In the WANT WANT WANT dep't

[dianeduane]

WiFi streaming Internet radio at the bedside.

Oh, jeez, to wake up to KUSC or WQXR or WINS in the depths of the Irish countryside!

Tangent Quattro WiFi Alarm Radio

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[trdsf.livejournal.com]

I can't think of the last time I listened to open-air radio; I went satellite two years ago and love *that* so much that I don't even have cable TV anymore. I don't stream stations except very infrequently, although it was interesting to give a listen to my old college station *mumbletymumble* years after I was on-air ("This is WCWS 91 FM! Three hundred throbbing watts of power, serving the greater campus area... depending on the wind!")...

I could see using that to queue up a few choice MP3s designed to get my tail out of bed, though...

[smofbbs.livejournal.com]

One of the reasons I've kept my AOL account all these years is for the Internet Radio feature (which now includes some XM channels). I wish I could get Fiona Richie's Thistle & Shamrock show, although she podcasts now.

[keristor.livejournal.com]

That sounds like the beast I've been threatening to build for ages now, because BBC Radio 3 doesn't play classical music in the evening when I'm going to sleep. The only drawback is that I don't have wireless LAN (I use wires, both for speed and security), but I could put on a special wireless router. Thanks for the link!

[the-gwenzilliad.livejournal.com]

That would be very cool, from another expatriate. ;)

[barberio.livejournal.com]

It's possible to put something similar together using a wifi enabled hand-held computer and some alarm software that launches programs. I use my palm pilot as an alarm clock using what ever music is on it, but could make it run from an internet radio too with some fiddling. (I use Pocket Tunes and 2 Play Me)

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

Now if only it were localized, too. "You give us 22 minutes, we'll give you the Emerald Isle..."?

[famebound.livejournal.com]

Hooray for waking up to KUSC! Although I'm a student at the USC music school, so the novelty is kind of lost on me...