This is even more amazing than the Boxer/Basset Hound mix that we sometimes run into at the dog park. I think that this would be a perfect companion for Duke (my Basset Hound) although I think I might look really strange and/or crazy walking them together...

Matthew sez, "MyWorld aims to teach students essential digital literacy skills through simulating their favourite online experiences. The tutorial is divided into four chapters, each of which focuses on a particular aspect of digital literacy; topics covered include learning to be skeptical of online content, managing online privacy and reputation and using online content (such as Creative Commons and public domain material) to create media."

Jian's opening this morning on Q: Who will speak for the endangered school librarian? Technological change does not replace human guidance.

OTTAWA - Canada's new copyright reform legislation will look a lot like its earlier versions, Conservatives say.

Tory MP Dean Del Mastro said Tuesday the copyright modernization bill the Harper government pledged to pass in its election platform would essentially be a duplicate of the previously introduced ­ and controversial ­ Bill C-32.

That means no iPod tax, but artists say it also means less compensation for copyright holders.

"You don't stand in the way of the good to enact the perfect," said Del Mastro, who sat on the special legislative committee scrutinizing C-32 in the last Parliament.

Critics slammed the wide-ranging bill, claiming elements would undermine Canada's digital economy, slash the revenue for artists and shackle consumers who wanted to transfer files between digital devices.

The committee had over 200 witnesses scheduled to weigh in on C-32 and heard from scores before Parliament was dissolved in March.

"I didn't hear a lot that was overly critical of the bill," Del Mastro said, noting he felt many critics simply misunderstood elements of the complex bill.

The Tory MP said Canadians should only expect small technical tweaks when the Conservative government re-introduces the legislation later this year.

New Democrats, meanwhile, vow they'll continue to push for amendments.

"We've had a problems with the bill in the past and we want to get it right," said NDP MP Charlie Angus, who sat with Del Mastro on the House committee. "We will go clause by clause and negotiate with the government."

Consecutive Liberal and Tory governments have been trying and failing since 2005 to bring copyright law into the digital age. The bill promised by the Conservative's this time around will be their third shot at updating the law.

"We fully intend on following through on this promise," Heritage Minister James Moore said Tuesday through a spokeswoman.

(via @mgeist)

I really wish that they were selling copies of this poster ... (via boingboing).

Twitter newbie Henry Rollins says, "In 1986, Dave Markey made a documentary of Black Flag's final tour. He just posted it for free viewing. Brutal!"

Flexible future: Forget the iPhone, here's the smartphone made out of 'paper' that will shape with your pocket

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 10:10 AM on 6th May 2011

• The PaperPhone's flexible display makes it more portable that any current mobile computer

In an industry where unbreakable and smaller are best, the world's first interactive paper computer looks set to dominate for years to come.

The PaperPhone has a flexible electronic display that is set to herald a new generation of computers.

Extremely lightweight and made out of a thin-film, the prototype device can do everything a smartphone currently does.

Prototype: The PaperPhone has a flexible electronic display, is extremely lightweight, made out of a thin-film, and can do everything a smartphone currently does

It can store books, play music, send text messages - and, of course, make phone calls.

Most impressively, the PaperPhone uses no power when nobody is interacting with it.

Inventor Roel Vertegaal, the director of Queen's University Human Media Lab in Kingston, Ontario, said: 'This is the future. Everything is going to look and feel like this within five years.

'This computer looks, feels and operates like a small sheet of interactive paper, meaning that when users are reading they don't feel like they are holding a sheet of glass or metal.

'You interact with it by bending it into a cell phone, flipping the corner to turn pages, or writing on it with a pen.'

Arm-band: The device uses no power when nobody is interacting with it

Its display consists of a 9.5cm diagonal, thin-film flexible E Ink display.

The flexible form of the display makes it much more portable that any current mobile computer - it will shape with your pocket.

Being able to store and interact with documents on larger versions of these light, flexible computers means offices will no longer require paper or printers.

'The paperless office is here,' said Dr Vertegaal. 'Everything can be stored digitally and you can place these computers on top of each other just like a stack of paper, or throw them around the desk.'

Dr Vertegaal will officially unveil his paper computer on Tuesday at the Association of Computing Machinery's Computer Human Interaction 2011 conference in Vancouver.

via dailymail.co.uk

Queen's researchers are making headlines around the world. I would love to try this...