I have a hard time suggesting individual songs, but anything from these albums makes good traveling music: Smokey & Miho's self-titled album, Radiohead's "The Bends," Arcade Fire's "Funeral," Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust," Los Amigos Invisible's "Arepa 3000," Sufjan Stevens' "Illinois," PJ Harvey's "Stories from the City/Stories from the Sea." Erykah Badu's "Mama's Gun." - Omar Gallaga
MIAs Paper Planes has been good to me on the 21 flights I've taken this year. The gunshots are a good stress reliever when the other passengers are bugging you :) - Roshan Vyas
awwww c'mon . . . why does everyone have to be so mean? - Lindsey Smith
He's fine, but I do expect him to show up in a Lil Wayne video any moment now. - Eric @ CS Techcast
@Cee Bee I definitely see a little Gomer Pyle with Eli Manning thrown in there. - Mark Wilson
My question is, why does anyone care one way or the other? - Evan Sims
I despise people who wear their baseball hats to the side and those who let their underwear hang out have no style or class. - Joey Gibson
We build them up so someone can knock them down. - Russellreno
I'm really not feeling the characteristics that are being used to describe what a "douche" is in this article. Nope...not liking this at all.. - Rahsheen Porter
The author of the article is one jealous douchebag. - Chris Baskind
I read somewhere that his nickname in highschool was vinegar & water. Hmm - Mattb4rd
He looks like pretty much every ~23 year old in NJ to me. I'm going to go with the jealous article author stance. - Robert DeBord
I'm with Chris B. Give the guy a break and go do something amazing yourself, peeps. - Josh Haley
Phelps should totally grow back that facial hair. That'd get him a few more medals in my book. - sean808080
I do question why someone would choose to pick on him (especially after what he just pulled off), but I suppose that's the price of fame these days. The dude is superhuman...this stuff should bounce right off of him. - Chris Martin
Douchebaggery is hardly defined by style alone. He actually seems to take more care with it than most 23 year olds I know. Sad, but true. I'm also totally diggin' the facial hair. - Michael Baird
Either way, I don't really care. He is an amazing athlete. However, that doesn't equal amazing person. Time will tell on that. - JMS
Nope, couldn't do my job if it was. Having a 64bit platform gives me enough compatibility to do my job while providing just enough software incompatibility to get me out of some mundane and/or unfun support work =) - Stupid Blogger
yup. been 5 years since i switched and i haven't skipped a beat so no need to think of PCs anymore. - Christine Lu
I think so, if we're talking about a laptop. The fact that I can run Windows on it is starting to seal the deal. The final sinker will be if Mac comes out with a Tablet-style portable. - Sergio Cruz
Wait, lemme finish laughing and come back.... - Yuvi
Yes. But my last four have also been Macs. There was a Sony VAIO back there somewhere. - Michael Markman
I switched some 4 years ago and using a PC at work feels like torture now. I don't think I'll ever buy one again myself, unless Apple dies and Microsoft buys OS X from them :) - Rubin Sfadj
pc's are crap, get a mac or linux, that is the only way to go, if you are not computer literate get a mac, its easier than a pc when you get use to it, not to mention.... STABLE - SoN9ne
Chewy + chocolate = something's not right - Stupid Blogger
I like 'em. The brownie Skittle is good, and the cake batter one is nice, too. Change is good. - Bill Sodeman
mmm... I like m&ms - Skittles to me are cheap knockoffs of the real deal. The plain ones are the best :) - Dylan McIntosh
Hey, don't get me wrong. Skittles are great... when I hate myself... or when I want to punish my dentist. - Akiva Moskovitz
I didn't think I'd like them, either. I couldn't get the concept because chocolate does not equal skittles, but I liked them. - Trish Robinson
i tried to like them. i really did. i even ate a whole bag. it had the same chewy consistency of fruity skittles. only it was chocolate flavored. my taste buds were confused. - Christine Lu
ENFP. Quite a few Is on here, but it doesn't necessarily mean you're introverts. Just indicates from where you draw your energy and how you prefer to process information - through internalizing it vs. talking it out with others - Danielle Knopf
ENFJ. We are the tiny (3%) but vocal type. - Dave Martin
I did this about 10 years ago and was INTJ. A few years ago I was INTP. - Kenya
-N-P (My IE and TF flip). As Danielle mentions if you're an ExtrAvert, you might still be an IntrOvert because of actual-life conditions. - Mitchell Tsai
I'm the "Mad Scientist" type or at least that is the name this article gives for my type - http://www.xeromag.com/fun/per... . I'm just one letter away from "The Evil Overlord" but pretty far from "The Crackpot" type. - Mark Interrante
