INFORMAVORE's SUNDAY No 475

Dear Readers,

I am back to routine, a “sine qua non” condition for promoting systematically non-routine ideas.

Please read this new issue of IS and study and enjoy the exceptional essay of my blog partner, Georgina- very wise and painfully realistic:  http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com/2011/10/roots-iv-pretender.html

Peter

SEARCH

INTERNET

SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.  

The 50 best websites of 2011: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,2087815,00.html

Wendy Boswell: The top 20 Web memes:

http://websearch.about.com/od/webmemes/tp/The-Top-20-Web-Memes.htm?nl=1

The top 20 strange websites on the Web:

http://websearch.about.com/od/bestwebsites/tp/20-least-useful-sites.htm?nl=1

Top 10 online tools for converting documents:  

http://savedelete.com/top-10-online-tools-for-converting-documents.html   

Top Ten Time Wasters on the Web:

 http://websearch.about.com/od/bestwebsites/ig/Top-Ten-Time-Wasters/?nl=1                             

Top Twenty Web Celebs:

http://websearch.about.com/od/bestwebsites/ig/Top-Ten-Time-Wasters/?nl=1

How does this site work?:

http://underthesite.com/

Versionista- track entire web sites: http://www.versionista.com/

BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES

 

Social Media Report: Q3 2011

http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/social/

 

Facebook Fans: Are They Worth the Excitement?:

http://www.techipedia.com/2011/facebook-fans-worth/

The pleasure of the tweet: http://bigthink.com/ideas/40385

GOOGLE

Google celebrates 13-th birthday (Sept 27)

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011/09/google-celebrates-13th-birthday-today-.html

Google 21^st century  robber baron:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottcleland/2011/09/19/google-21st-century-robber-baron/

Larry Page : Biggest Threat to Google? “Google”:

http://searchengineland.com/larry-page-biggest-threat-to-google-google-94588

Inside Google +:

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/09/ff_google_horowitz/all/1

Google + may have 43 million users

http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2112145/Google-May-Have-43-Million-Users

 

Google is most-sought employer – again College students pick Google for third straight year; IBM, Intel, Microsoft and Apple also make list of most attractive employers: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220427/Google_is_most_sought_employer_again?source=CTWNLE_nlt_pm_2011-09-30

WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES

The Nomal Verbal Dictionary of gestures, signs and body language cues:: http://center-for-nonverbal-studies.org/6101.html

Humans Make Language, Language Makes Us Human: http://bigthink.com/ideas/40320

How children learn language: http://bigthink.com/ideas/40321

The future of the book:

http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/the-future-of-the-book/

E-books, privacy and the library:

http://infodocket.com/2011/09/27/8350/

One in 6 Americans Own an eReader:

http://www.mediabistro.com/ebooknewser/one-in-6-americans-own-ereader_b15839

 

Amazon Kindle Fire tablet review roundup:
http://blogs.computerworld.com/19018/amazon_kindle_fire_tablet_review_roundup?source=CTWNLE_nlt_blogs_2011-09-29

Learn about the Kindle Fire’s Web Browser (It’s New) Named Silk:

http://infodocket.com/2011/09/28/learn-about-the-kindle-fires-web-browser-its-new-named-silk/

 

The Kindle Fire's Browser: Mostly Smooth as Silk:

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73395.html

Introducing Amazon Silk: http://amazonsilk.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/introducing-amazon-silk/

SCIENCE

 

WorldWideScience: the Global Science Gateway 
http://worldwidescience.org

 

Digitizing the Coin of the Realm Electronic publication has transformed the culture of scientific communication:

http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2011/5/digitizing-the-coin-of-the-realm

Richard Resnick- welcome to the genome revolution:

http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_resnick_welcome_to_the_genomic_revolution.html

Why does the Earth have a liquid core?:

http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2011/09/why_does_the_earth_have_a_liqu.php?utm_source=networkbanner&utm_medium=link

