This clip, from Boing Boing, is pretty incredible. Various educational organizations are currently in Washington requesting an DMCA exemption to rip DVDs so they can take clips for classroom use. The MPAA responded, apparently, with a video on how to camcord a screen, which they see as the preferred method for teachers to use. This Continue reading

There’s this cello layering thing going around, which is neat because of the layering the player accomplishes with foot pedals and an Mac. It’s worth noting, though, that people in rock and roll have been doing this for decades with devices gated up in all sorts of crazy configurations. It’s pretty common now to rock Continue reading

To start with, the article is misnamed: Mainstream Gen Y isn’t Buying Into Web 2.0 uses the term Gen Y interchangeably with statistics on the 18-24 demographic. If we take the standard 1982 starting point of Gen Y, the oldest in the cohort are 27, not 24. The 18-24 bracket is used because that is Continue reading