I Answer Your Questions #1…
So, as I mentioned in a previous post, I will take three questions from my readers and answer them. Nothing is out-of-bounds. So, what kind of scintillating questions do you have for me?
Becca asked, ‘So, why don’t they have a DAR for your car?’
Okay, not what I expected, but why not?
Here’s the short answer: they do. Kind of. I have an mp3 player and it has an FM radio built into it. If I’m in the car and digging some NPR, I can switch over to the mp3 player and hit ‘record’ and bam, I’m recording it.
I suppose you mean some kind of built-in unit, but wouldn’t that drain your battery while its recording radio and the car is off? Get an mp3 player from a wholesale electronics dealer, I guess.
March 11th, 2009 at 2:57 am
Why on earth would I want to have a Daughter of the American Revolution riding around in my car?
March 11th, 2009 at 9:29 am
Awesome. I totally could have went that way. Thanks for making me realize the comedic gold I could have had…curses!
March 12th, 2009 at 1:10 am
@David: Yeah, yeah.
@Patrick: I hear what you are describing but that’s still sorta not what I was talking about. Of course it wouldn’t be recording when you’re not in the car so there would be no drain on the car’s battery. I’m thinking, like my dvr, I want it to record for a small period of time as long as I’m on any particular station…and then if while I’m listening I decide to rewind a bit, it’s there! Or, if I have to take a call (or get pulled over) and I’m listening to a great show, I can pause and take care of my business! Invent it already!
March 12th, 2009 at 6:42 am
Yeah, see, I don’t listen much to terrestrial radio, so I um, don’t really care about this invention.