James Taylor (picture James Taylor)
James Taylor is offering to teach the world how to play his unique finger picking guitar style. Free. On YouTube.
The project started in October and he just posted Lesson 3 called Second Wheel. Continue reading
The media stories have Hollywood corporate fat cats reeling from Wednesday’s shutdown or blackout of more than 12,000 websites like Wikipedia, Reddit and Wired. NJN Network did its small part by wearing black all day.
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Wikipedia goes dark for SOPA protest
If SOPA passes the US Congress in anything close to its current form, the internet as we know it will be essentially dead.
We are joining sites around the world to protest like Wikipedia, Flickr, and Reddit.
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It takes guts to video your gig playing in the lobby of a seniors home. It’s a tough room but Harlan Pepper turns a few smiles and gets them dancing in the aisles.
Since graduating from high school almost three years ago, Harlan Pepper have honed their chops with a fresh mix of alt country, folk and rock.
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A recent Bob Dylan performance of Blind Willie McTell with Mark Knopfler follows the break.
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Avatar 3D on Panasonic HDTV (click or larger image)
There is nothing in home theatre that compares with the excitement of watching a 3D movie.
Your next TV may be a 3D capable set, despite the naysayers in the media.
3D picture quality is superb and active 3D glasses are no longer a barrier to the 3D effect. Continue reading
Mike Masnick founder of TechDirt
TechDirt is one of a kind – editor Mike Masnick works tirelessly writing stories every day to promote freedom of speech and freedom on the internet.
Mike has written articles denouncing censorship, state control around the world including the US Congress attempt through SOPA to shut down the internet as we know it. Continue reading
When you subsidize an organization, it has no reason to be competitive. That’s the CBC.They are not really trying to keep up with the times.
The CBC Radio 3 Bucky Awards is a great idea to promote Canadian talent. Unfortunately Radio 3 don’t have the time or initiative to make their web page compatible with mobile devices that most of the audience use. Continue reading
22 Minutes Movember contest - Olivia Chow with what's his name (photo Facebook)
I was splitting my sides laughing after this week’s episode of 22 Minutes
The show is getting funnier despite being in its thousandth season. Eat your heart out Carl Reiner.
Flushed with optimism, I jumped on my computer and entered their Facebook Movember contest.
It’s one of those crazy things you do for fun not the prize. Grow a mustache and take your picture. Continue reading
By Chris Brogan G+ – In both cases, there were tweets or Facebook posts or Google+ updates that hinted that things might be falling apart.
But we rarely notice such posts. We rarely hear them loudly, because they aren’t Siri jokes or cats dressed like astronauts.
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