Free ways to make Kin more useful and entertaining

Reading through the forum, it seems most of us got the Kin because we did not want to pay for the $29.99 a month data plan.  In that same frugal spirit, I don't want to pay for a Zune pass or any other kind of service that costs money.  I was hoping that folks would share tips/tricks/sites that enrich the Kin experience for free or almost free. 
Since, I live in a metropolitan area, I ride public transportation to and from work.  This gives me almost two hours of unoccupied time for my Kin Twom to keep me entertained.  I'm no techie.  So please forgive my tips for being so basic.
So far, I have been enjoying audio books, movies, and music that I've downloaded legally and at no cost from the following sites:
Free Audio Books
http://librivox.org/  - At LibriVox, volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain (aged past the terms of the copyright) into digital audio (eg. mp3), and then make the audio files available to the world, for free.  You download the mp3 files from the site to your computer's zune music folder and then load onto your Kin through Zune.
Free movies
http://www.classicfreemoviedownloads.com/ - This site has a rotating list of movies in the public domain.  You download the mp4 files from the site onto your computer's zune video folder and then load onto your Kin through Zune.  I've just downloaded "The Lady Vanishes" (1938)
Free Music
http://www.artistdirect.com/music/free-downloads - This site is sponsored by Virgin Atlantic records and lets you download music from emerging artists for free.  You download the .mp3 to your computer's Zune music folder. Note: only some of the music on the site is free.  So don't get confused and actually purchase.

Hello All,
I had hoped to stumble onto a way to enjoy streaming internet radio on the Kin.  Alas, I only have found sites that let you call into a phone number and listen to a radio show.  I don't have that many minutes to burn.  If anyone has had success finding a site to listen to streaming internet radio, I would be glad to hear about it. 
In the interim, I have found another good free and legal movie download site (http://www.archive.org/details/movies) that works with my Kin and Zune.  The site caught my attention because it offers Night of the living Dead.  This movie has always been in the public domain because of an omission by the film editors to add a copyright to the film.
One of the links on the site points you to this bloggers top 40 movies availble for free from archive.org.  You might enjoy other movies from this list.
http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2010/08/11/top-40-best-free-legal-movies-you-can-download-right-now/

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