Plagiarism, Enlightenment Sunday, Mendel's Garden #11, More
First of all, I should introduce myself and the reason behind this journal/resurrection.
I'm Josie, and it's been a while!
I've been reading blogs/journals/articles/whatever for the past few years, and I've never really made a strong attempt to keep one going. This probably won't be much different.
I read many of the ScienceBlogs rather. . . har har. . . religiously, along with several others technology, art, and news related. I'm also a big fan of the little world known as deviantART and you can find me there quite often. Then, there's Yookooterbee, a photomusical dialogue blog that's newly up-and-running.
Anyway, I never was very good at introducing myself, so let's get on with it.
Digital Inspiration's Amit Agarwal has an interesting article on blogger plagiarism, and it seems like a good place to start off. It would seem to a lot of people that blog infringement wouldn't be an issue. . . but when you factor in advertisement rates and for-profit blogging, it can become a major issue.
There's an interesting post on Pharyngula about Evolution Sunday. If you don't know what that is, let me attempt to explain it briefly. Church congregations are celebrating evolutionist theories in an attempt to reconcile differences between religion and science. . . at least, that's what I'm getting. Uhm. 'Kay? Pharyngula's post sums up my thoughts pretty well.
Mendel's Garden #11 is up. Woo.
Fast Company has an article up on 12 Podcasts for the Creative Class. . . You know you want to check 'em out. Mmm, poddy goodness.
Sheepwalking via Seth's Blog
Step one is to give the problem a name. Done. Step two is for anyonewho sees themself in this mirror to realize that you can always stop.You can always claim the career you deserve merely by refusing to walkdown the same path as everyone else just because everyone else is already doing it.
Find yourself sheepwalking? Who doesn't, really? The idea does bother me. Stifling, mundane movements because we're unable to think for ourselves and evaluate creatively, solve new problems, and extend ourselves fully. Perhaps it's time for a new approach. . . but that would be too problematic, eh?
I'm Josie, and it's been a while!
I've been reading blogs/journals/articles/whatever for the past few years, and I've never really made a strong attempt to keep one going. This probably won't be much different.
I read many of the ScienceBlogs rather. . . har har. . . religiously, along with several others technology, art, and news related. I'm also a big fan of the little world known as deviantART and you can find me there quite often. Then, there's Yookooterbee, a photomusical dialogue blog that's newly up-and-running.
Anyway, I never was very good at introducing myself, so let's get on with it.
Digital Inspiration's Amit Agarwal has an interesting article on blogger plagiarism, and it seems like a good place to start off. It would seem to a lot of people that blog infringement wouldn't be an issue. . . but when you factor in advertisement rates and for-profit blogging, it can become a major issue.
There's an interesting post on Pharyngula about Evolution Sunday. If you don't know what that is, let me attempt to explain it briefly. Church congregations are celebrating evolutionist theories in an attempt to reconcile differences between religion and science. . . at least, that's what I'm getting. Uhm. 'Kay? Pharyngula's post sums up my thoughts pretty well.
Mendel's Garden #11 is up. Woo.
Fast Company has an article up on 12 Podcasts for the Creative Class. . . You know you want to check 'em out. Mmm, poddy goodness.
Sheepwalking via Seth's Blog
Step one is to give the problem a name. Done. Step two is for anyonewho sees themself in this mirror to realize that you can always stop.You can always claim the career you deserve merely by refusing to walkdown the same path as everyone else just because everyone else is already doing it.
Find yourself sheepwalking? Who doesn't, really? The idea does bother me. Stifling, mundane movements because we're unable to think for ourselves and evaluate creatively, solve new problems, and extend ourselves fully. Perhaps it's time for a new approach. . . but that would be too problematic, eh?