Month: February 2022

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Pi Radio Sound

Worked on the Pi Radio today. Needed to do some soldering to create a 3.5 TS audio jack to a 2 pin connector for an amplifier. I used a Raspberry Pi as a 5v power source since it was just sitting at my desk. The audio jack is plugged into my computer speakers and is now playing sound through the speaker in the Emerson radio.

Next thing to do is make sure the code on the Raspberry Pi is working correctly and plug the audio jack into it. I will make final connections for the digital encoders and then take everything apart of repaint the casing. Getting very close. Here is a short video of some audio coming from the radio.

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Hall of Fame Photos

Back to work today after a long weekend. Brophy sent out some photos from the Hall of Fame event I attended last Thursday. Thought I’d post the relevant ones here of the soccer crew. Great to see everybody.

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Rest Day

This morning I arrived back in Boston just after 5am. With the lack of mask requirements in Arizona, and not wanting to give anybody at school COVID, I decided to stay away from work today until after a negative COVID test. It was nice to be home, and I jumped in bed with the chihuahuas for a little bit to rest after the trip. Later in the day Ash and I took a drive to get some new Soda Stream canisters near Peabody. We can find them closer to home, but we wanted to get out of the house for a bit. Feeling rested after today, and ready to be back at work tomorrow.

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Homeward

Tough day today, because in the back of my mind I know I’m taking a late flight back to Boston. The redeye is never fun and is always a drain, but it’s really the only way to get back to Boston. This morning we took a nice walk along the canal starting at 32nd street just north of Camelback. We walked down past the Biltmore and back. It’s a nice stretch of the canal there, and the weather was very pleasant. After, my mother and I bought some groceries, which included some Navajo flour for Ashleigh, and some chicken and carnitas from the carniceria on 36th street and Thomas. That place is so good, always a pleasure to go in there. Eden and Danielle came over for dinner, which was a nice spread my mother worked on most of the afternoon. My mom dropped me off at the airport around 9pm, and it ended up being a noneventful flight home.

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Friendship

Again I spent some time with my mother helping her with errands around town. My brother Eden came over and we hung some new frames on the wall. Met my friends John and Chris for food and drinks in the evening. We started with cocktails at Across the Pond, then had dinner at The Clever Koi, which is adjacent to Pond. I had never been to either place before, but really enjoyed the food – had a spicy Szechuan catfish that was very good. After dinner we walked over to Lux for some more cocktails in their Salon. Jeff and Kate joined us, and it was nice to have everybody together. Chris and I went for a nightcap at the George and Dragon.