Frequently Asked Questions
From time to time I get asked questions. If the question is asked multiple times or I think it will be it gets posted here.
What the Hell is “Creative Commons?”
Unless otherwise noted it’s the copyright license I use for all my content on this page. It means anything not otherwise noted on this page is free to redistribute, remix, add onto, expand, etc. (it’s clearly defined in the license, just click on the Creative Commons image). The only requirements are you give credit back to me and you don’t use my content for commercial (i.e. money making) reasons.
Why do you post the entire link in the link tag? Can’t you just use words in your post as links?
My reasoning behind this is quite straight forward. I hate having to look down at the status bar of my browser to determine where a link is going to take me. Because I want to know the site I’ll be going to ahead of time (for instance I don’t want to find myself and some damned myspace page) I appreciate having the full link in plain sight.
Why don’t you have all of your links on the side of the page?
Simple, I don’t like clutter. Having a hundred links running down the side of the page creates a cluttered web page. I’m trying to make this page as clean and simple (like my mind) as possible. Any interesting links will be located in the reference library.
