New York Times reporter Ian Urbina describes things that tick him (and others) off in his book 'Life's little annoyances'. He will be discussing the book on NPR's Week-End Edition in the coming weeks. we will post the date when it happens. I would offer my own pet peeve: why do we need music piped everywhere including restrooms. Are we afraid of a minute or two of calm and silence, noise annoys. You can buy...

Frederic Vavrille offers us Liveplasma. This is a neat tool that allows you based on Musicians, Directors, Actors you like to find other Artists you might want to discover. Just enter your favorite and visual map appears giving you connections to new choices. I found out about it on Techcrunch today.