Author Archives: ianmacd
Moving On
After four days in Prague (Praha), we’re moving on; to Kutná Hora, to be precise. I’m very sad to be leaving Prague, I have to say. It’s the only city I’ve ever been to that I like as much or … Continue reading
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Love At First Sight
That’s how I felt back in 1989, when I first visited Amsterdam, and that’s how I feel again now after two days in the Czech capital, Prague (Praha). What an incredible city! I’m typing this at the keyboard of a … Continue reading
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Rockbox Rocks The X5
Above, you can see Rockbox running on my iAudio X5 player. The code was taken directly from today’s CVS and cross-compiled on my laptop for the Coldfire CPU. The album art patch by Nicolas Pennequin was also applied. This allows … Continue reading
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Baby Carrier
Wiesje is getting rather large and tiresome now for Sarah to always be carrying her around in the sling. Although we have a pram, too, there are certain situations and kinds of terrain where a pram just doesn’t work: whilst … Continue reading
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iAudio X5 with Rockbox
Back in July of last year, I wrote about the open-source replacement firmware project called Rockbox. For a year now, I’ve had it running on my trusty iRiver iHP140 and, in that time, have seen the code grow to maturity. … Continue reading
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