I am amazed at how three devices have changed my entertainment habits while traveling. First, TIVO has allowed me to time shift all my favorite programs. It also allows me to have a constant selection of quality movies to watch when I have free time. Especially baseball games. At any given time I have ten MLB games saved for watching on demand. With TIVO To Go, I can actually transfer these program to my laptop and then into my iPod for viewing anytime.
XM radio makes every MLB baseball game available plus a couple of really cool daily shows about the sport. Many of you know that I love baseball and enjoy playing Fantasy Baseball. I have won our fantasy league for two years running and am in first place for now. I issued an invitation on the blog this spring and had two audience members join the league, Sean Wright and Chris Champion. They are in second and fourth place respectively. I love the Fantasy Focus show that comes on XM each weekday morning at 11 a.m. and The Baseball Beat with Dodger announcer Charlie Steiner. Since I am always busy at these times, I time shift these programs to listen to them when I ride my bike in the evening or on the weekend.
And then there is the iPod. I now have 1,468 songs on mine. Everything from 100 Years by Five for Fighting to Breakout by Swing Out Sister to Be Like That by Three Doors Down to The Logical Song by Supertramp to Peg by Steely Dan. Just turn it on shuffle. Probably my favorite part of the iPod though is the podcasts. I have about 250 podcasts on the unit at any given times, including our wonderful show Weather Brains. Other favored podcasts include MLB’s Fantasy 411, ESPN’s Fantasy Focus, NPR’s Science Friday, and the Gestalt Gardener from Mississippi Public Radio. Those guys crack me up and I learn a lot every week.
I picked up a really cool speaker box for my iPod last week at the Brookstone in the Salt Lake City Airport. This unit is a rectangular box about the size of your hand that has a rechargeable battery. The sound from the speakers is remarkably good. You insert the iPod in the unit, when keeps it clean and free of wires. Best of all, it was $32.
Technology. You gotta love it.
