If you are a fan of NPR, you probably have run into this minor frustration: You are, say, heavily into a “Car Talk” discussion on how to repair a radiator when you suddenly have to pick up the children and pop in a Hannah Montana CD. By the time you get home, you have forgotten what it was you wanted to listen to.
A simple $40 device called Radio Bookmark might be for you. Long available as a premium to public- radio subscribers, the device can now be bought at the manufacturer’s online store (). The Radio Bookmark bookmarks a program when you push a button on the keychain-size device. It does not record a show.
When you are home, you plug the device into your PC; your browser goes to the Radio Bookmark Web page and matches up the time you pressed the button against what was playing on your preselected local station, and creates a list of bookmarks. By selecting a bookmark, you are taken to your local station’s website, where you can play the program. Eric A. Taub
