Share This Book

Share This Book
Chris Sakkas writes a blog called Living Libre. In it he talks about the many ways that creative content can be shared openly. This includes free/open software, which I have used in the creation of Green Comet the novel, and Green Comet the website. It also includes Creative Commons licenses, such as the one I have used for the novel.

Chris has written a book called Share This Book, in which he clearly and concisely explains the concepts of free/open/libre creative content. Naturally, he has released the book under an open license – Creative Commons Attribution – CC-BY. You are encouraged to download Share This Book for free.

If you’ve ever wondered why I chose a Creative Commons license for Green Comet, Share This Book might be enlightening.

rjb

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Unglue.it Thanks-for-Ungluing Campaign Launches

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Unglue.it has officially launched its Thanks for Ungluing campaign. It includes Green Comet.

quote:
Jim Bowering, Jake Hartnell
Jim and Jake graciously let us use their sci-fi novels for testing our new program. Bonus: both books are pretty mind-blowing. Jim’s Green Comet imagines … life on a comet. Jake’s book extrapolates romance into our plugged-in future.
Green Comet
23rd Century Romance
end quote.

You can read all about it in the Unglue.it blog.

Check it out.

rjb

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Bad Science – Chart

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Image credit – Compound Interest
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In a previous post I talked about bad science and some of the things to watch for when trying to identify it. Now I’ve found a blog called “Compound Interest” that features a very good infographic on the subject. This one is a slight departure for the blog, which normally concentrates on talking about and explaining chemistry. For anyone who is interested in how chemistry affects ordinary life, the “Compound Interest” blog should be a preferred destination. You could spend hours exploring their many infographics. They are also available for download as high definition PDFs.

If this hasn’t piqued your interest yet, then I have the ultimate inducement: one of the infographics is about chocolate.-)

rjb

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