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	Stardate: 20190623.2258
	Location: Kitchen Table
	Input Device: Cybah Rig
	Audio: Laundry Machine, faint sound of the television
	Visual: Fujitsu FMD, nano, (uh, it's an Olympus FMD)
	Energy: 50%
	Mental: 55%
	Emotional: Mortal (just came from a wake)

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	So yeah, I just came from a wake. A friend of
	our's mother had passed. We were friends with her
	mother and we will miss her. We said our goodbyes,
	offered our condolences and grieved and prayed with
	the living. Thank God I did not get called while we
	were there. I would not have wanted to deal with
	work then. It's times like these that I need to be
	the most present for people.

	So I think I need to think about something else
	now.

	This past weekend, while being on call and
	babysitting my phone, I had a chance to spend some
	time in the garage. The family was out of town, so
	I would not be disturbed. I ended up working on
	upgrading the Tree of Song. I've been wanting
	to do this for a few weeks now, but haven't had the
	time.

	I'm not sure if I had written about the Tree of
	Song before...I'll have to check...I just did a
	quick check, but did not find anything.

	Also, I have been confusing the manufacturer of
	this Face-Mounted Display (FMD.) It is made by
	Olympus, not Fujitsu. It is an Olympus Eye-Trek
	FMD-250W. I also saw some past posts where I wrote
	that it was made by Fujitsu. Maybe because both
	manufacturers have mountains in the name and the
	display is "mounted" on the face while you trek up
	the mountain with your eyes. Or maybe I'm just
	dumb. Anyhow..

	The Tree of Song is something I made for practicing
	my guitar in the garage. It is made out of a mix
	of repurposed junk, tech, and musical equipment.
	If you could imagine something that looks like a
	hospital or dental COW (Computer On Wheels) that
	was cobbled together with parts from a horder's
	estate sale, you would probably imagine something
	that might look like the Tree of Song...well, I
	don't think my words does the Tree any justice, so
	how about I just post some pics? See below.

	I was able to clean up and rearrange some of the
	components, as well as upgrade the Raspberry Pi.
	There were way too many stray cables and
	components attached to the Tree, so I pruned it. I
	had a Pi 3 in there but decided to upgrade to a Pi
	3B+ with a heat sink and fans. Since it gets quite
	hot in the garage in the summertime, I figured that
	this setup might work better.

	The case is basically a heat sink with fans with a
	plate for underneath and it all screws together. I
	was going to put it inside a LEGO case so it
	wouldn't be so exposed, but figured that I would be
	defeating the purpose of having a heat sink case.

	Here are some pics:

	Top View of Pi
	Another Top View of Pi
	View of the Tree looking into my garage. (Background is modified)
	Front view of the Tree. (Background is modified)
	View of music equipment

	Here are some pics from February, 2018, when I
	originally put this together. I made a diagram to
	label it. Yeah, kinda geeky.

	Tree of Song PDF images:
	Page 1
	Page 2
	Page 3

	I should probably add this to my Projects section.

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