I just configured my email client to play a sound whenever new messages are received. I don't like the default sound that Windows provides, which reminds me of a Teletubby that has swallowed a rusty church bell, but I can choose any sound file on the computer as my delivery notice.

So thanks to KaZaALite, Audacity, and good old-fashioned American can-do, I am now alerted to incoming messages by the terrifying sound of New Kids on the Block singing "Oh oh, oh oh oh!" from "The Right Stuff." The way I see it, my hoodlum friends will email me much more often knowing that every addition to my inbox causes me a small amount of pain.

I suppose I could have used a Limp Bizkit clip, but then I might never check email.

Your suggestions for sound clips to use in the future are welcome in the comments section.