You can travel around the world from your living room these days. YouTube is a great way to get into people’s heads. True, most of the stuff on YouTube is rubbish, but you do get the odd gem.

If you can’t afford a real ticket to Tokyo, then you might want to simply click on the channel of ‘tokyocooney’. This guy is an American living in Tokyo who regularly makes videos about his life there. I find it really made me want to visit the place; it gives the impression that Tokyo is like Mars when compared to the west. He covers everything you would want to know about Japan – from how to get your gas connected to which karaoke bars to visit.

Another sidesplitter for me is Aussie ‘collegebinary’. He’s from Brisbane on Australia’s west coast and he makes cartoons about philosophy. He compacts famous philosophical ideas into just 3 minutes. Alright, the animation is more like poorly drawn Jackanory style but his ratings are through the roof, which shows what you can produce with just a crap microphone, Microsoft MovieMaker and Microsoft Paint. You don’t need much these days – oh yeah, apart from a great idea.