These are sandwiches… that rotate… in 3-D. You will need a pair of Red/Blue 3d glasses to view these GIFs properly. Credit for the original GIFs: Rotating Sandwiches

Due to technical difficulties, I’m postponing my Anaglyph series. In the meantime, I want to discuss how I built my whole-home audio system (mostly) from scratch. A few years ago, multi-room and whole-home audio was limited to wealthy homeowners and DIY audio enthusiasts. However, the rise of Sonos and the ever-decreasing price of embedded computers have transformed multi-room audio from a status symbol to a common feature in wireless speakers and AV receivers.

I don’t usually associate my home networking setup with the words “simple,” “flexible,” or “easy.” However, that changed when I lost internet access for an extended period. Last Thursday, I came home from a round of golf to find my internet access gone. I had assumed this was due to a mistake with my ISP’s scheduled maintenance that they were performing that day. As a software engineer, I understand how simple maintenance tasks can turn into unexpected outages; I decided to get some sleep and deal with it the next day.