Leyna Went Flying Today

The EAA Chapter 47 Young Eagles Program offered free plane flights to children 8-17 years old today at the Albert Whitted Airport in St. Petersburg, Florida.

I took Leyna and we had a blast! She got to fly in a Piper PA-34 Seneca with pilot (and, presumably, its owner) Joe Morgan.

Our thanks to Leyna’s pilot Joe Morgan, other volunteers, the Albert Whitted Airport Preservation Society and the Young Eagles Program. It was a terrific morning that we’ll surely be talking about for years to come.

 

Leyna in Airplane DSCF3021

Sonos

I’ve been considering building a Sonos home audio system for some time. I want to have music throughout the house and I want to be able to easily control which rooms it plays in at any given time.

A weekly email update from TheWireCutter.com two days ago alerted me to the release of the Sonos PLAY:1 two-speaker model, along with a free Sonos Bridge with purchase of any Sonos speaker. $199 with a free Bridge thrown in? I’m in. I read a few reviews about the PLAY:1 and then placed my order.

The PLAY:1 and Bridge arrived via FedEx a few minutes ago. I had it set up and playing music from iPhone in minutes. The on-screen instructions in their iOS controller app walked me through everything. My iTunes music library is currently being indexed via the OS X controller app.

25 January 2014 Update: Since buying my PLAY:1, I’ve picked up three more Sonos pieces: a PLAY:5, a CONNECT:AMP and a CONNECT. I haven’t tried the CONNECT yet, but I’m very happy with the other two pieces.