INFORMAVORE's SUNDAY No 467

EDITORIAL - AN APPEAL TO MY READER FRIENDS

It is no secret that this newsletter is still far from the epidemic phase of success. Sill worse, it is not yet read in the natural mode -newest issue first, than in inverse chronological order. I want to change this and, inter alia, I am writing advertisments on Twitter:

Recently I wrote this:

“Exploring the Web, you can make discoveries, but using INFORMAVORE's SUNDAY, your chances to make discoveries increases 1521 times”

That’s actually true, but  “1521” ia as realistic and exact,as, say “213” for the output/input performance of the Rossi - Focardi generator.

These figures can be well understood if you read the fine booklet

“How to Lie with Statistics” by Darell Huff- a very useful source.

One of the many NOT taught in schools.

In my opinion, to educate somebody means to make her/him to cope (rationally, creatively, pragmatically and fast) with any life situation encountered. I know well that the great problem of  Education is Counter-education, however there are lots of ideas. principles, methods, truths that are NOT taught in schools making the young generations vulnerable and victims of myriads of lies and bad memes.

I want to write a list of these absolutely necessary teachings – with a good taxonomy for them.

CAN YOU HELP ME- PLEASE SEND ME YOUR CANDIDATES FOR THIS LIST.

Some of my favorites: CIpollas’ Laws (compulsory), Critical Thinking, Edward de Bono’s 6 Hats,, Wicked Problems, the ornithology of bad surprises (Black Swan), 10,000 hours as seen

By Malcolm Gladwell, terrifying experiences as Zimbardo’s,

Memetics, Flow of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Galileo’s Rules for those scientifically oriented.

Being inherently generous and incurably modest, I agree that my Problem Solving Rules and 4 Modes of  Thinking should join

this extended curriculum.

Please help me to make this list really good. Thank you.

The next list will be what to unlearn- as astrology, numerology, vsmpires and paranormal, ancient unwisdom, celebrity cults and other killer cults, wisdom of the crowds, dogmas, miracles, baseless optimism (as shown by Barbara Ehrenreich), etc

Who has told this: “All great crises are crises of thinking”?

It seems our present thinking generates a chain of Crises. Or a rope

Perhaps used by our Hopes to commit suicide by hanging. Take care!

Peter

SEARCH

INTERNET

101 guidelines for the digital world:

http://eetiquette.com/

20 years ago today (Aug ) the World Wide Web opened to the public:

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2011/08/06/20-years-ago-today-the-world-wide-web-opened-to-the-public/

Is Your Internet Connection as Fast as You Think It Is?

An FCC report says ISPs don't always deliver the speeds they promise, but are getting better at it.: http://www.technologyreview.com/web/38228/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-08-03

 

Microstructure Abnormalities in Adolescents with Internet Addiction Disorder:

http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0020708

SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.  

Wendy Boswell- the best web-sites: http://websearch.about.com/od/webdirector1/Web_Directory_About_Web_Search_Web_Directory.htm

Search needs a shake-up:

http://infodocket.com/2011/08/03/search-needs-a-shake-up-according-to-university-of-washington-computer-scientist/

Can Microsoft make you “Bing” ?

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/technology/with-the-bing-search-engine-microsoft-plays-the-underdog.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha26   

 A Search Engine Match-Up: How Different Are Google and Bing?: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/07/30/technology/bing-versus-google.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha26

7 reasons why Bing is here to stay

http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2098521/7-Reasons-Why-Bing-Is-Here-to-Stay

Does Internet Explorer Lower your IQ?:

http://askbobrankin.com/does_internet_explorer_lower_your_iq.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=JQqvpmgHx8P6SL

But this report cited above was faked!!!:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218841/_Dumb_IE_users_report_faked_admits_scam_s_architect?taxonomyId=17

Wendy Boswell: Use the Web to do a free background check on yourself (or anyone else): http://websearch.about.com/b/2011/07/27/use-the-web-to-do-a-free-background-check-on-yourself.htm?nl=1

                            

