This newsletter is one of my longest personal projects, after suspension PVC- 25+ years
and Cold Fusion- 22+ years. I started it 459 weeks ago, only for 6 weeks it was interrupted
and than double issues were published- due to 3 Christmas- New Year vacations, one travel
to Marseille (International Cold Fusion Conference) and two travels to Italy- new energy
conferences at Grottammare. I want to continue it because it helps me to be informed.
One my turn, I want to keep all my readers informed. It is not easy, IS 451 had a decent
number of pageviews, No. 452 seems to mark some regress- now comes No. 453 and I hope
it will be more successful and popular.
I have tried to do my best, unfortunately the Internet was a bit crippled by an anachronic
pseudo-event used to separate people from their money and to steal attention at a
planetary level. Koalemos was ROFL.

SEARCH

INTERNET

observer-editorial-internet-privacy

SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.

Wendy Boswell –about the Deep Web:

http://websearch.about.com/od/invisibleweb/a/ultimate-guide-deep-web.htm?nl=1

http://websearch.about.com/od/invisibleweb/tp/deep-web-people-search.htm?nl=1

http://websearch.about.com/od/invisibleweb/tp/deep-web-search-engines.htm?nl=1

http://websearch.about.com/od/invisibleweb/f/What-Is-The-Size-Of-The-Hidden-Web.htm?nl=1

Bob Rankin- free TV on PC: http://askbobrankin.com/free_tv_on_pc.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=1b7goi_7d8P6SL

Bob Rankin free Wimdows troubleshooting tools:

http://askbobrankin.com/free_windows_troubleshooting_tools.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=1eJ8JnhEh8P6SL

What communicators need to know about the changing searchengine landscape; http://www.sacbee.com/2011/04/28/3586378/what-communicators-need-to-know.html

Search and download files from the Internet: http://www.findfiles.net/

BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES

Six problems with social search:

http://econsultancy.com/us/blog/7444-six-problems-with-social-search?utm_source=sel&utm_medium=scap&utm_campaign=email

Twitter confirms it has passed 200 million accounts:

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twitter_confirms_it_has_passed_200_million_account.php

The Huge Potential Of The Facebook Send Button – Get One Now:

http://www.simplyzesty.com/facebook/the-huge-potential-of-the-facebook-send-button-get-one-now/

GOOGLE

Google Realtime Search Quietly Adds Quora, Gowalla, Others:

http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/27/google-realtime-quora-facebook/

WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES

Bob Rankin- fun with words: http://askbobrankin.com/fun_with_words.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=1aQY2YB9l8P6SL

Former Random House CEO Alberto Vitale: 'Paper Books Will Evolve into More Precious Products: http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2754

Creating an e-book: Tips on formatting and converting your document: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9216178/Creating_an_e_book_Tips_on_formatting_and_converting_your_document?taxonomyId=15

Market Projections: “2011 Global eBook Reader Shipments to Reach 27 Million Units”: http://infodocket.com/2011/04/29/market-projections-2011-global-ebook-reader-shipments-to-reach-27-million-units/

SCIENCE

Toward a Science of Consciousness: Brain, Mind, Reality: http://www.kurzweilai.net/toward-a-science-of-consciousness

The Science of Why We Don't Believe Science:

http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/03/denial-science-chris-mooney (with thanks to Steven Vincent Johnson)

Researchers find gene responsible for brain size:

http://www.courant.com/health/connecticut/hc-weir-yale-brain-gene-0429-20110428,0,5831352.story

From the Beginning, the Brain Knows the Difference Between Night and Day: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110428151306.htm

Microsleep: Brain Regions Can Take Short Naps During Wakefulness, Leading to Errors: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110427131814.htm

Mutations in Single Gene May Have Shaped Human Cerebral Cortex: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110428123940.htm

Mind-Gut Connection: Why Intestinal Bacteria May Have Important Effects on Your Brain:

http://www.alternet.org/story/150783/mind-gut_connection%3A_why_intestinal_bacteria_may_have_important_effects_on_your_brain?akid=6904.112117.6crzW8&rd=1&t=3

