Gadget lust

I just got my radio SHARK 2 from Amazon. Oh, it's pretty. It's everything a USB radio tuner should be. It even includes software for Windows and Mac that lets you rewind live shows (like TiVo) and schedule recordings. And it'll even encode them to mp3 and add them to iTunes for you!

I've already scheduled lots of recordings of shows that I ordinarily wouldn't hear because I'm never listening to the radio for an hour at a time, or wouldn't be awake:

Mondays 8pm-9pm: Indian Masala (91.1FM)
Tuesdays 12am-1am: 8bit88 (88.5FM)
Tuesdays 1am-2am: Algorhythm 88 (88.5FM)
Thursdays 6pm-7pm: Tech Talk (91.1FM)
Fridays 2pm-4pm: Pop Goes The World (88.5FM)
Saturdays 10am-11:30am: Music for the Pre-Pubescent (88.5FM)
Saturdays 6pm-8pm: A Prairie Home Companion (90.1FM)
Sundays 12am-1am: Hour of Slack (91.1FM)
Sundays 1am-2am: Bob's Slacktime Funhouse (91.1FM)
Sundays 2am-3am: Video Game Music (91.1FM)

Unlike TiVo, it doesn't have a program guide. But I was able to find a list of stations near me on Radio-Locator, and I put the call letters into Google to find the program guides. Just as well, though; I'm sure a program guide would have to cost money, and I'm thrilled to have the sleek black fin of the radio SHARK 2 sitting on my windowsill for under $45 with free shipping, no additional charges for subscription services.

A nose for news

Here's the latest on my quest to stop snoring: my insurance doesn't cover sleep studies.

But here's the second-latest: fluticasone seems to have done the trick, once I realized that its purpose was to let me breathe through my nose all night, and inferred that I was supposed to be sleeping with my mouth closed.

See, for years I've never thought about sleeping with my mouth closed; it just wasn't an option because I tend to get stuffy at night.

I never made the connection that I snore only when I have my mouth open until a night or two ago. We've both been sleeping much better since then.