I would like to listen in my car to some of Doug Kaye’s IT Conversations and perhaps other podcasts and audio streams from the Internet. The car has a Pioneer stereo with a fantastically horrific user interface (all faceplate and bouncing lights display; a handful of tiny buttons; the factory Toyota system was much better but it is no longer being made and the 1998 original is dead) but thankfully an AUX input and the ability to play MP3-encoded CDs.
What is the best way to get podcast items into the car? An MP3 jukebox of some sort? Burning CDs every now and then? If an MP3 jukebox is the right way to go, which one makes the most sense given that a big part of it will get wiped and refreshed every week or so?
[Please don't suggest an iPod. I have used friend's iPods and find the user interface to be confusing compared to the Creative MP3 jukeboxes (they have more buttons). Additionally, various commenters on http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2005/07/16 thought that I might be gay and therefore it seems unwise to appear in public with anything made by Apple.]
[Resolution: I bought a 1 GB miniSD card for my Motorola MPx220 mobile phone and I burned an MP3 CD that does in fact play in the car. I still can't figure out MP3 music CDs. Is there a standard format for a playlist that you also burn onto it? If not, how does the average player figure out in what order to play the tracks?]