My review of the Vision Free HD Radio iTR-100A

Friday evening LJ user alexx_kay surprised me with a new talking HD radio http://www.icanseemypc.com/hdradio.html?gclid=CNWtgtXLxqQCFYa8Kgodmy3KfQ

I am a radio addict who pretty much listens to the radio 24/7 but the reception in the aerye is really poor, possibly due to the non-Euclidean geometry and no doubt exacerbated by having two UPSs and two computers in a relatively small space. I had been talking about getting a HD radio for a couple of years but, as most HD radios use touchpads and visual displays, they have not been very accessible until this model from Dice Electronics came out in June.
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Review of Henry IV, Part I by Actors Shakespeare Project

Yesterday LJ user alexx_kay and I went to see a matinee of "Henry IV, Part I" produced by the Actors Shakespeare Project, a local company of which we are quite fond as they typically produce quite lively and original versions of Shakespeare's plays and always give us plenty to talk about when we are Shakespeare geeking.

ASP's production of "Henry IV, Part I" did not disappoint. It opened with a ballad, "The Three Rusty Sords" (see more below) sung by, I believe, the same actress who played the servant in ASP's recent production of "Timon of Athens" (sadly, the ASP Web site is not terribly accessible, so it's difficult to locate this information). Then there is a bit from "Richard II" in which we see Richard being forced to relinquish the crown to Henry Bolingbroke, who will become Henry IV. From a blind person's point of view, this play can become rather confusing as it features a lot of characters who are prone to switching sides politically, and this is further muddied byt he fact that many of the actors and actresses double up on playing roles. This may not have been quite so confusing except that the actors don't always vary their delivery styles when they switch parts.

On the other hand, this confusion regarding who is on whom's side complements the action of the play, in which loyalties are constantly buffeted by family affiliations, the changing political winds, and the paranoia of Henry IV, who is disturbed by his own culpability in the downfall and death of Richard II.
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