Wreading, Writing, and Writhmetic

Have you ever wanted to take a class with a Nobel laureate, listen to the classic works of Shakespeare on your way to work, or take guitar lessons? You can start today, and the only cost of admission is a computer with an Internet connection.

With Internet access rising at an exponential rate, opportunities to further one's education have ballooned. Here's a small sample:

  • iTunes U offers hundreds of lectures from universities large and small, including UC Berkeley, Stanford, and MIT;

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  • Speaking of UC Berkeley, their lecture archive is arguably the best in the world (Go Bears!), including courses from as far back as 2002 (my appearance at Professor Alan Ross' Election 2008 seminar is here). They also webcast special events hosting some of the sharpest minds alive today;


  • LibriVox offers hundreds of open-source audio books;


  • PodCast Alley hosts thousands of podcasts on just about every subject you can imagine; and


  • YouTube is home to a number of users who contribute instructive lessons on thousands of subjects, including guitar lessons, cooking lessons, math lessons, and more. Ever wanted to learn Thai? There are videos for that too.
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    John Edwards Saturday Morning Podcast

    Edwards is starting a weekly Saturday morning podcast with a new idea and some details about it.

    With the April 15th Tax deadline coming, the first podcast is about filing taxes and making it easier for lower income people, or people who do not have lots of brokerage house transactions.

    Basically, for taxpayers where the IRS has all the information already (standard Job, bank account, mortgage, etc...) you would simply sign the forum with the amount the government calculated.

    listen here:  (4 minutes)

    http://johnedwards.com/media/podcasts/20 070407/

    While this is not my favorite topic and probably doesn't help me - it is an idea I haven't heard, and I like the idea of hearing a candidate give a new response on a new topic each week.

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