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picture 21 Aug 2005 @ 01:11, by Jose Overalles

Well, this is pretty cool.
Wireless headphones for the computer.

I havent got along very well with previous sets of headphones. I'm always breaking or ripping the cords on them. A set of headphones for me is lucky to last a year without me fouling them up somehow. I liked the last pair of headphones that I had for my computer, because they had an in line stereo / mono switch. Being totally deaf in one ear, mono is the only option for me when listening to music through headphones if I want to hear both channels. But I broke that pair the way I break them all, by accidently ripping the cord out of the jack when preoccupied with other activities.

So, I decided to go wireless. And I got a special adapter for the transmitter that plugs into the computer, so that it changes the signal from stereo to mono. No more cords to accidently destroy. I can pick up the music from up to 150 feet away from the transmitter now, which covers the whole house and all around the outside of the house too. Now I can listen to the mp3s on my puter while I mow the lawn! I can listen to hillbilly banjo music streaming through the internet from Tennessee while I sit on the front porch, or listen to any worldwide internet streams anywhere outside in the yard. Sweet. Hope I don't find some way to break it too soon. Hmm. Now I need a wireless microphone. and a wireless keyboard, and mouse...and monitor.

This looks pretty sweet too.
D-Link®/Omnifi™ Home Media Streaming Kit
Some day.



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21 Aug 2005 @ 04:06 by bushman : lol
I got a pair of those about 3 years ago, they still work great, I plug the short wave into the pc, and use it to track satlites, so when I hear a loud one I got time to see if I can spot it flying over and still hear it, when its the loudest its straight over head. Anyway they are tough, and light. :}  

21 Aug 2005 @ 15:01 by jmarc : I've alway's lagged technologically
I mean geesh, I'm still running win 98 ;) It has it's benefits though, as I"m usually taking advantage of economies of scale and getting a much better price than those who go out and get the cutting edge technological marvels. I'm definitely seeing the advantages of wireless though, even with this small purchase.

The headphones got a good test run this morning. so far the only draw back I find is that one must keep one's head upright for them to stay securely on the head. I was out weeding the pumpkin patch and listening to whitley strieber's dreamland, and they kept trying to creep off of my head. Other than that, so far, so cool.
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Another neat thing about wireless headphones with computer. If you have sound effects turned on in your instant messaging program, like the msn messenger, you can hear yourself being paged, even if you're not in front of the console. No more coming back to the computer and finding messages like this on the screen.
Friend: hey
friend: wassup
Friend: you there?
friend: hellooooooo!
friend: yo!
friend: Oh well, you must not be there.
friend: talk to you later.  

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