Item 19

Well, the music sites don't seem to have much of the music I like (most of which was written pre-20th century), so I'll just stick to my favorite old-fashioned radio station.

The archive is interesting. Its got a lot of the great old time radio shows I'd like to listen to someday. The Gutenberg audio book collection isn't much use to me at the moment because I don't own an ipod or the like to take it with me, and staying close enough to the computer to listen through its speaker isn't really an option. But it's nice to know it's there if I ever get one.

Unfortunately, a lot of this really needs a high-speed internet connection, which I for one may never have (Comcast is way too expensive and there will probably never be DSL in my neighborhood in my lifetime--the lines are too old). Downloading large files on a 28.8 to 31.2 dial-up is something I avoid unless absolutely necessary because it could mean staying up way into the wee hours to make sure it completes (my dial-up drops out periodically). I'm afraid a lot of folks who don't have a high speed connection are just going to be left out of a lot of this fancy stuff.