the fallout: on the other side

She's mine at last. 8.0mp, 3fps, 3x optical zoom, and lots of other things that make no sense to me…… yet.

The growing cult of the iPod. MP3 player compatibility as automotive selling points. Either the youth of America is taking over, or this stuff is not just for kids. Music = life. You heart music. Admit it. Then go visit these two sites…

Last.fm calls itself the social music revolution. Hit the front page, type in a band and Last.fm will pull up ordered lists of the bands most popular songs, similar artists, and play new recommendations based on your taste. You create a personal radio station, Last.fm uses your preferences to build its fantastic infrastructure of profiled recommendations. What's not to like?

Pandora, created by Music Genome Project crew, can be equated to asking your music buff friend for album recommendations. Only there are a lot more music buff brains behind this answer… and you don't even have to buy them a drink. Cheers!

A guide to the big computer question: fix it - or buy new?

(Applies to windows systems xp or prior.)

1. Is the computer running Windows XP? (Yes-go on) (No-buy new)

2. Was the orginal operating system 98SE or XP? (Yes-go on) (No-buy new)

3. Does the unit require hardware repairs possibly totaling over $250? (Yes-buy new) (No-go on)

4. Can you play music and search the internet at the same time without having the music skip? (Yes- go on) (No- buy new)

5. Do you like the one you have and is it working perfectly? (No- buy new) (Yes- why are you reading this??)

One of the disadvantages to working retail is that you see all this cool stuff before it comes out and you're not allowed to talk about it. Well, it's release day, so here's the news:

In conjunction with the upcoming sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, M&M's has realeased "Pirate Pearl" white chocolate M&Ms. This is the first time M&Ms have been released in white chocolate in the US.