A few weekends ago, Sarah, Justin and I visited the Diefenbunker, a huge four-storey underground bunker that was designed to house crucial elements of the Canadian government during the Cold War in the event of a nuclear strike. The bunker is named after former Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and is now open to the public as a museum. It was really interesting to learn about the Cold War and Canada’s history in it, from possible Canadian targets to how many nuclear test were conducted on North American soil, and to snap a few photos as well. My favourite shot of the day, pictured above, is looking up the blast tunnel on the way down to the bunker. The entire set of photos is available under a Creative Commons Attribution non-Commerical license for those who may be interested in using these photos for a project.
What do you get when you combine a 70’s drum track, an edgy beat, and several sweet string melodies? I asked myself that question while playing around with Garage Band this weekend and here is what I came up with.
All of the tracks used to create the song were included with the Garage Band software. I couldn’t find any restrictions on how they are or are not to be used, so in the spirit of sharing I’m going to put a Creative Commons Attribution license on to this song.
What do you get when you combine a nordic fiddle with a sarod and toss in a little bit of an exotic beat? I asked myself that question while playing around with Garage Band this afternoon and here is what I came up with.
All of the tracks used to create the song were included with the Garage Band software. I couldn’t find any restrictions on how they are or are not to be used, so in the spirt of sharing I’m going to put a Creative Commons Attribution license on to this song.
Creative Commons: Three Sixty Five (cc:365) is a new initiative launched by Indiesh which delivers a Creative Commons licensed song each and every day for the next year. Both the Podcast and RSS feed is updated daily with a new song and includes some brief information on the artist and song. The project is only three days old but already I’ve discovered three fantastic tracks. So far, the selection has been eclectic and of amazing quality and artisty. Given the diversity of the selection, I’m looking forward to listening to 362 more tasty cc-licensed musical treats as the year unfolds.
The Department of Anatomy at the Univeristy of Toronto has just released Neurons: Animated Cellular and Molecular Concepts, a web-based tutorial which includes some very high-quality Flash animations. Not only have they made the tutorial available to other institutions, but each of the animations used in the tutorial is available for download and use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical-NoDerivs license. This means that teachers can use the animations in their lectures and include them when creating thier tutorials, provided of course that they do not alter them in accordance with the no derivatives restriction. Sharing these animations is a step in the right direction towards open knowledge and it would be great to see these animations added to the various repositories such as HealthLibrary.ca and Heal.
Originally published September 23, 2005 in the Amy@MEdTech blog.
