On a number of occasions I’ve seen teachers share, with apparent enthusiasm, a site called Copyright Kids. I’ve never liked it. And I really can’t imagine that kids do either, even if the mascot is a cool-looking cat who wears sunglasses. Larry Lessig (second last video on the page) asserts that outdated copyright laws have [...]

On the 2nd of April 2011, Nyan Cat was launched into (cyber)space by PRguitarman. This is the sort of thing that young people do these days. I used to make Airfix model planes. Is there much of a difference? Nyan Cat is a happy little guy. He has the the body of a cherry Pop-Tart [...]

Video-sharing culture has given visual life to a number of audio interviews from yesteryear. Here are my three favourites: In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatles fan called Jerry Levitan sneaked into John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto and convinced him to do an interview. 38 years later, the recording was  edited down to 5 minutes and [...]