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Filed under 'squeezebox'

March 16, 2008

“MP3 Is Not a Crime”

“MP3 Is Not a Crime”

Whadyaknow... The new Squeezebox Receiver is exactly the right size to be covered with one of the old stickers that you used to get with Squeezeboxes before the Logitech buyout, when Slim Devices gave a cut to the EFF.

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January 10, 2008

Squeezebox Duet Network Music System

The new Squeezebox hardware was one of the best things I saw at CES. The remote is pretty nice, but the best thing is that, like their SlimServer software, the firmware is open-source and Lua-based, so “the community” can write plugins and features for the remote. I predict this’ll be huge.

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November 27, 2007

Audible Awesomeness

Audible Awesomeness

A Slim Devices Squeezebox atop a new portable speaker which, depending on how you read my employer's new blogging policy, I don't think I'm allowed to tell you is bloody great.

But let's just say that the combination of the two is comparable to the combinations of cheese and pickle, hops and barley, or The Beatles and recreational drugs.

December 1, 2006

Gawd Bless the Qwiin

Gawd Bless the Qwiin

My Wii, looking all patriotic after the application of a decal from DecalGirl.com.

November 29, 2006

Playing AC3/DTS tracks sourced from DVD - Slim Devices : Community : Forums

HOWTO rip the audio from 5.1-mix music DVDs and play it back on a Squeezebox. I’ve got an increasing number of surround music releases, so this’ll come in handy.

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November 2, 2006

Working from Home

Working from Home

Ah, the pleasures of working from home. (See notes on picture.) I could get quite used to this.

September 19, 2006

It’s Like a Podcast, Only Delivered Wirelessly.

Earlier this evening, I wanted to listen to my local NPR station to hear the results of today’s gubernatorial primary in Massachusetts.

So I grabbed my laptop, went to wbur.org, clicked through to the “Listen Live’ page, copied the link to their online stream to my clipboard, went to my Squeezebox control web page, selected “Radio Tune In”, pasted in the WBUR streaming URL, and hit Listen. Simple!

And as the LED display in the room lit up with “WBUR 90.9 FM, BOSTON”, it occurred to me belatedly that the RhymesWithNose sound system in my living room has an FM radio built-in.

This FM thing could really take off, you know.

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June 11, 2006

Rhapsody support coming very soon? - Slim Devices : Community : Forums

SlimDevices have battled the uPnP demons, and Squeezeboxes will soon be able to stream Rhapsody content.

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April 4, 2006

Weather on my Squeezebox

Weather on my Squeezebox

The somewhat terrific Weather screensaver running on the Squeezebox in our bedroom. Hurrah for internet-enabled consumer-electronic devices.

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About This Site

This is an archive of groovmother.com, the old blog run by Rod Begbie — A Scottish geek who lives in San Francisco, CA.

I'm the co-founder of Sōsh, your handy-dandy guide for things to do in San Francisco this weekend.