial fibrillation next month.
Public Blackmail
As of today, Alfred Hitchcock’s Blackmail, England’s first “talking picture,” is in the Public Domain.
There is also a silent movie version, produced for the theatres that weren’t yet equipped for sound.
In the Year 2025
After what I’ve been through this year, and will be going through soon, I am glad to be rid of 2024 while not looking forward to 2025.
Doom Spending
I live in one of the three most expensive states in the country, as pointed out in one of the many informative (and here worrying) economic reports from CNBC.