Channel Surfer

One word. (Or is it really two?)

YouTube.

Here are some channels that I think are really awesome:

1. Today, Papa Benedict himself, keeper of the keys to the kingdom of Christianity, started a channel for the Vatican!
2. Starbucks is getting into community, environmental and global initiatives in a big way - here's their channel. Mocha, anyone?
3. (You knew this was coming) - Another in President (yes, President!!!) Obama's list of firsts - a separate channel for the White House!
4. UC Berkeley has a really nice channel with lectures on a range of topics from Einstein's Theory of Relativity (which I completely understood for the first time listening to the lecture), to politics and law. Definitely worth a look.
5. I can't say I've found a talk as gripping as the one given by Sir Ken Robinson on Schools and Creativity, but the TED channel does have some pretty good ones.
   
6. National Geographic. Need I say more?
7. Rajshri - truly professional desi channel, which also has all episodes of Mahabharat and new movie trailers
8. An ongoing contest for an online collaborative symphony orchestra, planned and hosted by YouTube - I'm going to be listening.

P.S. On a separate note - apologies for the long silence. Loved the inauguration just as much as you all, though. Change is here!