"When Americans were asked in a 2007 poll by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press to name the journalist they most admired, Mr. Stewart, the fake news anchor, came in at No. 4, tied with the real news anchors Brian Williams and Tom Brokaw of NBC, Dan Rather of CBS and Anderson Cooper of CNN." - Hutch Carpenter via Bookmarklet
I am surprised he was only 4th (Couric, O'Relly and Gibson are the first 3) - Brian Sullivan
O'Reilly and Olbermann are on at the same time in my area. I look at O'Reilly to piss me off, then switch to Olbermann to calm me down and offer perspective. - Helen
The "piss me off" aspect is one I masochistically enjoy as well. And there can be grains of truth in what the "piss me off" guys say. At least you should know what a significant portion of the population is thinking. - Hutch Carpenter
The problem with people trusting O'Reilly is how often he just plain is wrong on his facts or manipulates them to a viewpoint that and shouting at someone doesn't really prove anything other than you are an ass. - Justin Yost
'Mr. Stewart has said he is looking forward to the end of the Bush administration “as a comedian, as a person, as a citizen, as a mammal.” ' - Sarah
II think I'd trust Stewart over any living news anchor. Tangent: Discovered in Germany that The Daily Show airs on CNN International on weekends. It was the best thing on CNN by far. But how's that for blurring the line between news and "news" ? - Abby Martin
how is o'reilly #3?? the guy that starred on Inside Edition and is full of right-wing spin is number 3??!?!? wtf. - Morgan
It's good that we still have a choice, and a range of voices. - Prokofy Neva
trust is fungible / proof is tough / belief is subjective - so what ... how many Americans still believe Saddam Hussein was responsible for 9-11? A tragedy of reason ... - Mad Inchina
@Mad I'd say a majority of those who trust O'Reilly at least... - Jason Carreira
Jason - there is truth in what you say. I wonder though - if not O'Reilly, wouldn't his audience turn to something similar? There's a hunger for his point of view, and his way of looking at the world. - Hutch Carpenter
i have a huge crush on Jon Stewart. just sayin'. - Christine Lu
This is why I love Stewart. When explaining the Russian-Georgian conflict: "War: God's way of teaching American's geography."! 'Nuff said. - Bonnie Dean
Not exactly what you asked, but as a child I refused to even taste anything with Parmesan cheese - Didi Chanoch
anything spicy - couldnt even have pepper on my food. Now I throw Tabasco sauce on just about everything... - Kim via feedalizr
I not so much hated, but was terrified of all sorts of foods when I was a kid. Nowadays I love eating at all sorts of ethnic restaurants. I still hate crunchy onions and mushrooms though (exemption for mushrooms if I'm drunk though... they taste AWESOME when I'm fully buzzed). - Tad Donaghe
Beer, coffee, graperuit juice, anything that was bitter. Now I only eat bitter things. - Meg versusMeg
*Crunchy* onions? Interesting. I definitely grew up a texture eater. Enjoy food with substance. Hate biting into food with give, ie: mushrooms. But I LOVE mushroom flavor. Well-pureed mushroom soup is the bomb. - Lisa L. Seifert
Lisa - that's how I feel about crunchy onions. I hate hate hate the texture and that crunch, but I love the flavor. Yeah, that's weird. - Tad Donaghe
For a different perspective I asked my four year old what she dislikes most to eat: cheese, fish and garlic top the list. Let's check back in a decade.... - Abby Martin
Fully loaded pizzas. I just wanted cheese or pepperoni; now I want the works! - MiniMage via NoiseRiver
I still dislike all my childhood hates: cubed steak, lima beans, radishes, liver, and collard/mustard greens. Blech! - Stupid Blogger
Tomato sauce. My pizzas were crust with cheese. My spaghetti was noodles and butter. Now it's one of my favs. - Alix Whitmire
I'm the opposite. I used to eat EVERYTHING when I was a kid. Now, I am one of the pickiest eaters out there. Friends of mine don't like eating at restaurants with me because of how picky I am. - Candace Holly
Ketchup. Although I'm still pretty picky about what I'll put it on. - JMS
It was the Stove Top Stuffing that made me want to puke as a kid. Love the stuff ing now. - Dale Adams
now I love: peas, onions, bell peppers, spinach, avocado, pears, plums. things i used to like as a kid but don't anymore: raisins, bananas, applesauce, macaroni and cheese, string cheese. things i still hate: green beans, peaches. - Hannah
Why would CNN delay reporting breaking news? They wouldn't delay the results of a presidential election in fear of spoiling it for anyone, this is no different. If you don't want to know the results of a sporting event, don't subscribe to breaking news alerts. - dana
Mike, you just spoiled the fun of discovering CNN's mistake by myself. - Panayotis Vryonis
Delayed news reporting is the stupidest thing an online outlet can do. Why won't they wait for the morning newspaper and get it over with... - Amit Morson