How to find your search history: http://websearch.about.com/od/webbrowsers/qt/search-history.htm?nl=1

BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES

Web 3.0: The 'Social Wave' and How It Disrupts the Internet: http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2808

Milestones: “Flickr hits 6 billion total photos, but Facebook does that every 2 months”:                     http://infodocket.com/2011/08/05/milestones-flickr-hits-6-billion-total-photos-but-facebook-does-that-every-2-months/

GOOGLE

Mike Elgan- ten things I hate about Google +:\

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218755/Elgan_10_things_I_hate_about_Google_

Google's Vision for TV Proves a Turnoff

One manufacturer reports that stores and distributors are returning Google more TV devices than they have sold: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/38198/?nlid=nlcomp&nld=2011-08-03.

 

Behind the numbers of Google+’s monumental rise to 25 million unique visitors

http://searchengineland.com/behind-the-numbers-of-googles-monumental-rise-to-25-million-unique-visitor-88076?utm_source=sel&utm_medium=scap&utm_campaign=email

Developers believe Google+ can beat Facebook:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20087283-93/developers-believe-google-can-beat-facebook/

Google Realtime Research returning with Google+:

http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2099637/Google-Realtime-Search-Returning-With-Google

 

Google patches 30 Chrome bugs, adds Instant Pages:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218814/Google_patches_30_Chrome_bugs_adds_Instant_Pages

WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES

Study Sheds Light on Auditory Role in Dyslexia: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/02/health/research/02dyslexia.html?_r=1&ref=science

Book-a-minute. Don’t have time to read it all?

http://rinkworks.com/bookaminute/

SCIENCE

Your brain isn’t programmed for the 21^st Century. Here is why:

http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/08/03/7234209-your-brain-isnt-programmed-for-the-21st-century-heres-why

 

How the brain organizes itself during development: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20110803/Insight-into-how-brain-organizes-during-development.aspx

How Music and Language Mimicked Nature to Evolve Us:

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/08/03/mark-changizi-harnessed/

The Humpty-Dumpty Problem  Even when we understand their parts, living things are hard to put back together:

http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2011/4/the-humpty-dumpty-problem

Archaeopteryx Knocked From Roost as Original Bird:

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/07/archaeopteryx-no-bird/

Rainforest Plant Developed 'Sonar Dish' to Attract Pollinating Bats:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110728144717.htm

The sloth’s slowness decoded:

http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/4568/the-decoding-slowness-how-sloths-perfectioned-energy-saving

 

African Rodent Uses 'Poison Arrow' Toxin to Deter Predators: First Known Mammal to Use Plant Poison in Defense: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110802201836.htm

Classic: the history of Universe in 200 words or less:

http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3fs8i/hist/hist.html

TECHNOLOGY

 

Industrial energy use and the human life history: http://www.nature.com/srep/2011/110805/srep00056/full/srep00056.html?WT.mc_id=FBK_SciReports Thanks to Harry Veeder!

Top fusion experiments:

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/38167/?nlid=nlenrg&nld=2011-08-01

 

Solar Cells Get a Boost from Bouncing Light:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110729175554.htm

The dark side of solar and wind power projects

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-green-safety-20110803,0,4075985,full.story

New solid-state compound beats old school lithium-ion batteries: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2Aoj72/arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/08/new-solid-state-compound-beats-old-school-lithium-ion-batteries.ars

Averting Bridge Disasters: New Technology Could Save Hundreds of Lives: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110729175338.htm

Bob Rankin- hard drives are not forever: http://askbobrankin.com/hard_drives_are_not_forever.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=I_f5qHRyh8P6SL

Computers, the Art of Technological Writing:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110801105642.htm

EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART

2011- State of the Future:  http://www.kurzweilai.net/2011-state-of-the-future

Humanity winning on global challenges yet world is unstable:

http://earthsky.org/human-world/humanity-winning-on-global-challenges-yet-world-is-unstable

Center for teaching: http://centeach.uiowa.edu/

 

