Most people find it comical that a career technologist like myself is not the gadget geek one would expect. Case in point; I bought my first iPod, (in fact, my first digital music player) today. To compliment my shiny new Nano, I also purchased an iHome IH9B6 to play tunes out loud. An added benefit; I can wake up to a different alarm than the one I’ve heard for the last 25 years.
It is with some sadness that I replace the Sony Dream Machine (Model ICF-C10W) that was given to me as a birthday present two and a half decades ago. In an age of planned obsolescence, it is amazing to have a personal connection to a electronic device that you have had since childhood. I’d like to think that my new iPod will last that long. Somehow I doubt this.
Honestly, I’m less surprised that my teenaged clock radio works than the fact that it has its own web page. Thanks to AudioIdiots.com for helping me date myself.
Eric Santiago 
Mine is still running strong. Can’t believe it’s from 1983. I was in Jr High at the time.
-Nov 2009
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So was mine. If I hadn’t wanted something to play my ipod on, I’d still be using it.
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I wonder if some electrical whiz couldn’t add an Ipod input for you?
In fact I just picked up one for $2 from the second hand store and was considering opening it up to make it even dimmer (I like to sleep in almost total darkness).
I hadn’t considered adding an input, but now I am thinking of it.
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I came across this post after wondering – gee wonder how old my radio is. I got it in high school and its made it through three colleges, three apartments, two houses, and now a husband and college student of my own. What a great 30 plus year we’ve had – and its still waking me up every morning!
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