+1 Panayotis. But, the honest truth of it is that it's up to the consumer to 'go dark' when they want to avoid being spoiled. What's difficult, however, is when you're watching something almost entirely unrelated (American football) and the commentators then announce it. We were lucky that I scrambled and hit the mute button before old boy could ruin it. The same commentator almost spoiled us TWICE over a five minute period. Irritating. - Akiva Moskovitz
We ended up putting the game on mute and listening to music. We took responsibility. - Akiva Moskovitz
Why are people blaming CNN for reporting the news? Isn't this the fault of NBC for airing it on tape delay? I think they call it "don't blame the messenger". - Rob Diana
Correction Rob: Don't SHOOT the messenger!!!!!! :) - Roberto Bonini
I agree with Akiva. If you don't want to know, stay away from places that could provide spoilers. CNN is a news organization. It's all about being FIRST. - Mark Wilson
I was so mad when I open cnn page this morning and found out the olympic results. i want be visiting cnn site until after the olympics - Shannon Carver via Alert Thingy
i'm usually mad at CNN more than any other news org...but in this case, i'm a lot more PO'd at NBC! this tape delay stuff for the sake of making money off commercials we don't watch really takes the whole point out of watching the Olympics. what's the point of watching a world record get broken at a time that's convenient and lucrative for NBC. and stop it with those southern style chicken sandwich commercials. athletes don't eat that! - Christine Lu
Yeah I have to agree, the fault is more with NBC. CNN, and the CNN breaking news guy on twitter, are charged with offering us news immediately after it happens - which they did. Most people I know didn't realize the Olympics are being taped and shown here well after the event; and that's their fault and that of NBC. - Royce Mathew
Hahaha, Germans would never care about that. If they don't want to see the results, they have to stay off their computers. - Timo Heuer
There's nothing to ruin; Events happen, they need to be reported on. If NBC doesn't like the fact that events that happen in the Olympics are, indeed, news, then certain individuals in their programming and sports departments need MAJOR reality checks. - Helen
I'm sorry but this just smacks of nitpicking. - Vincent Ferrari
"Ruins Olympics" = sensationalism in this headline... - Trae Ruge
@Nathan you know what's worse than Hollaback Girl? The video for Hollaback Girl! That video drives me B A N A N A S! - Mark Wilson
There's just way too many to narrow it down. Girl from Ipanema. Come Out and Play (The Offspring). The Macarena. The Greatest Love of All. Got My Mind Set On You. I could think of hundreds more. - Akiva Moskovitz
Wind Beneath My Wings... i want to scratch a chalkboard when Bette gets to that part in the end where she goes ..."Fllllyyyyyyy.... flyyyyyyy" i'm so embarrassed for her when she does that. - Christine Lu
Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring BANANA PHONE. - Tad Donaghe
I LOVE SMOOTH, it is the kind of song you crank up as loud as it will go. - Ruth Ferguson
i can't remember the title, but it starts with Fergie and ends with me ripping my ears off. - idnan
Christine, I have never fully forgiven my sister for playing that song during our father's funeral. - Akiva Moskovitz
rico suave by gerardo is still kicking the ass of all the songs mentioned here. - Cee Bee
Cee Bee, I'm Too Sexy for My Shirt (it's actually not true; I'm just mentioning the song). Also, Rock Me Amadeus. - Akiva Moskovitz
Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart ,, and ohh and that hair - fotographic
Hard question, there is so much trash out there - Kol Tregaskes
fotographic, I wasn't even thinking about Nashville music. You can get some really terrible songs out of there like The Watermelon Crawl. - Akiva Moskovitz
Lalala! I'm not listening! I don't want to get any one of these stuck in my head! - Sarah
Ive said before, one problem with really hating Knights in White Satin, is that I've hated it for over 30 years now (every time it comes on the radio, which thankfully isn't much anymore) - Kip
kip, have you ever heard the dickies' version of knights in white satin? perhaps you'd like that. early cali pop-punk style - Cee Bee
fotographic - "Achy, breaky heart" agreed, I just physically shrink every time I hear it. Also "Itsy bitsy, teeny weeny, yellow polkadot bikini", covered by the immensely annoying Timmy Mallet. - Vicky Pearce
Most of you probably won't know this one but it's a country song called "Alyssa Lies." Just awful. - Lisa Adams
Anything by .38 Special. I've got plenty more, but that's where I'll start this morning. - Helen
I'm going to duck as soon as I say this but I'd have to rank just about any song from the Counting Crows among the worst. I can't stand that whiny crap *hiding* - Marco
The karaoke dude at the bowling alley made it easy for my choice since he sings it every damn week.