Exploring life’s origins:

http://exploringorigins.org/

Outstandingly interesting:

http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/11-08-03/

Fair Play -- A Question of Self-Image? Researchers Explain Conditions Under Which People Are Prepared to Behave Fairly

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110727121403.htm

Are smart people really getting smarter?:

http://blogs.forbes.com/alexknapp/2011/08/03/are-smart-people-really-getting-smarter/?partner=technology_newsletter

New Science Reference Guide From the Library of Congress: “Environmentalism: Resources for Kids, Young Adults, Educators and Parents”:  http://infodocket.com/2011/08/06/new-science-reference-guide-from-the-library-of-congress-environmentalism-resources-for-kids-young-adults-educators-and-parents/

A billion wicked thoughts: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/books/review/a-billion-wicked-thoughts-by-ogi-ogas-and-sai-gaddam-book-review.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha26

A toss of the dice reveals the truth: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1BuZKQ/www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-toss-dice-reveals-truth.html

Wired for empathy: http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/amanda-horne/2011080318730

It is hard to make predictions, especially about the future:

http://reason.com/archives/2011/07/01/its-hard-to-make-predictions-e

Painting by numbers

Digital analysis is invading the world of the connoisseur:\

http://www.economist.com/node/21524699

Hunters and collectors in a vicious cycle: http://www.sciencealert.com/features/20110208-22460-2.html

Some people are toxic- avoid them:

http://www.eclectipundit.com/2011/08/some-people-are-toxic-avoid-them.html

BUSINESS

 

Business innovation, why it is so rare, so prized and so feared: http://blogs.forbes.com/sap/2011/07/25/business-innovation-why-it-is-so-rare-so-prized-and-so-feared/Business Innovation: Why it is so rare, so prized, and so feared

 

The Rise of the Virtual Office

As the definition of the workplace changes, dramatic increases in productivity could be ahead: http://www.technologyreview.com/business/38169/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-08-01.

 

The neurological signature of a leader:

http://knowledge.wpcarey.asu.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2019

17 Digital Marketing Experts Share Their Top Tips, Tricks, and Tools:

http://www.techipedia.com/2011/digital-marketing-tips-tools/

Jim Stroup- looking for leadership: http://managingleadership.com/blog/2011/07/31/looking-for-leadership/

Three integrity questions for leaders:

http://www.businessweek.com/management/three-integrity-questions-for-leaders-08022011.html

5 ways to maintain the status-quo during times of change:

http://www.greatleadershipbydan.com/2011/08/5-ways-to-maintain-status-quo-during.html

A management improvement blog: http://management.curiouscatblog.net/

Management Innovation eXchange: http://www.managementexchange.com/

Building tolerance for ambiguity:

http://www.jarche.com/2011/08/building-tolerance-for-ambiguity/

The value of knowing exactly who you are:

http://www.aspire-cs.com/the-value-of-knowing-exactly-who-you-are

Dealing with your incompetent boss: http://blogs.hbr.org/hmu/2011/06/dealing-with-your-incompetent.html

The global debt clock

Our interactive overview of government debt across the planet:

http://www.economist.com/content/global_debt_clock

HEALTH & MEDICINE

 

We are living longer and longer- but is this always a good thing?

http://www.alternet.org/story/151861/we%27re_living_longer_and_longer_--_but_is_that_always_a_good_thing_?akid=7350.112117.lhiGkc&rd=1&t=18

 

Lifestyles of the Old and Healthy Defy Expectations:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110803083639.htm

Bacterial Resistance to Antibiotics: The More They Resist, the More They Divide:  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110728220431.htm

 

Discovery Throws Light On Blood Pressure Regulation:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110711164531.htm

 

Nanofiber Regenerates Blood Vessels

A synthetic material may help to repair tissue after a heart attack, and aid transplants” http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/38206/?nlid=nlbio&nld=2011-08-02

 

Bioengineered spinal discs to comnbat back pain:

http://www.gizmag.com/bioengineered-spinal-disc-implants/19399/

 

Colon Cleansing Has No Benefit but Many Side Effects Including Vomiting and Death, Doctors Say: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110801122948.htm

