turntable-fm:

We’ve got some new office decorations at the turntable.fm office!

courtenaybird:

What Your Facebook Event RSVP Really Means 

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If you know me, it’s no secret that I’m a Sonos fan and with the recent launch of the Sonos Play3, I finally pulled the trigger on installing another zone……outside. The cool part is that all I had to do was mount the 2 Sonos boxes using simple L brackets, route power from my attic and add the zone….no need for speaker wires and my whole house, inside and out, has synced audio. The PMs at Sonos were thinking since they included a way to mount the speaker by including a mounting hole on the back of the unit. All I needed was 2 Standard 1/4” /20 threaded bolts and a 2 - 6 inch aluminium L brackets that I picked up at the local hardware store. The other cool feature of the Sonos Play3 is that you can stereo pair the units. So I installed 2 of them and have stereo sound in high fidelity for outdoor BBQs. I mounted them under the over hang so they should survive whatever outdoor conditions they might encounter. This might be more of an issue if you live near the coast or in a rough winter area but you can easily remove them for the off season . Here’s a few photos from the install. Feel free to ask me any questions if you need help installing your own outdoor Sonos speakers.

HAHA….this track is Money!! Totally nails it. “Workin with node.js”

I love how these guys use the riffs from old school soul music. Cutting up a Maybach is also a fun thing to imagine. 

Check out this Indie Summer Soundtrack I found on 8tracks. Let me know what you think.

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My great uncle, George Foster, invented the soft serve ice cram machine and Fosters Freeze. I totally forgot there was one in menlo park.

Water!! (Taken with Instagram at Yountville, CA)

Innovation

If you know me, you’re familiar with my projects. So for the 4th of July weekend, I worked out one of my little hack/solution projects. I have Sonos zones and speakers all over my house but neglected the master bathroom where I have been using an old Bose Sound Dock Series 1 powered by an old iPod. I finally decided that I had to have Sonos in the bathroom but was conflicted about tossing out the Bose and replacing it with a Sonos S5.  The problem with the Bose unit is that it doesn’t have an auxiliary input. At first I had planned on tearing it apart and hard wiring in a Aux to RCA cable, but I was able to find a much more elegant solution: http://www.cablejive.com/sounddock-cable plus an AUX to RCA adapter. After some more research, internet orders and implementation, my Bose is now powered by a Sonos Zone 90. Ironically my total out of pocket cost is nearly the cost of a new Sonos S5, but the satisfaction from hacking together a solution is priceless.

So funny I had to post on my site.

Getting ready to launch. The sweet taste of victory is afforded to those who can eat bitterness.

Chair for conducting interviews.