Controlling the flow of knowledge through copyright restrictions.

Lawrence Lessig gives a lecture at CERN titled: The Architecture of Access to Scientific Knowledge

Really great talk on how the publishing world is only serving to add to the bankroll of a few at the expense of access to knowledge.

The Architecture of Access to Scientific Knowledge from lessig on Vimeo.

As an aside I LOVE the examples of remixing that Lessig consistently finds. The Breakfast Club/Phoenix remix series is really awesome.

Bitcoin - P2P payment system

Directed via a Slashdot article (http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/03/23/0210207/Google-Engineer-Releases-Open-Source-Bitcoin-Client) about a Google engineer who created a Bitcoin client I started to read up on the Bitcoin concept.

It is actually really cool. It cuts the banks out of the equation making money transfer for transaction less expensive, less traceable, and more in your control.

Check out the Main wiki page for the project (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Main_Page). As well as the introduction page that has a great walk through of our current system and how Bitcoin is different (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Introduction)

BEES?!?!

This is one of my favorite Arrested Development string of jokes. Good fun.

You think the MPAA has your best interests at heart? Think again...

Part of an interview with South Park creator Matt Stone regarding the MPAA and how they are nothing but a farce. Though probably not news to many of you.

Bad Dog

This is pretty cute.

3 Minutes

Great short! Check it out

3 Minutes

3 Minutes from Ross Ching on Vimeo.

Coachella 2010 video

Great video giving a peak at what Coachella was like. For those who haven't been you really can't imagine the scale of the festival, it is impressive. What a great time it was.