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Why I Think Not Owning a Television Makes Life Better

I don’t own a television or have internet at home.📺 I do have a smartphone but I get most of my news from the radio or podcasts that I download at work or on the wifi.

I prefer to get my news and entertainment not by the screen but by listening. 📻 Radio is kind of special – with no pictures you have to use your mind to fill in the details. You don’t have the prejudices that images put in your mind, your free to imagine the characters as you see fit.

You can bring a radio virtually anywhere you go. It’s safe to use while driving. Headphones allow you to use on the bus and in most public places without distracting others.🎧 Radio can take you to far away lands without ever leaving where you currently are.

Even when I get older, settle down, maybe finally own land and the off grid cabin of my future, 🏠 I highly doubt I’ll ever have television or Internet at home.

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HD Radio NRSC-5 receiver for rtl-sdr

HD Radio NRSC-5 receiver for rtl-sdr

One of the things I want to do with the rtl-sdr radio USB dongle is be able to listen to HD Radio at home using my laptop. Sure you can most local radio stations streaming over the Internet, but I don't have Internet at home, and it would be nice to get these additional side frequencies. The library compiled without problems, although I don't have the dongle for testing at home.

Get stIarted with Software Defined Radio SDR for $20

I had no idea this technology was out there or how much you could do with it using free software for Linux. You can process almost any kind of radio wave detected by this little dongle using software for Linux -- like television stations, FM radio, weather radio, and even police and other two-way radios.

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NPR Newscaster Carl Kasell Dies At 84, After A Lifelong Career On-Air

NPR Newscaster Carl Kasell Dies At 84, After A Lifelong Career On-Air

"Every weekday for more than three decades, his baritone steadied our mornings. Even in moments of chaos and crisis, Carl Kasell brought unflappable authority to the news. But behind that hid a lively sense of humor, revealed to listeners late in his career, when he became the beloved judge and official scorekeeper for Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! NPR's news quiz show. Kasell died Tuesday from complications from Alzheimer's disease in Potomac, Md. He was 84."