Rampidbyter Rampid byter: A byte of my .Net developing life.

I'm a geek, no question, and I listen to a lot of music. Really i can't imagine a day going by where I'm not listening to some form of music while I'm working out, relaxing, or while I'm toiling at work. It started a long time ago while i was working in my first programming position at SDRC in 2000. I began bringing in my personal laptop with a limited selection of music in MP3 format from the days of Napster not being a corporate unit. I'm not admitting to anything, just saying I had a few songs to listen to.

Since that time I've transitioned from downloading songs to a laptop, listening to radio FM stations, using a Zen Micro Photo MP3 player, an iPod Nano after the Zen died, and now i have Pandora Radio. I use Pandora almost exclusively at home, work, or even on my smart phone. I'm even tempted to hook up a computer system in the car to just use Pandora in the car stereo for long trips. Yes, i have a pocket PC i could use, but come on a computer in the car is awesome. It's become an integrated part of my life where I can listen to genre's i like, artists, and I get the advantage of hearing new music from bands i'd never known existed. I went from Weird Al to The Trucks, Freezepop, Gary Jules, and many more stations waiting to explore. If you haven't tried it, go try it, it's free, and it's incredibly more personalized than your typical top 40 stations you get with most online radio stations.