Girls Rock Radio!

So I found a fun Internet radio station, it's called "Girls Rock Radio. It's all girl bands, stuff I haven't heard in a while and some I've never ever heard of, but as fussy as I am, I do listen through it. Although since it's stream I really can't change the channel now, can I? You can see on the Girls Rock Radio web site what's playing. Some players (like iTunes) will show you what track is playing.

No advertisements, but they do request donations (which I think are few and far in-between). I'm surprised they don't run some 30 second ads, I would think would generate some revenue (maybe if it's ad supported they pay different rates to play the songs, I know that's goofy these days).

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Skype update

So I've always liked Skype it's a great backup for my phone and it's great for calling home when I'm on vacation. At 2.1 cents per minute, it's hard to beat the price as long as you've got a semi-decent internet connection. Not that I talk a lot when I travel but I always feel like I'm being initiated when trying to figure out long distance calling when in a foreign country. They 2.1 cents is just for calls to the US, other countries have different rates.

The goofy^* thing is that it's 2.1 cents to call the US wherever I am, from next door, Egypt or Costa Rica it's all 2.1 cents! But with the same reasoning it's 6.4 cents to call Costa Rica, that's if I'm here in Michigan or down there. Of course if I'm calling someone else's Skype computer it's free from anywhere to anywhere.

I just upgraded to the new Mac version, I was 1.1 versions behind. I think the call quality is significantly better and I noticed the touch tones work better, so now I can call my (misplaced) cell phone and listen to my messages.

* - It's not really goofy, it's what they pay for phone calls at the destination, the Internet probably doesn't cost Skype any more regardless of where I'm calling from.