In an earlier entry I mentioned the distraction brought about by the plethora of information made available, most of it interesting, when using the RSS reader in Opera.
The feeds found themselves into the reader’s list because the original page was of some interest, the information flowing from their feeds naturally stays in that direction.
The VLC media player, combined with sites like OurStage.com, Hulu.com and AOL Radio bring an endless flow of entertainment. 
The final distraction has become Audible.com.
When I first started using it, at the behest of Leo Laporte, it was with the intention of copying the recordings to my Kindle, and then to listen to the books in the car during the morning and evening commute. Though this is primarily its use, I have discovered, because so much of my free time is spent sitting at a computer, the books can be listened to directly from the the Audible file manager.
While I have The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni playing on the Kindle for the commute, I am listening, directly from the manager, Stephen Fry read Eleanor Updale’s Montmorency.
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