Andrew Cullison

I had three hits today on my website from somebody googling “What Plargiarism is OK?” - Here is your answer…none.

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I’ve been going on and on about how wonderful I think the open source movement is, but not everyone is so enthusiastic. One of the biggest obstacles to the open source movement is whether or not there is a viable open source business model - How can you make money on software if you’re giving [...]

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So, three things have happened that should have open source software enthusiasts excited. The new Ubuntu is coming out soon (OK, that’s not news - but I had to mention it) OpenOffice 3.0 was released yesterday. It was so popular the website crashed! Check out there website - they’re still running super-downgraded version to control [...]

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Ubuntu’s newest version will be released at the end of October! That will also mark my 6 month of being almost entirely Windows free! I’ve decided to do my part in helping promote Ubuntu by posting their countdown on the blog here. I’m also posting a list of some of my favorite posts related to [...]

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Two very good discussions regarding the recent lawsuit that EndNote makers filed against the makers of Zotero - here and here. Stop using EndNote. [HT: Mark Eli Kalderon]

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Stop using Endnote. Thomson Reuters, the maker of Endnote, is suing Virginia over Zotero. The claim is that the makers of Zotero reverse engineered Endnote to make Zotero. However, it doesn’t look like that’s true. It looks like Zotero allows users to use their own Endnote file and save their bibliographic information back as an [...]

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The move from analog to digital TV will free up a ton of unused white space. The issue is - what do we do with all of that space? The folks at Google are pushing to free it up. Big telecom companies would like this white space to remain heavily regulated and controlled. If this [...]

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Sometimes searching through library websites is a laborious chore. When you first encounter a new library site, it’s sometimes unclear where to go to get what you need. Any one search can take you through a bunch of Herculean tasks. A lot of those tasks dangle a “Full Text of Article” carrot in front of [...]

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I just discovered the best FireFox Plugin ever! Zotero is a free all-in-one reference/bibliography manager. This one is going to be very useful to help philosophers research and write! Here are some of the highlights that will help you see how great this plugin is. One-click reference addition. When you’re on a site with works [...]

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Every year, before I start teaching I like to think about the cultural background of the incoming freshmen class. It helps me teach and relate to them. It’s also pretty interesting to think about. This year, I decided write some of those thoughts down. I’m assuming that the average incoming freshmen student was born in [...]

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