Techie stuff and general rants from a grumpy old man
Sitting in the living room with Jane. She’s watching TV and I am listening to music on my headphones. No surprise really but it is all through the same bit of kit.
In the picture below you can see the setup. Her TV (Sky) played through my Onkyo receiver. Also through the Onkyo but on Zone 2 is my Logitech Squeezebox (controlled via my iPhone). Out of shot is separate amp and headphone basestation. The cabling is under the carpet.
A customer has just reported that the admin control panel on his server is not responding. It is custom php but hosted on the same server as this web site which as far as I can see is responding perfectly normally.
The iPhone app let’s you take and upload a picture in just a couple of clicks. Wow.
Did you know you can download a simple app to your iPhone and just start updating your site from wherever you happen to be. In my case in the Garden with my dog Trooper.
This is the gadget that I use in conjunction with a piece of software called “Spin it Again” to digitise my vinyl albums.
The Behringer UCA 202 is a USB soundcard with 4xRCA sockets that connect to the Tape Input & Output sockets on your hi-fi. Having connected it up anything that can be played via your hi-fi can be recorded to your PC.
It also has a S/PDIF optical output if required.
Also available is the Behringer UCA222 which is a more recent and slightly more expensive version. Both devices come with a vast range of free audio software that can be used to record your music etc.