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I noticed the other day that Fred Meyer is selling little FM transmitters for connecting mp3 players and whatnot to car stereos. I picked one up today for $16, wired power into it (I hate batteries) and put it in a prominent place in the apartment. I walked around with my little wind-up radio, and I can get OK reception through about half of the building on the north side. Outside reception is a little dodgy, but the garden is protected by a rather large tree. After all the hassle I’ve had trying to get the prismiq working with my low end server, latency on music between rooms while streaming internet stations, and all the other nightmares involved with Internet music, I think this is just great.

I’m currently streaming my music collection on random, but will be switching it back to Air America Radio during the weekdays.

There’s a great post over at Slumberland calling for people with low power FM (or AM) transmitters to re-broadcast Air America Radio. They’ve got theirs set up and are rebroadcasting over 87.9FM on Beacon Hill. I dusted off my old wind-up radio to see if I could tune in, but had no luck. Bummer.

To compensate for my lack of transmitter, I’m listening to the stream in my office, and flooding the 900Mhz band with my Brookstone Headphones.

metrix.net is now live. If you’re looking for the best open standard, open source wireless kit available, it’s the place to go. I’m not just saying that because that’s my mug on the about page either. It’s because it’s true. Go check it out.

Another Nokia phone exploded, This time in Hong Kong. Scary enough, this is not the first time, or even the second time that a story like this has caught my eye.

Sure would be nice if they would link the results of this ‘independent laboratory test’ so I could see if my phone’s battery is on the list.

The front door buzzer is out of battery. Email, call or rendezvous iChat to get in.