Archives for May 2009

Flickr’s Big Fail On Creative Common’s Attribution Guidelines

May 31, 2009 by Danny Sullivan

Creative Commons is supposed to be this great way for people to license out their works to others. But it’s annoyed me for ages how lame it is in practice, when it comes to Flickr. Let’s say I want a picture of a car to use on my commercial blog. Using the Flickr Advanced Search […]

My Zeppelin Flight With Burt Rutan At The Helm

May 24, 2009 by Danny Sullivan

After years of dreaming, I finally got to go up in an airship today. It was a wonderful flight, and a big surprise to discover afterward that legendary aviation design pioneer Burt Rutan was one of the pilots (shown on the right above), albeit briefly. The flight was amazing. I’ve flown over Southern California in […]

Zeppelin Eureka Heads To Los Angeles & Orange County

May 20, 2009 by Danny Sullivan

I’m back from watching the Zeppelin Eureka take off from Moffett Field near San Jose on its trip down to Southern California, where it will offer tours there for the first time. Below, photos and video of the zeppelin, some hopefully interesting trivia plus how you can track it on its journey down the coast […]

Zeppelin Rides Come To Southern California!

May 20, 2009 by Danny Sullivan

For the first time in nearly 100 years, a zeppelin is coming to Southern California. As an airship buff, I couldn’t be more excited! Unlike the commonly seen Goodyear Blimp, the zeppelin’s open to passengers. I’m going up this weekend! Don’t know a zeppelin from a blimp? Unaware of Orange County’s history with lighter-than-air craft? […]

Do Newspapers Owe Google “Fair Share” Fees For Researching Stories?

May 10, 2009 by Danny Sullivan

As the rhetoric over how Google “rips-off” newspapers, magazines and other print publishers continues, a thought occurred to me this weekend. Perhaps Google should charge publications whose reporters tap into the service to research their stories? Perhaps that might underscore, especially for the Associated Press, the absurdity of trying to charge for the mere right […]