My new favorite app

I commute to Warrensburg twice a week for graduate school. The stereo in my truck is fried and since I have this handy smart phone that does pretty much everything else, I started looking for a music app.

I found Pandora Radio.

It's a free app, although it does serve up ads. The ads don't bother me -- when they appear on my screen, I'm usually watching the road.

Pandora allows the listener to enter an example of the band or song they like and then builds a play list around that selection.

For example, I currently have four channels on my Pandora: Eagles, Flogging Molly, Jimmy Buffett and Indigo Girls. It provides commercial free music that fits exactly the mood or style of music I want -- when I want it.

Of course, if you sign up for the free Pandora account, you need to make sure you have unlimited broadband -- it will quickly swamp limited use accounts.