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Gadget lust
Jan. 8th, 2008 11:18 pmI 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.
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.
Can't stop THIS signal!
Jan. 25th, 2007 08:39 amThere's a company whose purpose it is to send trucks around town with rotating advertising panels and an FM transmitter, creating more pollution for the purpose of making it impossible to escape commercial messages.
I ended up near one of these trucks on my morning commute, and decided to preempt their programming. Their FM transmitter was puny (couldn't get a clear signal from about 20 feet away). I happened to have an iPod FM transmitter available, so I fired it up, tuned it to broadcast on 99.9 FM, and played
I really regret that I was going to the office today. I wish I could have followed it for a while longer. I wish I had songs lined up in a playlist that were even more offensive. I wish I had a brand-new car, so far I got this hatchback...
Of course, I'd just have been creating more pollution that way. Maybe what I need is a weatherproof version of the LED throwie, only with an FM transmitter and a chip with a brief offensive message on it...
Come to think of it, a cross-FM-spectrum, low-power transmitter with a repeating message would be a great variant on Road Rage Cards. It could say to anything within 10 meters, thus serving as both a warning and (if the target is listening to the radio) an annoyance.
A Bluetooth poon will be left as an exercise for the reader.
I ended up near one of these trucks on my morning commute, and decided to preempt their programming. Their FM transmitter was puny (couldn't get a clear signal from about 20 feet away). I happened to have an iPod FM transmitter available, so I fired it up, tuned it to broadcast on 99.9 FM, and played
I really regret that I was going to the office today. I wish I could have followed it for a while longer. I wish I had songs lined up in a playlist that were even more offensive. I wish I had a brand-new car, so far I got this hatchback...
Of course, I'd just have been creating more pollution that way. Maybe what I need is a weatherproof version of the LED throwie, only with an FM transmitter and a chip with a brief offensive message on it...
Come to think of it, a cross-FM-spectrum, low-power transmitter with a repeating message would be a great variant on Road Rage Cards. It could say to anything within 10 meters, thus serving as both a warning and (if the target is listening to the radio) an annoyance.
A Bluetooth poon will be left as an exercise for the reader.
