| # A virtualenv running Python3.6 on Amazon Linux/EC2 (approximately) simulates the Python 3.6 Docker container used by Lambda | |
| # and can be used for developing/testing Python 3.6 Lambda functions | |
| # This script installs Python 3.6 on an EC2 instance running Amazon Linux and creates a virtualenv running this version of Python | |
| # This is required because Amazon Linux does not come with Python 3.6 pre-installed | |
| # and several packages available in Amazon Linux are not available in the Lambda Python 3.6 runtime | |
| # The script has been tested successfully on a t2.micro EC2 instance (Root device type: ebs; Virtualization type: hvm) | |
| # running Amazon Linux AMI 2017.03.0 (HVM), SSD Volume Type - ami-c58c1dd3 | |
| # and was developed with the help of AWS Support |
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| # Ask for the user password | |
| # Script only works if sudo caches the password for a few minutes | |
| sudo true | |
| # Install kernel extra's to enable docker aufs support | |
| # sudo apt-get -y install linux-image-extra-$(uname -r) | |
| # Add Docker PPA and install latest version | |
| # sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 36A1D7869245C8950F966E92D8576A8BA88D21E9 | |
| # sudo sh -c "echo deb https://get.docker.io/ubuntu docker main > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list" |
#How I built an audio book reader for my nearly blind grandfather
Last year, when visiting my family back home in Holland, I also stopped by my grand-parents. My grand-father, now 93 years old, had always been a very active man. However, during the presceding couple of months, he'd gone almost completely blind and now spent his days sitting in a chair. Trying to think of something for him to do, I suggested he try out audio books. After finally convincing him -- he said audio books were for sad old people -- that listening to a well performed recording is actually a wonderful experience, I realized the problem of this idea.
####The problem with audio devices and the newly blind. After my first impulse to jump up and go buy him an
