INFORMAVORE's SUNDAY No 481

My dear Readers,

It was a good week for this newsletter, the Web has generously answered to many of the questions that are interesting for me. I hope you will find answers to your questions too. Many of these answers are of the type

described here: http://webpages.charter.net/sn9/literature/mu.html I am convinced that “mu” is a pillar of good and rich thinking and it is very bad that it is not taught at the school. It appears when the Answer is greater than the Question. I wonder if an opposite

case can exist – the Answer being much smaller than the Question; is the E-cat such a case?

I have defined our species as Homo discontentus- and I am very human- awfully sad that INFORMAVORE’s SUNDAY cannot achieve popularity. However, yesterday at the CORA mall I met a friend whom I have not seen for some 6 years and he has told me that he is reading  my newsletter regularly- a very pleasant surprise.

SEARCH

INTERNET

 

The $8 Trillion Internet: McKinsey's Bold Attempt to Measure the E-conomy: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/11/the-8-trillion-internet-mckinseys-bold-attempt-to-measure-the-e-conomy/247963/

Exploring the Digital Nation - Computer and Internet Use at Home:

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/report/2011/exploring-digital-nation-computer-and-internet-use-home

SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.  

 

Infographic: How, When & Where People Share Content:

http://searchengineland.com/infographic-how-where-when-people-share-content-100539

Public Domain Images

Free Web Resources for Public Domain Images:

http://websearch.about.com/od/freevideos/tp/public-domain-images.htm?nl=1

 

Public Domain Books

16 Sources for Free, Public Domain Books: http://websearch.about.com/od/booksandprintedmaterials/tp/Public-Domain-Books.htm?nl=1

 

Public Domain Music on the Web

12 Resources for Public Domain Music:

http://websearch.about.com/od/publicdomain/tp/Public-Domain-Music.htm?nl=1

 

The future of Yahoo?:  http://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2011/11/yahoo?fsrc=nlw%7Cnewe%7C11-9-2011%7Cnew_on_the_economist

How to Find People On The Web: Ten Free Tools:

http://websearch.about.com/od/peoplesearch/tp/peoplesearch.htm?nl=1

 

The Best Free Online Storage Sites on the Web:

http://websearch.about.com/od/web20/a/online-storage.htm?nl=1

The search engine basics for dentists:  

http://worldental.org/dentists/search-engine-basics-dentists/5246/

                                

BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES

 

A Social Network that Pays You Chime.in lets users create pages about their own interests—and plans to give them a cut of the resulting ad revenue.

http://www.technologyreview.com/web/39081/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-11-08

Teens, Kindness and Cruelty on Social Network Sites:

http://pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2011/PIP_Teens_Kindness_Cruelty_SNS_Report_Nov_2011_FINAL_110711.pdf

Visualizations: The World of Wikipedia’s Languages Mapped: http://infodocket.com/2011/11/11/visualizations-the-world-of-wikipedias-languages-mapped/

GOOGLE

Google’s Chief Works to trim a bloated Ship:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/10/technology/googles-chief-works-to-trim-a-bloated-ship.html

Google lawyer: Why the patent system is broken:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/06/BUQP1LQN3V.DTL

Five reasons why Siri is not a Google-killer: http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidcoursey/2011/11/07/five-reasons-siri-is-not-a-google-killer/?partner=technology_newsletter

 

Google starts rollout of Google+ for businesses:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9221576/Google_starts_rollout_of_Google_for_businesses_

 

The Alphabet of Google+ Direct Connect:

http://searchengineland.com/the-alphabet-of-google-direct-connect-100408?utm_source=sel&utm_medium=scap&utm_campaign=email

 

Google Acquires Instant Search Startup Apture for Chrome:

http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2124534/Google-Acquires-Instant-Search-Startup-Apture-for-Chrome

 

Google+ Is Dead The search behemoth might not realize it yet, but its chance to compete with Facebook has come and gone:

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2011/11/google_had_a_chance_to_compete_with_facebook_not_anymore_.html?utm_source=sel&utm_medium=scap&utm_campaign=email

 

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/10/google-isnt-going-anywhere/?utm_source=sel&utm_medium=scap&utm_campaign=email

Changing information density in Gmail’s new look:

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/changing-information-density-in-gmails.html?m=1

Improving themes in Gmail’s new look:

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/improving-themes-in-gmails-new-look.html

WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES

Top words of 2011:                                       http://www.languagemonitor.com/global-english/top-words-of-2011/

Barnes and Noble  unveils $249 Nook Tablet, $99 Nook Touch, to offset Amazon
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33198_7-57319254-286/b-n-unveils-$249-nook-tablet-$99-nook-touch-to-offset-amazon/#ixzz1d355svX0

 

Nook Tablet vs. Kindle Fire: Which will win?:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9221572/Nook_Tablet_vs._Kindle_Fire_Which_will_win_

 

Enter the Nook Tablet How does Barnes & Noble's offering measure up to its competitors, the Kindle Fire and Apple iPad?:

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/helloworld/27322/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-11-09

Highlights from New “Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading” Survey:                    http://infodocket.com/2011/11/08/highlights-from-new-consumer-attitudes-toward-e-book-reading-survey/