Decoding Human Genes Is Goal of New Open-Source Encyclopedia: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110419205538.htm

Evolution Can Cause a Rapid Reduction in Genome Size: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110421082643.htm

Mississippi tornado was highest rated ever:

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-04-nws-ne-mississippi-tornado-highest-rated.html

The end of religion is near: http://www.alternet.org/story/150765/the_end_%28of_religion%29_is_near%2C_scientists_say_?akid=6899.112117.vHTaQy&rd=1&t=18

A crisis of decision making: http://integrativelearninginstitute.com/video.htm

Experimental Biology 2011 - Blood Pressure Regulation in Giraffes: http://scienceblogs.com/lifelines/2011/04/experimental_biology_2011_-_bl.php

Flower identifier: http://healthyhomegardening.com/Flower_Identifier.php

TECHNOLOGY

Annual Energy Outlook 2011: http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/index.cfm

Wind Power’s Worst Enemy: Noise: http://blogs.forbes.com/williampentland/2011/04/24/wind-powers-worst-enemy-noise/?partner=technology_newsletter

Wind Turbines: In the Wake of the Wind: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110426151040.htm

Solar Power Goes Viral: Researchers Use Virus to Improve Solar-Cell Efficiency: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110425153609.htm

New Solar Cell Technology Greatly Boosts Efficiency

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110429121853.htm

Cooling down solid-oxide fuel cells:

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/37439/?nlid=4391&a=f

\Cheaper Hydrogen Fuel Cells: Utility of Non-Precious-Metal Catalysts Documented: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110421141628.htm

World Nuclear News:

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/

A 100-Year Plan for Nuclear Waste: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/37476/?nlid=4412&a=f

All things nuclear: http://allthingsnuclear.org/

More Power from Rooftop Solar: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/37481/?nlid=4415&a=f

The full global warming solution- how the world can stabilize at 350-450 ppm carbon dioxide:

http://climateprogress.org/2011/01/10/the-full-global-warming-solution-how-the-world-can-stabilize-at-350-to-450-ppm/

Peak Oil and a changing climate:

http://www.thenation.com/article/157434/peak-oil-and-changing-climate

Peak Oil just around the corner: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/stories/2011/3198227.htm#transcript

Earth’s limits- why growth won’t return- water:

http://www.postcarbon.org/article/269759-earth-s-limits-why-growth-won-t-return

Fate of the World, new environmental computer game:

http://planetsave.com/2011/02/09/fate-of-the-world-new-environmental-computer-game-video-trailer/

Squeeze power: First 'practical nanogenerator' developed: http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-first-practical-nanogenerator/18481/

Fine Chemical Processes Safer and More Efficient With New Type of Reactor: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110428092504.htm

This news make me nostalgic- I have worked so many years in the chemical industry and a new type of reactor is great!

Smart Transformers

Controlling the flow of electricity to stabilize the grid;
http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/37200/?nlid=4391

TR 10 – solid state batteries: http://www.technologyreview.com/video/?vid=690

Can Harvesting Fog Bring Water To The Thirsty?

http://www.fastcompany.com/1749098/how-harvesting-fog-could-help-water-starved-regions

EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART

The (D) evolution of Genius: http://culturaloffering.com/2011/04/24/genius.aspx:

What does IQ really measure: http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/what-does-iq-really-measure.html?etoc

Guide to on-line schools: http://www.guidetoonlineschools.com/online-teaching/child-led-learning

The Possibilian: What a brush with death taught David Eagleman about the mysteries of time and the brain

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/04/25/110425fa_fact_bilger#ixzz1KVW6PAbO

Music Changes Perception, Research Shows: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110427101606.htm

50 best western literature blog: http://www.collegeeducationonline.org/western-lit-blogs

Crossing out (about writing): http://lazarusdodge.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/crossing-out/

Music with the Mind: The Brain-Computer-Music-Interface: http://www.gizmag.com/music-with-the-mind-brain-computer-music-interface/18489/

Opera mania: http://www.operamania.com/index-eng.htm

In praise of typewriters:

http://culturaloffering.com/2008/09/24/in-praise-of-typewriters.aspx

BUSINESS

Redesign out, continuous improvement in

http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/nt/2011/nt-2011-04-25-Redesign-out.htm Gerry Mc +Govern is one of my favorite authors

