A few months ago, I bought a Squeezebox from SlimDevices. I hooked it up and dinked around with it a bit. But for the most part I was kind of disappointed. The Squeezebox is very dependent on the SlimServer software to be running on a computer, typically the computer that holds your digital music collection. For me, that would be the Macbook Pro I use for work, which has my entire MP3 collection.

Unfortunately for me, that MPB reboots often. I have Boot Camp installed to run WinXP for games such as Second Life and Quake 3. I could install SlimServer for Windows under Boot Camp, but my MP3 collection is on the Mac partition that Windows can't see.

Too much trouble to deal with, I put the Squeezebox away and let it collect dust.

But this afternoon, I hooked the Squeezebox up to my home entertainment center and converted my Pandora account to a 30-day subscription trial. This is where the Squeezebox is really starting to shine.

I have blogged about Pandora before. Pandora is a lot of fun. And with my custom stations streaming into my living room, I'm going hog wild creating new stations based on a few different criteria.

Pandora in the Home is looking like a better option than I had expected. I have a feeling I'll be a paying subscriber really soon.

Check out my Pandora stations here >>