I love the Internet
| January 29th, 2008I’ve said it before and I know I’ll definitely say it again, but I really do love the Internet and everything (nearly) that it enables.
My dad (self-confessed technophobe) has just set up his brand spanking new internet radio (Roberts WM201) - using the easy to use Netgear browser interface and adding the radio manually by MAC address to the trusted access list. I was able to go to the Roberts website, download the manual and run through the whole set-up procedure with him.
He’s now happily surfing over 6,000 internet radio stations and checking out on demand content from BBC Radio 4 from his study in the Northumbrian hills (where he can’t get FM because of said hills and only just gets broadband because of the distance to the nearest exchange).
And for I think perhaps the first time ever, dad’s got a piece of kit I haven’t got! Bit jealous really . . .
Nice one dad and thank you Internet.
Hey - you’ve had a redesign - very cool retro schtick. Is it homemade?
And, yes, I am jealous of that radio, too. My only experience in this area was with the first of these - the Psion Waverider (is that right?). It was … interesting but impractical given lack of wireless at the time.
Hi Ian . . . nice to see you pop up in my comments and thanks. The theme is based on GEEX3M - found here - but with some changes as you’ll see. I’m finding myself getting really into messing around with WP and am trying to get to grips with CSS/HTML - it’s really useful for me and to be fair the geeky side of me really enjoys it.
I’ll let you know how Dad gets on with the radio. It looks good indeed - I think I might be buying myself one although I’d probably look at stuff from Logitech/Slim Devices.