Learning to format using WordPress

I have been using WordPress for a month or two and have not found out how to put in paragraph breaks.

I consider myself tech savy, but didn’t think of using html code until I spoke to a friend for suggestions.

I guess if you use shift and then return it might work. We will try here.

I think it worked? Did it?

Pandora radio is awesome, your own radio station online

I have heard about Pandora radio for a long time (for about a year or so) but I thought it was just some weird online radio station that had lame music. Boy was I totally wrong about it.It is your own radio station online.

I decided to check it out today after watching the interview with it’s founder Tim Westergren on rocketboom. I visited the site and registered for an account and then entered my favorite artist, Pearl Jamand to my amazement it started playing a Pearl Jam song.  Westergen said that most of the music on the site is from independent artists, but so far I have heard a lot of music from my favorite big name artists like Smashing Pumpkins, Audio Slave and the Foo Fighters among others. I can’t remember if they are on independent labels or not. I know the Foo Fighters have their own label, but I am not sure about the others.Westergren also said the best way to listen is to use the thumbs down feature on music you don’t like but I have been marking the stuff I like as well. I have marked some of the stuff I didn’t like and things I didn’t mind I just didin’t do anything.

The site does have a subscription service and a free service, but with the free service you will be subject to viewing ads. Which is fine with me, it’s just like regular radio. Even with XM radio, which I paid for, I was subject to crappy ads. With Pandora you don’t hear any ads or announcers but you will see ads on the side of the page. The site is very well done and the music is not choppy or anything. I am listening to it on my MacBook Pro running Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5.1) but I will try it on my PC running Windows Vista later on today, which is hooked up to a better sound system.  I am not sure if this site is blocked at some places where people work, but I am fortunate and I don’t have to deal with that garbage. I usually don’t listen to music, but I might start now.