 

Glow-In-The-Dark Millipede Says 'Stay Away':

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110926131805.htm

Winners of the  2011 IgNobel Prizes: http://www.improbable.com/ig/winners/#ig2011

TECHNOLOGY

 

The energy of the future:

http://bigthink.com/ideas/40403

 

Wind Power: Long-Term Wind Speed Changes Estimated:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110926095331.htm

 

Cheap and Efficient Solar Cell Made Possible by Linked Nanoparticles:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110926131401.htm

 

Darker Than Black' Metamaterial Promises Better Solar Cells Scientists devise a trick to make a material absorb 99 percent of the light that strikes it:

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27202/?nlid=nlmat&nld=2011-09-29

 

New Battery Could Be Just What the Grid Ordered A Pittsburgh company says its battery has the long life and cheap cost needed to be practical for energy storage.

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/38689/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-09-28

 

New material claimed to store more energy and cost less money than batteries:                                          http://www.gizmag.com/energy-storage-membrane-created/19996/

 

New Advanced Biofuel Identified as an Alternative to Diesel Fuel:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110927134254.htm

 

Building Better Catalysts http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110929144628.htm

Scientists and Engineers Create the 'Perfect Plastic'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110929144637.htm

 

Occupational exposure to hazardous materials:

http://hazmap.nlm.nih.gov/

New Method Cleans Up Textile Industry’s Most Dangerous Chemicals:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110926102803.htm

The Code War
The collapse of the Twin Towers taught us many things about skyscraper safety. Will we actually use the knowledge?:

http://www.thesmartset.com/article/article09021101.aspx

Amazon’s :Fire” Android tablet Undermines Google:

http://searchengineland.com/amazon-android-tablet-undermines-google-94664

New Technique Maps Twin Faces of Smallest Janus Nanoparticles:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110927124920.htm

EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART

Why are Finland’s Schools so successful?:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/Why-Are-Finlands-Schools-Successful.html

The Digital Revolution and Higher Education: http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/College-presidents.aspx

Teenage brains:

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/10/teenage-brains/dobbs-text/1

Learning in your sleep:

http://www.kurzweilai.net/learning-in-your-sleep

Dan Coyle: the Talent Code:

http://www.boxofcrayons.biz/2011/09/dan-coyle-the-talent-code/

We are the monsters we have been waiting for:

http://rigint.blogspot.com/2011/09/we-are-monsters-weve-been-waiting-for.html

The end of strategy- an essay by Dave Pollard:

http://howtosavetheworld.ca/2011/09/26/the-end-of-strategy/

Wanna live forever? Become a noun: http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/09/28/140467781/wanna-live-forever-become-a-noun

Jonathan Fields on uncertainty:

http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2011/09/jonathan-fields-on-uncertainty/

http://www.spring.org.uk/2011/09/how-to-fight-the-four-pillars-of-procrastination.php

 

Who's the Best Leader: The Saint or the Scrooge?:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110928105720.htm

How to fight the four pillars of procrastination: http://www.spring.org.uk/2011/09/how-to-fight-the-four-pillars-of-procrastination.php

The art of integrative thinking:

http://www.hindustantimes.com/The-art-of-integrative-thinking/Article1-750640.aspx

 

Don’t accept conventional wisdom:

http://bigthink.com/ideas/26281

 

Musical Weather Shows Climate Influence:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110926224553.htm

All about romance: http://www.likesbooks.com/

A bright selection of quotations:

http://www.gurteen.com/gurteen/gurteen.nsf/id/quotations

BUSINESS

 

When the Problem Is the Problem

Finding the right problem is half the solution:

http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/innovation/when-the-problem-is-the-problem

10 Clues to Opportunity Market anomalies and incongruities may point the way to your next breakthrough strategy: .

http://www.strategy-business.com/article/11304?gko=ce28d&cid=20110927enews

5 reasons leaders fera embarrassment  and three ways to deal with it:

http://people-equation.com/5-reasons-leaders-fear-embarrassment/

Be a better global collaborator:
http://blogs.hbr.org/hmu/2011/07/be-a-better-global-collaborato.html

