Gimme some help (to insomniacs and early risers out there)

My company is going through a process of corporate branding and agreed styles. Given some of the people we employ, in my opinion, this is a Good Thing. Unfortunately, sometimes the agreed styles aren't what I would choose. Sometimes, they're well, a Bad Thing.

( Help me out here, likely anyone reading this could find something useful )

On an entirely unrelated note; can anyone recommend some software I can download that I can use to store CDs as MP3s on my harddrive and play them? I don't need to download stuff, I can just store it and play it, right?