Allen Lew’s Thoughts

My answer for “life, the universe, and everything”

Entries from March 2007

Why bloggers should use Creative Commons licenses

March 30th, 2007 · Comments Off

Why bloggers should use Creative Commons licenses by Paul Jacobson discusses the reasons bloggers need to use Creative Commons.
If your intention, as a blogger, is to have your content and your thoughts distributed as widely as possible, then reserving all your rights to your content is counterproductive. A more effective way of distributing your content [...]

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My pic of Bill Romanowski…

March 28th, 2007 · Comments Off

…is now the picture on the Wikipedia article of Bill Romanowski. I didn’t put the picture there (though I could have), but someone else found it on Flickr (posted below) and gave me the proper credit. That’s what having a liberal Creative Commons license allows for.
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How They Do It Better

March 23rd, 2007 · Comments Off

US News “offers 30 lessons [the United States] can learn from other countries.” For example, “American travelers to Europe find themselves particularly charmed by the vitality of the Continent’s plazas and squares. Open areas carved from dense neighborhoods, they are markets by day and restaurants by night.”
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Arrested Development Season 2

March 21st, 2007 · Comments Off

It’s hard for me to say which seasons of Arrested Development are my favorite, as there were only 3 of them (see also some thoughts on Season 3). However, I do have a soft spot for Season 2, as it is probably the season that got me into the show in the first [...]

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Introducing the New Blog

March 21st, 2007 · Comments Off

I’ve started this new Blog (with posts and comments imported from a previous blog) to discuss and post pearls of wisdom I’ve found through out life, whether through reading online or offline. While some of the posts will be short links, others will be longer thought pieces. I hope you will have fun [...]

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