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Using the Raspberry Pi as a Streaming Radio Source

My initial toying around with using the Raspberry Pi as a streaming radio source using darkice and (maybe) liquidsoap. This post will be updated as I learn and try new things.

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22 January 2013 | nthmost | consumerism, hacking | 4 Comments | Read More
Tags: darkice, debian, hacking, icecast, linux, mp3, raspberry pi, streaming radio, vorbis

Occupy the Media

How do we counter the demand for insanely spendy political campaigns? How do we boycott propaganda?

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22 October 2011 | nthmost | commentary, consumerism, thought | 5 Comments | Read More
Tags: generation x, generation y, media, memetics, politics, television

Should We Allow Market Conversations With Minors?

Tweet Sympathetically incensed by this post on DadWagon.com entitled, “Dear General Mills: Fuck You”, I started giving some thought to the problem of highly child-attractive packaging selling food that even pigeons would reject. The kind of food for which it seems that the lower the cost of the ingredients, the greater the expenditure on marketing […]

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16 January 2011 | nthmost | commentary, consumerism, marketing | 3 Comments | Read More

Why The Interstate Battery Warranty is Worthless

Interstate’s battery warranty may be “impressive” as stated, but what happens when retailers won’t cooperate to fulfill it?

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01 January 2011 | nthmost | consumerism, marketing | 33 Comments | Read More
Tags: auto repair, battery, interstate, warranties

Costume, Culture, and Coterie

Why can we so often successfully stereotype people who make up a given subculture?

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19 December 2010 | nthmost | consumerism, marketing, philosophy | No Comment | Read More

The Unbearable Lightness of Helium

Helium, the noblest of gases, is fleeing the planet irretrievably. And we can’t stop laughing about it.

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29 September 2010 | nthmost | consumerism, science | 1 Comment | Read More
Tags: bacchus, brian malow, daily show, funny, helium, sciencecomedian, video

Precious Cargo

After donating my car to 826 National (826 Valencia, SF), there’s just one thing I miss it for: watermelons. The Japanese have a solution.

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18 August 2010 | nthmost | consumerism | No Comment | Read More

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