BBC: MIT launches ‘OpenCourseWare‘. “Over the next 10 years, MIT will move all its existing coursework on to the internet.” For free!
“MIT staff point out that if this initiative is successful, and other institutions follow, it will put the net back on track towards its original goal of sharing information and knowledge around the world, rather than selling CDs and t-shirts.”

“President George Bush has outlined a new doctrine of “a distinctly American internationalism” that involves using US military might to impose its political will around the world.”
I wonder what would happen if everyone else in the world boycotted America. If you gave it enough time to ramp up, you’d have whole new industries and revitalised economies around the world.

Age article called Hollywood vs. the Internet might be better called “Hollywood vs you”: “At some date in the near future, perhaps as early as 2010, people may no longer be able to do the kinds of things they routinely do with their digital tools today. They may no longer be able, for example, to move music or video files easily from one of their computers to another. Their music collections, reduced to MP3s, may be movable to a limited extent, unless their hardware doesn’t allow it. The digital videos they shot in 1999 may be unplayable on their desktop and laptop computers.”

BBC: “A German website is offering undecided voters advice on who they should support in this Sunday’s Bundestag elections.” The site asks for your opinion on a range of issues then tells you the party closest to your views. Fantastic.

The Age: ” Women should be allowed to fight on the front line, Defence Minister Robert Hill has said. It is believed to be the first time an Australian defence minister has supported placing women in direct combat roles.”

The Age: another sleazy marketing stunt – fake band releases advertising jingle as single.

http://gimp-savvy.com/ is full of gimpy goodness, and here’s a whole collection of gimp links and scripts.

Media studies written for study in schools but an interesting read on photo manipulation, media ownership, advertising and Buffy.