Pandora, the Greek equivalent of Eve, was constructed collectively by all of the gods on Mount Olympus, who each gave her a gift. Hermes, ever the innovator, bestowed upon her the Internet. Thus Pandora Internet Radio was born.

It's a glorious manifestation of the Music Genome Project, which has set out to mathematize songs with the use of over 400 musical attributes. All you do is enter a band or song name into Pandora, then some sort of scientific wizardry happens behind the scenes, and out come songs from bands with similar sounds. For free.

It works remarkably well, which seems to legitimize math for me. For instance, create a station based on Led Zeppelin and you'll get some Pearl Jam and The Rolling Stones. Or if Barbra Streisand is more of your cup of tea, you'll get The Carpenters and Melissa Manchester (yeah I'm not sure who that is either).

If you don't like a song that pops up, click on the down-turned thumb (a nearly universal sign of displeasure) and the song is skipped. Give the same artist this treatment twice and they won't appear again. Conversely, a thumbs-up will make it a bit more likely that future songs will have even closer musical traits to the current song.

The level of control is empowering, and advertisements are rare, making the experience far more enjoyable than broadcast radio. And though the Pandora of Greek myth unleashed evil into this world (aside from opening that box, she was apparently a very pleasant woman), Pandora Radio is a jackpot in this chaotic cyberspace of ours.

Want more? Check out our review on the Pandora iPhone app.

Nothing impresses your peers and colleagues more than business cards (I think Bill Gates said this, but I could be wrong). It's like a mini résumé, and it's even cooler when you do the move where you squeeze it between two fingers to offer it to people. You can pretend to be pretty much anyone with a convincing business card. I personally have successfully impersonated many high-ranking politicians and business types.

So if you want to seem as important as possible, and don't we all, visit MOO.com and print yourself up some personalized business cards. You can upload any image you like (within reason) to the front, and write anything you like (within reason) on the back. MOO even links up to sites like Facebook, Flickr and LiveJournal to transfer your photos.

You can choose between two sizes, the dimensions you normally see for business cards, and the MiniCard, which is smaller, yet somehow more dramatic. Either way, the printing looks fantastic, and the finish is nice and glossy, so you'll be well on your way to climbing the company ladder or making someone you hate jealous.

Available on MOO from ~$20

Some people might want to kill me for not mentioning the Shure Beta 58a microphone, and with good reason.  The Shure is right there at the top as well.  Both mics offer fabulous, clean, true sound, and the Shure Beta is actually just a little hotter in my opinion.  But the Sennheiser has a few perks that push it over the top for me. 

One such perk is the on/off switch.  When I first got the microphone, I was worried that this might be a problem in live situations.  Not so, and it's a boon if you don't have a mic stand and need to set the mic down, as you can turn it off to kill potential feedback. 

Speaking of feedback, this brings me to the second perk: this thing almost never feeds back.  The Shure does a fine job of cutting feedback as well, but the Sennheiser e845s does better.  Finally, if you think the Shure Beta is clean (and it is), give the e845s a whirl.  The clarity on this mic is nothing short of amazing. 

What else is great about it?  It's about as tough as they come.  This mic is super road-worthy, and with Sennheiser's 10 year warranty, you know this mic's gonna last you a while.  I've personally dropped this thing loads of times, and it just keeps on trucking, no drop in sound quality at all.

Some stats to consider:

• Pickup pattern: supercardioid
• Transducer: pressure gradient dynamic
• Frequency response: 40Hz-16kHz
• Sensitivity (free field, no load): 1.8mV/Pa =/-55dB (odB=1V/Pa) =/-75dB (odB=1V/?bar) (USA)
• Nominal impedance at 1 kHz: 350 ohms
• Min terminating impedance: 1000 ohms
• Dimensions: 1-7/8" dia. x 7-1/3"L
• Weight: 11-2/3 oz.

You can grab yourself a Sennheiser e845s Pro Performance microphone on Musician's Friend for $149.99 which, coincidentally, is $10 cheaper than the Shure Beta. 

If you're a singer who wants to be heard clean and clear and high above the rest, do yourself a favor and pick up a Sennheiser e845s Pro Performance vocal microphone.

Our pick this week comes from relatively unknown director Chris Bell.  Unknown, perhaps, but still exceptionally talented at putting together a thorough, interesting, funny, touching documentary about the ups and downs of steroid abuse in the United States. 

Bell turns the spotlight on his family, particularly his brothers and himself, to give us a rare human insight into what the youth (mainly young men) of the United States are subjected to, simply by being members of this society.  It follows the choices he and his brothers make regarding the illegal drug, and the effects those choices have on their lives and the lives of their families. 

Much as Super Size Me pointed the finger at big corporations yet also at consumers, Bigger, Stronger, Faster approaches the issue from both sides of the fence, and Bell does an admirable job of trying to make his documentary as unbiased as possible.  Many of the most serious and morally interesting points are made simply by his examination of the facts regarding steroids, which for some may be eye-opening, to say the least.  His indictment of the United States (steroids are a by-product of our ideology) is timely and acute, and speaks to a host of issues, far beyond steroids, that are affected by our imperialistic American perception of the world. 

Bell's style is sharp and sparse, and while he doesn't provide all the answers, he certainly asks many of the right questions, not the least of which is: why are steroids illegal?  If you think that's an easy one to answer, give Chris Bell an hour and forty minutes of your time... he just might change your mind.

[If you haven't tried Netflix, find out what you're missing after the jump]