Cowboy Troy - I Play Chicken With the Train - Rodfather
Any song which repeats "yeh" or "c'mon put yo' hands in the aiyahhhh" or has the word "feat." in the title. - Josh Haley
Undoubtedly Man Eater from Hal n' Oats - Paul Salzman
Going to have to say Whitney Houston's IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII will always love youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu........... - Kim
Mark Wilson: Agree that Kenny Loggins is talented but Danger Zone made him a laughingstock. See Bob Seger, Shakedown. - richrecruiter
@Paul, you did NOT just desecrate the holy ground of Hall & Oates! Private Eyes, Say It Isn't So, Kiss on My List, You Make My Dreams Come True... so many great pop/r&b songs - Nathan Chase
and @Tad, LP is infinitely better than 99% of this list of terrible songs - I think it's just trendy to hate them because they're so successful - Nathan Chase
Very cute Robert. Were you walking around with your laptop using seesmic, or do they have a new mobile app I'm unaware of? - Leif Hansen
Howdy Mr. Scoble, nice hanging with you in the airport. Milan *IS* sooo adorable and fast. (And I am willing to bet he will be a drummer.) And Leif, that was his laptop, but we're (seesmic) very excited to go mobile. - Thomas Knoll
OMG I hope you sanitized him from head to toe - do you KNOW what's on the bottom of the shoes of Vegas air travelers? - jeneane sessum
heh, yeah, he got a good wiping down. Me? It is good for kids to get exposed to some dirt here and there. Prepares them for school. :-) - Robert Scoble
This is too cute! Why wasn't he at the expo? :) - Daynah
I agree w/you. Good to expose them to some stuff. Kids are washable. Lucian loved running around at the airport. PHX is really clean looking anyhow. You HAVE to let them do that before you get on the plane or else they can be miserable! - TheMacMommy
TheMacMommy: yeah, Milan slept the whole trip home, which was great. Daynah: it just never worked out, unfortunately. I wanted to bring him to stuff but he was always sleeping at the wrong time. - Robert Scoble
ha ha ha. Freshly put in the bucket, then? - Josh Haley
nice, there's an h market not too far from where i'm located and i always manage to roam for longer than i should. the selections are really inviting, i'm just a little ignorant when it comes to a lot of korean cuisine - Cee Bee
Hoping that we're fast approaching real globalism and a single country can't dominate. I think the more we all rely on one another, the less likely we will try to kill each another. - nicerobot
Maybe you will. Sorta doubt I'm going to be dazzled by pretty lights and think it signals the end of America. Don't get me wrong, it was a cool opening ceremony, but I don't think that has much bearing on who's century this is. - Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
Big fan of yours, Leo, but you'd be better served sticking to tech. With all due respect, that's a pretty vapid statement, sir. - Art Lindsey III
What determines the ownership of any century? Is this a national penis measuring contest? :) - Mo Kargas
America may be on the slide a bit with the economy and the current foreign policy, but to say this is the century of China seems like a big reach. As for Globalism, the world has a long way to go. Look at Russia and Georgia. - Matt Leake
I'm just looking for the Human Century. Let's just all join together and live in peace - I don't care who the leader is as long as we aren't killing each other. - Tad Donaghe
The Pacific Century. Maybe David Wingrove will be right after all. - Akiva Moskovitz
Totally, Leo! Chinese olympiads will kill Twitter. And then Google! - Adam Lasnik
I fear this may be happening as well. It's rare I see people have a contrary position to yours, Leo, but the convo on Metafilter (http://www.metafilter.com/7396...) is also full of insight. - Rick
Wow! I sure hope not. What a loss for humanity if China is *the* world leader. - Brent Logan
No American spirit and wisdom is able to stand as the world leader Leo. Have faith in your own country for Gods sakes! - Colide81
He's drunk or something folks. Move along, nothing to see here. - Josh Haley
Our country has too long ignored the world whilst also given the world the bank note. I'm with Leo. - Michael W. May
Insightful and provactive comment. China is truly sending a message. - Darrell Bell via twhirl
I don't agree with MWM saying that the USA has ignored the world. Intact we are one of the largest helpers of the world. The USA gives lots of money to poor countrys, we have many charitys that go all over the world helping people. - Colide81
I can certainly see the sun setting on the US as leading the way toward anything globally useful. China doesn't really have any non-conscripted fanboys, either. Pomp and Circumstance can get you warm and fuzzy, but i'm just not buying it anymore. - Chris Kim A
