Diamond Rio PMP300

 Posted on Tue, Mar 30, 2021  (Last modified on Mon, Apr 5, 2021)  |  Alan Pope

My loft is a treasure trove of old crap. For some reason I keep a bunch of aged useless junk up there. That includes the very first MP3 player I owned. Behold, the Diamond Rio PMP 300. Well, the box, in all its ’90s artwork glory. Here’s the player. It’s powered by a single AA battery for somewhere around 8 hours of playback. It’s got 32MB (yes, MegaBytes) of on-board storage. [Read More]
hardware  pmp300  mp3  spot  spotify  hoarding 

Spotty Connection

 Posted on Thu, Feb 18, 2021  (Last modified on Tue, Aug 22, 2023)  |  Alan Pope

I had a few days off work this week. It was very enjoyable to spend a bit more time with the family, doing some jobs around the house, going for walks, and generally nothing else, thanks to The Event. However, in the quiet moments I still find myself browsing around, stumbling on new software I know will be enjoyed by my friends on Linux, and feel compelled to package it up, as a snap. [Read More]
software  spot  snap  linux