The sharing economy:

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/155/the-sharing-economy.html

When there’s no such thing as too much information: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/24/business/24unboxed.html

In Praise of Vagueness: Malleability of Vague Information as a Performance-Booster:

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1725663

What To Do With Your To-Do List:

http://blogs.hbr.org/bregman/2011/03/what-to-do-with-your-to-do-lis.html

Management is an authority relationship:

http://www.bretlsimmons.com/2011-04/management-is-an-authority-relationship/

Wally Bock- Beware the Magical Numbers:

http://blog.threestarleadership.com/2011/04/29/beware-the-magical-numbers.aspx

Leadership requires the courage to fight for real changes

http://www.bretlsimmons.com/2011-04/leadership-requires-the-courage-to-fight-for-real-changes/

Don’t be compromised by compromise:

http://www.bretlsimmons.com/2011-04/don%E2%80%99t-be-compromised-by-compromise/

A psychologically healthy workplace, some things to keep in mind;

http://www.slu.edu/blogs/sps-faculty/2011/04/21/a-psychologically-healthy-workplace-some-things-to-keep-in-mind/

Fortune cookie messages for managers: http://blog.threestarleadership.com/2011/04/25/fortune-cookie-messages-for-managers.aspx

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Neuron migration in the brain suggests how cancer cells might alos travel:

http://www.kurzweilai.net/neuron-migration-in-the-brain-suggests-how-cancer-cells-might-also-travel

Cancer: The beat of an ancient drum?: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/apr/25/cancer-evolution-ancient-toolkit-genes

Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Have Evolved a Unique Chemical Mechanism, New Discovery Reveals: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110428143151.htm

5 bizarre accidents that helped invent modern medicine:

http://www.cracked.com/article_19149_5-bizarre-accidents-that-helped-invent-modern-medicine.html

Yes, you can get leprosy from an armadillo: http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/armadillos-spread-leprosy.html?etoc

10 weird allergies that actually exist:

http://egotvonline.com/2011/04/26/10-weird-allergies-that-actually-exist/

FOOD & COOKING

The new geopolitics of war: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/04/25/the_new_geopolitics_of_food?print=yes&hidecomments=yes&page=full

Understanding How Crops Deal With Stress -- Yield's Biggest Enemy:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110425173844.htm

Michael Pollan: It's Not So Much What We Eat, As How We Eat It:

http://www.alternet.org/story/150706/michael_pollan%3A_it%27s_not_so_much_what_we_eat%2C_as_how_we_eat_it?akid=6904.112117.6crzW8&rd=1&t=12

Video- how to bake bacon:

http://video.about.com/culinaryarts/Bake-Bacon.htm?nl=1

When a Salad Is Not a Salad: Why Are Dieters Easily Misled by Food Names?: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110419111437.htm

Citronette- make a classical lemon dressing: http://video.about.com/frenchfood/Citronette--Lemon-Dressing.htm?nl=1

Top ten most nutritious vegetables and how to grow them in your garden:

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/02/top_ten_most_nutritious_vegetables_how_to_grow_them_in_garden.php

MISCELLANEA

Webinars re Transition: http://transitionus.org/online_training_archives

Mongolian Death Worm: Legendary Creepy-Crawly Desert Killer

http://www.aolnews.com/2011/04/24/mongolian-death-worm-legendary-creepy-crawley-desert-killer/

SELECTED NEWS

SPAM & SPYWARE

Twitter is in Denial About its Massive Spam Problem:

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/26704/?nlid=4410

VIRUSES & e-CROOKS

The newest hoaxes: http://www.hoax-slayer.com/issue-114.shtml

WiFi

Google, a Giant in Mobile Search, Seeks New Ways to Make It Pay:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/25/technology/25mobile.html

20+ Excellent Sites To Send National And International SMS For Free:

http://savedelete.com/20-excellent-sites-to-send-national-and-international-sms-for-free.html

Sunday, May 1, 2011

INFORMAVORE's SUNDAY No. 453