The Raspberry Pi Zero webcam works!
Here’s my final working cam! The only improvement I’d make is to add a longer cable. And possibly buy the 8 MP camera (this is 5 megapixel one). It’s an incredibly easy project, thanks to the Linux firmware you can get from https://github.com/showmewebcam/showmewebcam. Processed with MOLDIV Next up: Automating LED strips!
Landing on Mars
My 14-year-old and I had a great time watching the live coverage of the Mars Perseverance Landing. Since my sister-in-law and brother work as NASA engineers, there was a lot of fun texting going on during the event (obviously, they weren’t involved in the landing or I assume they wouldn’t have been texting us)! Sometimes...
My Raspberry Pi webcam prototype
I am building a second camera for livestreaming. Here’s my prototype using a Raspberry Pi 3 and camera. Pretty funny, no? I got it to work as a streaming camera with OBS pulling in the video via a browser link to the Raspi IP address. However, it’s not that great quality and it’s fairly latent....
Story Passage interviews Alexa Morales on why musicians shouldn’t ignore Soundcloud!
Corey Fischer recently wrote an article on Story Passage that grew out of his experiences with the online community SoundCloud, which is where he’s been sharing songs, spoken-word pieces and digital compositions. Among others, he interviewed me about my SoundCloud profile and postings. With his permission, I decided to post our complete interview here, but...
The Names of the Winds – New Video
I upgraded to Sibelius First 7 this week and have had a lot of fun learning its features, especially the ability to create video of your sheet music! I exported a video of the sheet music (which took me a few days to transcribe — I only had a lead sheet of the arrangement, and...
