Introduction

YouTube is greatest thing since sliced bread.

No, really. I mean, how many other websites suck you in like YouTube does? YouTube has to be biggest time waster on the Internet. You start watching one video, then click to another, and before you know it you've spent an entire evening clicking and viewing, clicking and viewing.

What's cool is just how much different stuff is on YouTube. For example, I'm a big jazz fan; I can't get over how many classic jazz clips are available to watch—Miles Davis, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, you name it. I also like watching old toy commercials from when I was a kid (yay, Major Matt Mason!), and YouTube never disappoints. Then there are all those clips from recent television broadcasts, and the latest ...

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