We all have heard about horror stories concerning SD card reliability when (mis)used as root disks on SBCs; With such a track record a good backup strategy should always be in place to prevent data loss and shorten downtime when a failure occurs. Fortunately I only had one MicroSD card casualty over the years, and the following backup method did its job right to recover from it. I like to store backups on the local network because it is faster, easier to access and safer (I don’t encrypt my backups).

Originally published on Instructables A minimalistic music player based on Raspberry Pi model B with HiFiBerry DAC and ATXRaspi power controller. I made this with the help (also economical) of my father. Inspired by this and this. Parts A Raspberry Pi (I used the model B because I had one lying around the house); (optional) A DAC (I reccomend HiFiberry DAC, it sounds good); (optional) ATXRaspi power controller (to shut down and power up the Raspi easilly); An enclosure (mine was 200mmx125mmx51mm externally); A power supply (I used a MeanWell RS-15-5 5V 3A power supply from amazon); A power switch (My version has a reed switch on top of the power led that toggles if I swipe a magnet on front of it); Cables to wire all the devices to the rear panel (I added a HDMI cable to use this project as a media center); (optional) an IR receiver; (optional) A fuse.