Tom's Diner radio, for real

I used to think Mapquest was the thing that really made the internet all worth it. I mean, sure the Hamsterdance had its day, but what did we used to do before Mapquest? Visit the AAA? Look up street names in an alphabetical list in the back of a big heavy road atlas we kept in the back seat of our car?

I mean, I certainly spend a lot of time on the internet, but much of it is just a substitute for brain-numbing television. (From gofugyourself's post today about Heather Graham: "I can't get over it: That is a supremely fugly, fugly crime against denim. I believe the wife of the mayor of Fugtopia wore that to his inauguration.")

But now I think that the point of it all might be Pandora.