I saw the First Touch Devices in 2008 and its been a new experience when the devices responds to your touches. It’s a iPod Touch which i got at work to develop iOS Devices. Later then i bought a iPod Touch with 16GB to experiment with the Apps. Meanwhile i was still using the Feature Phone (Tata Indicom CDMA). I have not switched to touch smart phone when all my friends switched to touch phone as i already experienced the touch features on the iPod Touch....
In this Post i would like to share my Music Setup in my Home which is controlled through a Raspberry PI.
Music Sources : 16GB Pen Drive (mp3 files) attached to Raspberry PI Managed using forked-daapd Music Outputs Sublime Bluetooth Speaker (AUX) Google Home Mini (BTH) Alexa Echo Dot Logitech Speakers Network Stream/Connectivity Mode Airplay (from iOS Devices) (Airplay running on Raspberry PI using Shairplay) Chromecast (from Apps - Mostly Android) Direct Cast Audio (from Android) Bluetooth Mode Direct Connection via Stereo Pin Apps Daap Client for iOS (recently it was broken and not working anymore) iTunes Remote iOS App (remote control only) MacOS iTunes App Daap Library Access (Memory Exhaustive on Cataline....
I was looking for a way to automate the process of Switching on the Main Switch for my Study Room. Initially i was looking for an Analog based solution. But later i realized these analog adapters are not that much flexible enough to modify or update them. Then i bought a Wifi Plug from Aliexpress which is based on the popular cloud based IOT Market Leader Tuya.
The major challenge with Tuya, they expose there APi’s only to the Partners and Vendors who create Products using their Tuya Hardware Modules/SDks....
I have a 13inch Laptop. The display size most of the time is sufficient for general browsing, reading & writing purpose. But for Development purpose, i felt its too uncomfortable to scroll through the code and review the contet in place. For some time i was using the 19 inch monitor and it served the purpose for sometime. With the Dual Screen of laptop and External Monitor (19inch) i was able to work to some extent....
Being used with the Scissor Keyboard on my Apple Macbook Pro for more than 7+ years i have become a fan of these Keyboards. I have used the Wired and Wireless Magic Keyboards. All these keyboards last longer and more durable until you protect them with a proper cover. I lost some external keyboards as i failed to use a cover. These Apple keyboards are so costly and you can’t repair them once something goes wrong....