Oh wow now that's just beautiful. Once I buy somewhere I'm going to have to do the same. Obviously I'll be using Boxee or Xbmc for my front end, maybe hack a wiimote into a bar of soap or something waterproof for control.
Ian Forrester This e-mail is: [x] private; [] ask first; [] bloggable Senior Producer, BBC Backstage Room 1044, BBC Manchester BH, Oxford Road, M60 1SJ email: [email protected] work: +44 (0)1612444063 mob: +44 (0)7711913293 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Greaves Sent: 22 April 2009 17:09 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [backstage] Shower Radios Some advice : "Be careful!" My wife said "wouldn't it be nice..." in a very innocent tone. Anyway, a bit later: http://www.flickr.com/photos/96141...@n00/2192513428/ She's very persuasive! David PS This is on topic as you can easily hear it in the shower too. Ian Forrester wrote: > I use to have a Gromit Shower radio for listening to podcasts in the shower > via a FM Transmitter. Now I have a speaker extended into the on-suite > bathroom from my computer. > > But back to choice on shower radio, I wouldn't bother with the Mpeg3 part as > I've always found them frustrating and it cuts down your choice by a lot. Get > a decent Shower radio and setup the FM Transmitter on the sly for her. > > Nothing says I love you like a guy willing to install a FM transmitter > for his love one. ;) > > Ian Forrester > > This e-mail is: [] private; [] ask first; [x] bloggable > > Senior Producer, BBC Backstage > Room 1044, BBC Manchester BH, Oxford Road, M60 1SJ > email: [email protected] > work: +44 (0)1612444063 > mob: +44 (0)7711913293 > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan Pope > Sent: 22 April 2009 12:11 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [backstage] Shower Radios > > 2009/4/22 Zen <[email protected]>: >> What is the need for a radio "in" the shower anyway? Why not just >> leave a radio or mp3 player outside the shower and turn the volume up? >> > > Indeed, I once received a combined solar/wind-up radio for my birthday, which > lived on the window-sill in our bathroom. A quick wind of the handle (45.5 > turns) before leaping in the shower would result in enough loud music for 20 > mins or so. Longer with lower volume. > > Amusingly we'd tend to let the winder expire rather than turn the radio off. > Frequently we'd be sat downstairs later in the day and have the bejeezus > scared out of us by voices from upstairs. Caused by the sun blazing through > the window, waking the radio up via the gift of solar power. > > Fun fun. > > Cheers, > Al. > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, > please visit > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, > please visit > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ -- "Don't worry, you'll be fine; I saw it work in a cartoon once..." - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
