I recently bought a Logik IR100 internet radio for the kitchen. I love it. When you turn it on, it downloads a station list from http://www.reciva.com/ which you can browse by genre or location. Currently there are 9,854 radio stations and 21,242 on demand streams such as those available from the BBC Radio 4 Listen Again service. Once you have registered your radio on the website you can store your podcasts on the website and save your favorite stations and streams on the site and the next time you turn on the radio they are there for you in a convenient easy to access menu option. I managed to get my nearly new one on e-bay for only £20 more than I could have paid for an absolutely new one from PC World or Dixons as the price in the shops seems to jump around a lot. Buying from e-bay did mean that I was able to use up the last of my Paypal balance earned from selling a few bit and bobs. I don’t regard a positive Paypal balance as cash because actually retrieving it from those money grabbing swine is expensive and awkward.
In truth, you don’t need the radio to get all the benefits of the web page and if like me, your PC is hooked up to your Hi-Fi, it’s fantastic. Having the IR100 just means I don’t have to force my listening choices on everyone else in house when I’m in the kitchen or turn my Hi-Fi up to wall demolishing volume levels when I’m cooking. This morning I was listening to Fuego FM, a Latin hits station based in the US and Alaireweb in Colombia. As all the stations are vetted by Reciva then added to an easy to search and browse website all that music becomes accessible. There are stations from 269 countries and I can browse those from Costa Rica as easily as I can those from the UK.
On an only vaguely related note, my internet service seemed to deteriorate and then stop completely only coming back after I rebooted my router. When I first got the IR100 it could only play a station for a couple of minutes before rebuffering the station. A bit of rooting around revealed that my Thomson Speedtouch 780 router is particularly sensitive to poor line quality and by disabling the linksense functionality in the router command line interface I might be able to improve matters. I tried it and now the radio reception is fantastic and uninterrupted and my internet access is solid and does not break down over time. Marvelous!
My prediction for this afternoon’s 6 Nations Rugby game between England and Wales is that England will win by 10 points.
In truth, you don’t need the radio to get all the benefits of the web page and if like me, your PC is hooked up to your Hi-Fi, it’s fantastic. Having the IR100 just means I don’t have to force my listening choices on everyone else in house when I’m in the kitchen or turn my Hi-Fi up to wall demolishing volume levels when I’m cooking. This morning I was listening to Fuego FM, a Latin hits station based in the US and Alaireweb in Colombia. As all the stations are vetted by Reciva then added to an easy to search and browse website all that music becomes accessible. There are stations from 269 countries and I can browse those from Costa Rica as easily as I can those from the UK.
On an only vaguely related note, my internet service seemed to deteriorate and then stop completely only coming back after I rebooted my router. When I first got the IR100 it could only play a station for a couple of minutes before rebuffering the station. A bit of rooting around revealed that my Thomson Speedtouch 780 router is particularly sensitive to poor line quality and by disabling the linksense functionality in the router command line interface I might be able to improve matters. I tried it and now the radio reception is fantastic and uninterrupted and my internet access is solid and does not break down over time. Marvelous!
My prediction for this afternoon’s 6 Nations Rugby game between England and Wales is that England will win by 10 points.
Laura and Evelyn are in Canada, I miss them both terribly.
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