Playing Around with YouTube
You tube is fantastic as you can see so much in here. Somethings are funny and some are serious, I searched sports, comedy, politic and extreme adventures ie snowboarding. I didn't like fact that it seems relatively easy for idiots to publish inappropriate material to YouTube. Daz recommended this video of a child laughing at a bit of paper.
Podcasts
I was really interested in the Radio National podcasts, particularly Background Briefing and Late Night Live with Phillip Adams. Podcast Alley was great too. I didn't know there were so many places on the Net to download free interviews and radio segments.If you're into politics, the No1 podcast for August, 'Free Talk Live' would be the one to check out. There are alot of news and current affairs podcasts available too, which is handy if you miss something on the radio - just download it!
E-books
I love books online! This is the best module of the program yet. I usually listen to audio books on CD in the car (yes Miss J, I'm a nerd), but knowing I can download them for free, or pay the $8.95/year annual membership at WorldeBookFair is great!
I can see myself getting addicted to Project Gutenburg - I'll be on this site every week downloading free books. The Top 100 books and authors link is particularly useful, althought the Manual of Surgery and the Outline of Science (the No 1 and 2 most downloaded yesterday) would not be my cup of tea.
It's interesting that with so many new and popular authors, people still love to read Charles Dickens and Mark Twain. The Best Places to get Free Books website is also fantastic and its good to get a simple description of each site too.
Downloadable media
I'll have to spend more time exploring the Brisbane/Yarra Plenty downloadable media site - there are heaps of interesting titles to explore. I particularly liked the Documentary Travel Series on Hawaii....
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