Story Pictures

“To appropriate the ideas of another for one’s own use is plagiarism;  to copy the ideas of two or more others is research” — forget where I heard that.  Must have been at least twice.

Plagiarismtoday.com published an article how to avoid plagiarism and reap the benefits of republishing — by Jonathon Bailey:

“EmbedArticle: YouTube-Style Embeds for Text“

“For copyright holders and content creators. [sic] one of the most difficult [sic] they face is finding ways to share their content while encouraging a symbiotic relationship with those who use it.”

You’re supposed to copy and insert this HTML:

<div id=’embedded_article’><p><b>Source:</b> <a href=”http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2010/03/15/embedarticle-youtube-style-embeds-for-text/”>www.plagiarismtoday.com</a></p><script type=’text/javascript’ src=’http://js.embedarticle.com/article/js_snip/4a9833f18d4df14d82cea81214c879541c4a3c86′></script></div>

However you also need to install a plug-in for WordPress blogs like this one to make the Embed work.   Gonna do that soon — stay tuned and see how this post changes.

First checkout Bailey’s critique then checkout the new fix for the publisher’s dilemma EmbedArticle.com .

You’ll be glad you did.

We’ll meet-up in Green River Town on a day on late May, 2010.  Then the two of us will mount up and head south into the red rock country.

First we will revisit the 7000 year old petroglyphs in Horseshoe Canyon. I went there before with a Kodak 280Z camera.  Got a few good pictures.  Since then I have acquired bigger, better, but not cheaper camera equipment, and I want to go back and do the place over with my newer stuff.

Planning logistics is the next step.

Stay tuned.  Blog Category is “2 old men in a jeep”

You should see the other guy.

Kentfield, California – February 2010

I got the bad news late Thursday afternoon:  my jury duty has ended, jury duty for January 29th has been cancelled — apparently because of lack of interest.

I consider this cancellation bad news because it denies me the opportunity to demonstrate the Big Three ways to get out of jury duty:

• wear a full beard,
• flaunt your education (especially advanced degrees)
• dress for gardening.

Juries called for the beginning of the week, Mondays or Tuesdays have a high probability of being seated.  Juries called to appear near the end of the week, especially Fridays, have a high probability of being cancelled — as mine was (Friday January 29th).

But, cheer-up, there’s always next year (actually not always).

Jury Summons from Marin County Superior Court to Me,

Report Date: Jan 29, 2010

How can you get out of jury duty?  More urgently, how can I get out of jury duty?

Let me count the ways:

• I asked Google how to get out of jury duty and its first page of search results returned articles laying out 74 ways.
• Then I asked Yahoo the same question, first page results: 38 ways.
• Bing, same question: 59 ways.

Add them up:  171 ways.   Who’s got time for 171 ways?  Not me – once I count past seventeen I lose track and have to start over (hey!  that’s number 172).

I’m going with the big three: 

1. Wear a beard. You might need to plan four or five months ahead of time – don’t worry, you can get a six month extension over the phone or by e-mail).  Go for a full beard like one of these (L to R):  Lt. Gen (Old Pete) Longstreet CSA. Herman Melville, John Muir – no sissy goatees).
2. Get educated, list your college degrees, preferably with an advanced degree or two.
3. Dress for gardening.

 

Beyond the big three, I have no story and I’m sticking to it.

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Photos from Wikipedia.