 

Minority Microbes in the Colon Mapped:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110802133327.htm

 

Cooked Green Vegetables, Dried Fruit, Legumes, and Brown Rice Associated With Fewer Colon Polyps:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110802091026.htm

Restoring Happiness in People With Depression: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110729175803.htm

About Dr. Charcot and hysteria: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/8611010/Medical-Muses-by-Asti-Hustvedt-review.html

Feeling Anxious? 5 Scientifically Proven Relaxation Techniques: http://www.spring.org.uk/2011/08/feeling-anxious-5-scientifically-proven-relaxation-techniques.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PsychologyBlog+%28PsyBlog%29

Brain Chemical May Explain Why Heavy Smokers Feel Sad After Quitting:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110802113318.htm

 

The illusions of psychiatry;

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/jul/14/illusions-of-psychiatry/?pagination=false

Who Falls to Addiction, and Who Is Unscathed?:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/02/health/02abuse.html?_r=1&ref=science

FOOD & COOKING

Manage your recipes, the easy way:

http://www.recipefy.com/

Rate your recipes: http://punchfork.com

Dieting forces brain to eat itself, scientists claim

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/8677200/Dieting-forces-brain-to-eat-itself-scientists-claim.html

 

Mindful Eating: Researchers Are Making Every Bite Count:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110802113738.htm

New Science Reference Guide from the Library of Congress: Veganism: Eating Consciously and Compassionately: http://infodocket.com/2011/08/06/new-science-reference-guide-from-library-of-congress-veganism-eating-consciously-and-compassionately/

New Freeze-Dry Method Good for Processing Fish:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110801120345.htm

 

Sugar Doesn't Melt -- It Decomposes, Scientists Demonstrate”

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110725123549.htm

Quick and easy tomato recipes:

http://britishfood.about.com/od/introtobritishfood/tp/5waystomatoes.htm?nl=1

15 tips to use leftovers:

http://moneyning.com/frugality/15-tips-to-use-up-leftovers/

Gazpacho Ingredients Lose Vitamin C During Preparation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110805082957.htm (I regret thius I like Gazpacho very much.

MISCELLANEA

 

Green burial project developing corpse-eating mushrooms:

http://www.gizmag.com/infinity-burial-project-developing-tissue-digesting-mushrooms/19385/

Slideshow: From Vaccines to Cats to Pigeons, the CIA’s Most Bizarre Operations:                 http://www.tnr.com/slideshow/91860/cia-osama-bin-laden-vaccination

SELECTED NEWS

SPAM & SPYWARE   

Worldwide Cyber Espionage Revealed:

http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/38238/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-08-05

Bob Rankin- how do I report a spammaer?:

http://askbobrankin.com/how_do_i_report_a_spammer.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=JIT7tDePd8P6SL

Google’s spam report page- refreshed:

http://searchengineland.com/googles-spam-report-page-biggest-refresh-in-years-88349?utm_source=sel&utm_medium=scap&utm_campaign=email

VIRUSES & e-CROOKS

Technology guardians of Internet are targets:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/05/technology/guardians-of-internet-security-are-targets.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha26

Bob Rankin- I think I have a rootkit http://askbobrankin.com/i_think_i_have_a_rootkit.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=JxgyJYS2R8P6SL

 

Bob Rankin : is your operating system secure?

http://askbobrankin.com/is_your_operating_system_secure.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=JHgc.MOjd8P6SL

 

Cracking Open Chrome OS

Researchers use the Web to steal passwords and other data from Google's Web-based operating system:

http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/38227/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-08-04

Wendy Boswell – ten ways to protect your Web privacy:

http://websearch.about.com/od/enginesanddirectories/a/searchprivacy.htm?nl=1

Anonymous surfing with BugMeNot: http://websearch.about.com/od/dailywebsearchtips/qt/dnt0531.htm?nl=1

Kids Safety on the Web: http://websearch.about.com/od/safesearch/a/sftychecklist.htm?nl=1

WiFi