Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Slacker

No, I'm not accusing you. It's an internet radio thingy where you can chose the genre you like, or you can make up your own station of music that you like.

I tried to download it onto my Blackberry last week, and every time it failed. I don't know about you, but when something that costs me an additional $30 a month isn't working properly, I get a bit excited (read: really pissed off).

So, just to aggravate myself some more today, I tried again to download Slacker, and on the second try, Slacker for Crackberry succeeded. I now have my own (free) internet radio station that we can listen to wherever we go (that a cell phone signal can reach).

I am happy.

Amended to add: Yeah. Lots of buffering, lots of empty silence while buffering. An interesting concept, but I'm not sure that I'm equipped for it yet. Mentally, or maybe emotionally. I need to go online at home and check Slacker help (it's, of course, blocked here at work) to see if I'm doing something wrong or these pauses are the nature of the beast. Whatever. When it worked, it was great; maybe we'll actually be exposed to some new music again after losing our favorite XM station.

P.S. Todd Snider (I am too freaking headachy to try to link) is playing at Ashland Coffee and Tea this weekend, so we're heading down that way on Saturday. He's a big name in the alt-country/Americana genre. I hope my headache is gone by then. Loud music + headache = misery.

5 comments:

Uptown Girl said...

Hi Rita, thanks for stopping by uptown! I love your picture with the yarn and Twilight. I finished the series in Feb, and everything else I've read/started since then has left me disappointed :(

I hope you can figure out your blackberry, I'm always nervous to try new technology bc it is always so complicated...

rita said...

Hi! Yeah, same with me. I'm finding it a bit easier to read other books, but most have that supernatural edge. It was agony for a month or two; I just couldn't get interested in anything else.

If you want to see what obsessed really means, check back later to hear me bitch about the shawl I'm going to knit using custom-dyed Twilight-inspired yarn, Bloodlust. I am that crazy. An entire 56" round shawl with skinny sock yarn and 5000 beads. The yarn has a thread of sterling silver running through it. Gorgeous stuff, but I'm nuts.

Love your blog, love your comments--you can be my Cougar-In-Training. Must pass on the legacy.

rita said...

The Crackberry has me disappointed; I always expect these things to work the way (and as fast as) I want it to work. I'm such an optimist.

Anonymous said...

Betty said...

Sorry, but I don't understand the language you are speaking....Blackberry, Slacker, etc., so I cannot be of any help. However, if you need any help using a 10 year old Motorola cell phone, just let me know.

rita said...

You'll be the first one I call. Promise.