. . . I will probably not hire these guys to do the ad for me. Reminds me of the old SNL skit.

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I ran across this article about a boot camp designed to cure South Koreans of their Internet addiction. I never realized that Internet access is nearly ubiquitous in South Korea, where

Ninety percent of homes connect to cheap, high-speed broadband, online gaming is a professional sport, and social life for the young revolves around the “PC bang,” dim Internet parlors that sit on practically every street corner.

With stats like these, South Korea sounds like a wonderful place to live.

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I must have been living under a rock. I confess, it was a stupid oversight on my part. I’m talking about Pandora, a terrific service of the Music Genome Project. The GMP has analyzed an absurd amount of music, capturing the details of 400 attributes of each song. Pandora takes advantage of this indexing by asking you to enter the name of a favorite artist or song, then matching your tastes to create a customized music station. You get to rate each song that plays, and Pandora adapts to your likes and dislikes over time.

For example, I’m a big Dar Williams fan. I also happen to like Oingo Boingo. Totally unrelated artists, but Pandora came through like a champ for me. I’ve not only heard “The Babysitter’s Here” and “Elevator Man,” but also a number of other great artists with similar musical styles.

It’s totally free, and your stations are saved in your account so you can access the system from any computer.

Check it out - you’ll be glad you did!

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I was wandering around the web in search of a good link about L. Frank Baum (the guy who wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) when I stumbled upon www.literature.org. I can’t believe I’ve never seen this site, but I have now bookmarked it and will get there as often as possible.

The site presents the full and unabridged texts of classic works of English literature. Fiction from authors like Lewis Carroll, the Bronte sisters (Anne, Charlotte and Emily), Jack London, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens and many others, and classic scientific works from Charles Darwin and Rene Descartes.

All of the books are in the public domain, so no worries about the copyright police showing up at your door and carting away your computer.

So take some time and drink in the works of Mark Twain. Get back in touch with your inner Jabberwocky. You’ll be glad you did.

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