April 27th, 2010 by Brandon Muramatsu
From a post on Alan Levin’s blog, I found out about the Creative Commons Configurator Plug-in.
So I added it to all of the sites I’m maintaining (though you’ll only see it on the single post page, in each page’s <head>, and in the RSS feeds).
Source: Brandon
License Sample
For Tom: This is the css I’m using with the iNove Theme. I enable all of the options from the plugins configuration page, but I chose to not display the CC logo in the license block on each post (it’s in the page footer in any event). Also, you can change which of the CC logos the plugin uses–but you have to edit the php file directly–0=no logo (which you can set via the configuration screen), 1=31 pixel high logo, 2=15 pixel high logo. If I were to use a logo, I’m more partial to the 15 pixel high logo for this application.
.cc-block {
width: 95%;
font-size:10px;
text-align: center;
line-height:110%;
padding:4px;
border: 1px solid #cccccc;
color: #aaaaaa;
background-color: #ffffff;
}
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AMA citation:
Muramatsu B. Creative Commons Configurator Plug-in. Rocket Science. 2010. Available at: http://www.mura.org/2010/04/creative-commons-configurator-plug-in/. Accessed September 3, 2010.
APA citation:
Muramatsu, Brandon. (2010). Creative Commons Configurator Plug-in. Retrieved September 3, 2010, from Rocket Science Web site, http://www.mura.org/2010/04/creative-commons-configurator-plug-in/
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April 20th, 2010 by Brandon Muramatsu
While surfing on my iPhone, I ran across a site using the WPtouch theme by the folks over at BraveNewCode. I thought it was cool enough to upload to my personal website and the two project sites I’m maintaining.
Here’s a screenshot of what my site looks like using the theme. (Unless you have an iPhone to access it yourself via the iPhone’s web browser.)
Source: Brandon
Brandon's Website on the iPhone
(…waits for Tom to copy this too…)
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AMA citation:
Muramatsu B. iPhone Theme for WordPress. Rocket Science. 2010. Available at: http://www.mura.org/2010/04/iphone-theme-for-wordpress/. Accessed September 3, 2010.
APA citation:
Muramatsu, Brandon. (2010). iPhone Theme for WordPress. Retrieved September 3, 2010, from Rocket Science Web site, http://www.mura.org/2010/04/iphone-theme-for-wordpress/
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April 5th, 2010 by Brandon Muramatsu
First off thanks to Alan Levine of NMC for the post that inspired me to automate a bit of my process of including Flickr photos.
I downloaded Alan’s script that uses Greasemonkey (for Mozilla) and made a change to match the way I’ve been doing citations on my site.
I commented out the way Alan does his attribution, and inserted what I use on this site:
+ '<br />Brandon\'s Blog Citation<br /><textarea rows="5" onClick="this.select()" name="ccatttxt"><div id="mura-citation">Photo Credit: @' + '<a href="'+ photolink + '" title="' + phototitle + '">' + usernick + '</a>/flickr</div></textarea><br /><br />';
So when I go to a flickr page with a Creative Commons licensed photo, I see a small box at the bottom of the left column.
Flickr CC Attribution Helper Script
Which produces HTML which looks like:
<div id="mura-citation">Photo Credit: @<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/80185247@N00/2612619153/" title="Napkin">muramatsub</a>/flickr</div>
That I then include with the photo I’ve linked.
Alan also talks about how he downloads images from Flickr that he uses on his site. I do something similar. On my computer, I’ll keep a copy of the URL directly to the image until I’ve had a chance to write the article or otherwise use the photo. I think modify the filename to include “flickr” and the “username” before I upload or use the photo. This tells me the site I got the photo from (“flickr”) and which user’s photo I’m using (“username”). As Alan points out in his article this is all good as long as the user’s account is still active (or Flickr continues to exist). I think the site Don of the Education Technology that is Changing Alaska blog suggests, Imagestamper is also an interesting way of tracking licenses.
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AMA citation:
Muramatsu B. Automating my use of Flickr photos. Rocket Science. 2010. Available at: http://www.mura.org/2010/04/automating-my-use-of-flickr-photos/. Accessed September 3, 2010.
APA citation:
Muramatsu, Brandon. (2010). Automating my use of Flickr photos. Retrieved September 3, 2010, from Rocket Science Web site, http://www.mura.org/2010/04/automating-my-use-of-flickr-photos/
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January 25th, 2010 by Brandon Muramatsu
More Numbers
Another stat from 2009. I averaged 1,656 characters per post (
Year End Stats). Using an estimate of approximately 5.5-6 characters per word (
4.5-
5 characters per word plus 1 space on average), my posts averaged 276-305 words per post.
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Muramatsu B. Website–2009 More Stats. Rocket Science. 2010. Available at: http://www.mura.org/2010/01/website-2009-more-stats/. Accessed September 3, 2010.
APA citation:
Muramatsu, Brandon. (2010). Website–2009 More Stats. Retrieved September 3, 2010, from Rocket Science Web site, http://www.mura.org/2010/01/website-2009-more-stats/
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