https://blog.brianbeach.com/tags/magic-mirror/ Recent content in Magic-Mirror on Brian Beach Hugo en-us Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.brianbeach.com/posts/2026-02-01-magic-mirror-on-surface-pro/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.brianbeach.com/posts/2026-02-01-magic-mirror-on-surface-pro/ <p>I was talking to Jeff Barr last week and he mentioned his <a href="https://nextjeff.com/my-ambient-information-display-e3c026a2d325">Magic Mirror project</a> from a couple of years ago. I have been working on a goal tracker workflow in Obsidian (more on that soon) and thought this would be the perfect detour to distract me from achieving those goals. Most people run <a href="https://github.com/MagicMirrorOrg/MagicMirror">MagicMirror</a> on a Raspberry Pi, but I had other plans.</p> <p>I have very little space for my &ldquo;mirror&rdquo; but I had a old Surface Pro collecting dust in a drawer. It&rsquo;s a 2017 machine with an i5, 8 GB of RAM, and a 12&quot; PixelSense display. Too nice to throw away, but too old to do any real work on. This was perfect for a tight space. The Surface Pro is wildly overpowered for this job, which means everything is buttery smooth and the high-resolution screen looks fantastic.</p>