Challenges 4 & 5

Pandora Radio is a good way to hear music that you may not have heard before. I’ve used the service before and am impressed by the range of music available in their catalog. I went back into my account and pulled up an old station that I had created “Pink Floyd.” It basically played classic rock the entire time including the Beetles, Aerosmith, Fleetwood Mac and others. I understand why these songs were chosen, but I would prefer to have heard more obscure bands or songs. A frustrating thing about Pandora is that it only allows you to skip a selected number of songs per hour. You can easily bypass this by closing the station and starting it right back up, but this can be a minor annoyance. I use Pandora when looking for new songs and definitely recommend it to anyone into music.

The play-away that I chose was Hunter Thompson’s Fear and Loathing. I have read the book before, which I’ve found is helpful when listening to an audio book. You can fade in and out of the story without missing much and get other things accomplished at the same time. I prefer the play-away over listening to an audio book on a computer due to its easy portability but can see the benefits of both.