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Switching back to Windows

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It’s been a good run, but nearing the end of 2019, I’ve decided to make the switch back to Windows after nearly two decades of being primarily a Mac user. Don’t get me wrong, since 2002 when I got my first IBM PowerPC-based Mac Pro, I’ve always had a PC running alongside it. At the […]

Audirvana 3.5

This weekend I took the plunge and sought out the newest version of Audirvana, my preferred, nay, favorite audio playback software. I’ve been using it exclusively for listening to my local collection of music on my computers for nigh 4 years now and I love it. But will I love 3.5? With a completely overhauled […]

Hello WordPress 5.02

I’ve done it. I’ve bit the bullet and updated this ship to the much ballyhooed 5.02. Still poking around, but already the first run experience isn’t nearly as horrible as I expected it to be. This is fine. I will take this opportunity to update a few things in the sidebar. And now my list […]

Quitting Facebook, an Open Letter to my Friends

Hey friends, For Christmas this year, I’ve decided to give you the present of less me in your timeline. This year, I’ll be quitting Facebook, again, deactivating my account and letting it lie dormant and unused until such time as I decide to return to it. This will actually be the second time I’ve quit […]

Multi-room audio with the HiFiBerry DAC+ Pro and Volumio

The old amplifier's faceplate.

After my kitchen stereo project, I’d been thinking about the next stage in my multi-room, RaspberryPi-based audio setup: The Living Room! I had, in a box, unused for probably ten years, an old NAD C272 stereo amplifier. A pair of Paradigm Atom bookshelf speakers were gathering dust down in the basement that used to belong […]

HiFiBerry Amp 2, Vintage Koss Speakers and Volumio

I’ve been a Sonos user for probably five years now. Initially, they were something of a marvel of integration and software polish, providing ease of setup and room filling sound for … they are not cheap. Their closed ecosystem was another sour note for me, but I pushed past that in favor of convenience. The […]

Book 4 Update, June 2018

Hi. Sorry it’s been awhile. I have some Good News: NEW PROVIDENCE BOOK 4 IS ALMOST DONE! No, really. I mean it. I might even have a catchy title for it. I’ve been working on this thing for a year now and it’s finally wrapping up. It is still in draft form. I still have […]

Hardwares

One day in March, 2018, I woke up feeling pretty good about the day ahead of me. Coffee, a little light internet and then a good two to three thousand words on my book. That was the plan, anyway. About three quarters into my coffee, my screen turned to black and white vertical lines and became […]

New Server

This is a test of our regular boring old broadcasting system. If you are reading this, you are now on the new and improved, robcee.net super platform for awesomeness. Please let me know here or @robcee on twitter if you spot any problems. I’ll be migrating some other things over the next few days so […]

WordPress Theme Updates

Just a brief note that my blog is undergoing some cosmetic alterations and things may look funny or not load at all. Google’s search console has informed me that chunks of my site aren’t loading because WordPress is using some jQuery Migrate script that is interfering with some of this blog’s contents. Or something. Still […]