Entrepreneurs role models:

http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2011/09/entrepreneurs-role-models/

Organizing for diversity and complexity: http://www.jarche.com/2011/09/organizing-for-diversity-and-complexity/

 

Financial Crisis: Calculating the Probability of Extreme Events:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110926081915.htm

The greatest brandversation:

http://www.behance.net/gallery/The-Greatest-Brandversations/1971913

HEALTH & MEDICINE

 

Oncology and genetics Grabbing cancer by the short and curlies

A new technique for analysing tumours promises better understanding and more effective treatment:

http://www.economist.com/node/21530080

 

High Blood Pressure Is Linked to Increased Risk of Developing or Dying from Cancer:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110926182618.htm

 

Poisonous Effect of Intestinal Bacteria Explained: Researchers Identify Site of Action of Cytotoxin Produced by 'Hypervirulent' Intestinal Flora: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110926094749.htm

 

Big Tobacco Knew Radioactive Particles in Cigarettes Posed Cancer Risk but Kept Quiet, Study Suggests:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110928142450.htm

 

Common Genetic Contributions to Mental Illness Discovered:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919104754.htm

 

Distinct Features of Autistic Brain Revealed in Novel Analysis of MRI Scans:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110902133042.htm

The Near Miracle of Male Infertility Treatment:

http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-near-miracle-of-male-infertility-treatment

Rethinking Animal and Plant Disease for the 21st Century and Beyond:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110927092124.htm

End-Of-Life Discussions Do Not Affect Survival Rates, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110928105711.htm

FOOD & COOKING

Greener pastures:

http://www.conservationmagazine.org/2011/06/greener-pastures/

 

A solar powered alternative to insecticides:

http://www.fastcompany.com/1783853/a-solar-powered-alternative-to-insecticides

Anti- inflammatory diet:

http://altmedicine.about.com/od/antiinflammatorydiet/a/Anti-Inflammatory-Diet.htm?nl=1

 

Public Ignorant About Key Messages Concerning Diet and Cancer, Research Finds: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110927072618.htm

 

Miracle Berry’s Sour-Sweet Mystery Cracked:

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/09/sweet-sour-berry/

MISCELLANEA

 

The Zombie map of the world What happens when you ask Google Maps for the location of zombies around the world?:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/sep/23/zombie-map-world#_

SELECTED NEWS

SPAM & SPYWARE    

VIRUSES & e-CROOKS

 

Microsoft Neutralizes Kelihos Botnet, Names Defendant in Case: http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2011/09/27/microsoft-neutralizes-kelihos-botnet-names-defendant-in-case.aspx

Bob Rankin- how to run a deep anti-virus scan:

http://askbobrankin.com/how_to_run_a_deep_antivirus_scan.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=JiKtZJFeG8P6SL

Bob Rankin- Virus Alert, Fake Virus and Celebrity Scams:

:http://askbobrankin.com/virus_alert_fake_antivirus_and_celebrity_scams.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=JAu6WTWnm8P6SL

Lessons from least infected countries:

http://antivirus.about.com/b/2011/09/28/lessons-from-least-infected-countries.htm?nl=1

Top Ten Ways to Get Infected:

http://antivirus.about.com/od/securitytips/tp/badsecurityhabits.htm?nl=1

5 more dirty tricks: Social engineers' latest pick-up lines

Today's social engineers are getting very specific in their plans to manipulate their marks: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/092611-5-more-dirty-tricks-social-251263.html?hpg1=bn

 

Metascan Online, by OPSWAT, allows you to quickly multi-scan your files for malware using 17 antivirus engines!:

http://www.metascan-online.com/:

WiFi

Smartphones Revolutionize Psychological Experiments:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110929074030.htm