New Feature -- Music Sidebar

Thanks to my good pal Dana, I've just been turned on to the world of music "scrobbling." I find this a most onerous term, like most of the recent crop of technolingo like googling, podcasting, ripping, digging, burning, blogging, etc., but this really is quite an ingenious service. Go to Last.fm to check it out. Once you download the software, it keeps track of what you listen to and shares it with your friends. You can find other people who are into the same stuff you're into, and it makes it really easy to find new music you might be interested. Also, it has all these radio stations that it tailors directly to your interests. Perfect for someone feeling a bit detached from popular culture by, say, the span of the Atlantic Ocean. So, if you want to digg what I'm into (yo), check out the sidebar. (I'm only mildly embarassed by the noticeable preponderance of tracks by NPR.)