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Blog Is Up and Running Again!

November 25, 2019 by Jack Zimmermann Leave a Comment

So my blog is finally back in business after being off the grid for many months. Things have happened in my life. A divorce, moving to a new apartment and trying to start rebuilding my life again. But now I’m back!

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Filed Under: Electronics

Shairport Crashing When Using USB DAC with Raspberry Pi

March 26, 2019 by Jack Zimmermann Leave a Comment

I’ve moved over from Squeezebox server to Roon as my multi-room music playback system. The new system works wonderfully, and I love it. However, there’s one thing that I’ve had a problem with, and that’s getting Apples AirPlay to work reliably with my Roon Raspberry Pi endpoints running Diet-Pi Linux. The Shairport-sync constantly crashed. After […]

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Filed Under: Raspberry Pi Tagged With: AirPlay, Apple, DAC, Raspberry Pi, Roon

PayPal Two-Factor Authentication in 1Password

February 13, 2019 by Jack Zimmermann Leave a Comment

PayPal has now added 2FA, so this info is no longer needed. Kept for posterity. Two-factor authentication today is a must to keep your online accounts safe. You certainly want to keep your PayPal account safe. Using SMS to add an extra authentication is a hassle and could cost you money as well. PayPal, in […]

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Filed Under: Apple, iOS Tagged With: 1Password, 2FA, PayPal, Security, two-factor authentication

Why I Switched To Roon And You Should Too

February 11, 2019 by Jack Zimmermann 5 Comments

I’ve been running my music system at home using Squeezebox Server software for many years. It has served me well, but Logitech bought the entire eco-system and then abandoned it. Because it’s Open Source, it’s still updated, but it’s time to do an upgrade to a better system. After testing a lot of different server […]

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Filed Under: Electronics Tagged With: Chromecast, Music, Raspberry Pi, Roon, Squeezebox, Streaming, Tidal

MacBook Netflix Flicker Flashing in Full-screen

December 25, 2018 by Jack Zimmermann 46 Comments

I had an annoying problem on my 2015 MacBook Pro Mac OS when watching movies on Netflix using Safari. When in full-screen mode, the display would flash/flicker a couple of times a minute. Well, after digging around, I found a solution for it. Why Does the screen keep flashing when watching Netflix? Some MacBook Pro’s […]

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Filed Under: Macintosh Tagged With: Mac OS, Macintosh, Netflix

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Portrait of Jack Zimmermann I'm a Swedish computer old timer hacking away on computers since 1979. I'm a total Apple and Linux gear head. Right now, I'm really into electronics. [Read More]

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