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A few more interesting interesting things from around the web to brighten up your Monday...
Pandas at play - so cute!
Bush surveys damage caused by presidency
News parody site The Onion has a video report of President Bush touring the country's disaster areas in the wake of his destructive presidency. Funny stuff 
Playing with music's DNA
Folks in the music business will probably be familiar with Melodyne - the software that allows producers to pitch-correct singing and other instruments - it's an indispensable plug-in for many studios. Cool and incredible as it may be - this will make you sit up and take notice...
The new version of Melodyne has a feature called Direct Note Access, essentially breaking any recording into its component notes, including chords, and letting you rewire them however you please. Change a whole song from minor to major with one button? Done. For music geeks this is the biggest news in many years - watch a video of how DNA works at Celemony's website.
The Ethic of the Link
Journalism, like almost everything else, is being turned on its head and having its rules rewritten in the internet age. The man who understands this perhaps better than anyone else is Jay Rosen, professor of journalism at New York University. In this video (4m 21s) he explains how news has changed online and why most traditional media outlets don't get it. It's worth the 4 minutes if you can spare it.
The Orwell Diaries
George Orwell, author of Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm, two famous books which have had far reaching influences on our culture, kept a diary from 1938 until 1942. Exactly 70 years after he started it, The Orwell Prize is publishing Orwell's diary piece by piece as it was written, so readers can follow it in sync, providing a fascinating insight into Orwell's world 70 years ago.
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