Category Archives: media

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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Raspberry Pi Cartwall

Posted on March 26, 2018 by blogmywiki

piCartWall A Raspberry Pi radio / theatre cartwall to play jingles or sound FX instantly using a touch screen. What it does Cartwalls are used in radio studios to play in jingles at the touch of a button. This is … Continue reading →

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The Little Box of Witter

Posted on March 17, 2018 by blogmywiki

I’ve made a Little Box of Poems with an Arduino, Raspberry Pi and even BBC micro:bit, now I want to make a Little Box of Witter: a gadget that will play the latest episode of my favourite radio programme, Wittertainment … Continue reading →

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