SCIENCE

 

It Takes Two: Brains Come Wired for Cooperation, Neuroscientists Discover:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111103190351.htm

 

Physicists Chip Away at Mystery of Antimatter Imbalance:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111109161336.htm

 

How to tame lightning:

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/11/scienceshot-how-to-tame-lightning.html?ref=em&elq=d7219338f5d44436bc28a078f50c258c

Weird World of Water Gets a Little Weirder::

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111109111536.htm

Nature wants to eat you: http://naturewantstoeatyou.tumblr.com/

 

The Amazing Phenomenon of Volcanic Lightning!:

http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2011/11/the_amazing_phenomenon_of_volc.php?utm_source=networkbanner&utm_medium=link

 

What ate dinosaurs? Old crocs

Even in their heyday, dinosaurs were not quite as dominant as popular myth makes them out to be:

http://www.economist.com/node/21538078?fsrc=nlw|hig|11-10-2011|editors_highlights

 

How Scientific Fraud Is Like Ponzi Finance:

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/11/how-scientific-fraud-is-like-ponzi-finance/247885/

Boundaries of research disciplines are paper constructs: Digital Web-based information as a challenge to disciplinary research

http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3669/3080

TECHNOLOGY

 

European Biofuels Are as Carbon Intensive as Petrol, New Study Suggests: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111103212157.htm

 

Here comes  the Solar Energy:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/07/opinion/krugman-here-comes-solar-energy.html?_r=1

Solar Energy: Solar Concentrator Increases Collection With Less Loss: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111102125549.htm

 

A Super-Absorbent Solar Material A new material, patterned at the nanoscale, absorbs a broad spectrum of light and could make thin-film solar cells more efficient:

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39106/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-11-10

 

Operating a 30-megawatt solar farm from one PC:  http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-57320569-54/operating-a-30-megawatt-solar-farm-from-one-pc/

 

Printable Solar-Cell Material Reaches a Milestone A performance boost for "small-molecule" solar cells could make the materials more practical:

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39074/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-11-07

 

Engineers Solve Energy Puzzle: How Energy Levels Align in a Critical Group of Advanced Materials:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111106151019.htm

 

Incredible Shrinking Material: Engineers Reveal How Scandium Trifluoride Contracts With Heat: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111107161955.htm

 

Plant With 'Eggbeater' Texture Inspires Waterproof Coating:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111110151701.htm

Biologically inspired adhesive tape can be reused thousands of times:                                         http://www.gizmag.com/bioinspired-adhesive-tape-kiel/20406/

 

Gestural Interfaces Go Mainstream  Taking control of computers with our hands and bodies is set to become commonplace.: http://www.technologyreview.com/business/39008/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-11-08

 

Kodak's Fight for Survival The prospect of the photographic company's possible demise is so melancholy that even a debt-rating firm is waxing poetic:

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/helloworld/27327/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-11-10

Cold, Hard Economics Why changing your old lightbulbs and toting your eco-friendly canvas shopping bag around won't save the planet:

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/11/08/free_markets_climate_change

EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART

 

Ten economic protests that changed history:

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2011/1105/Ten-economic-protests-that-changed-history/Boston-Tea-Party-1773

Infographic of the day, is the 1% inevitable given how networks work?

 http://www.fastcodesign.com/1665390/infographic-of-the-day-is the-1-an-unavoidable-feature-of-our-economy

The Inegality Map:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/11/opinion/the-inequality-map.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha212

A Library of Congress Science, Technology and Business Blog:

http://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/

How humans became social: http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/11/how-humans-became-social.html?ref=em&elq=d7219338f5d44436bc28a078f50c258c

World Literature Tour: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/series/worldliteraturetour

Communicating Science and Engineering Data in the Information Age: http://www.iq.harvard.edu/news/nrc_report_recommends_dvn

Flash Tutorials for Biological Sciences:

http://telstar.ote.cmu.edu/biology/

The History of Voiceover -150 Years in Mediums and Media:

http://dailyinfographic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/infoG_2011_voiceover-history.jpeg

 

The Neuroscience of Barbie:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=neuroscience-of-barbie

 

Positive Psychology- Reduce Pain: Swear More:

http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/emily-vansonnenberg/2011110719734

 

Positive Psychology- Why happier people are healthier?  http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/marie-josee-salvas/2011111019787

What precisely was the knowledge that God didn't want Adam & Eve to have?:

http://www.quora.com/What-precisely-was-the-knowledge-that-God-didnt-want-Adam-Eve-to-have#ans794881

A blog of high interestingness: http://www.brainpickings.org/ (I have subscribed)

 

Extreme Antisocial Personality Predicts Gang Membership, Finds Study Based On Survey of Male Prisoners:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111109104206.htm

 

BUSINESS

 

The Instability of Inegality:                                            http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/roubini43/English

In the School of Innovation, Less Is Often More: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/business/simple-innovation-is-often-the-most-successful-prototype.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

The vital importance of the first click:

http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/nt/2011/nt-2011-11-07-Getting-right.htm

Leadership Development Carnival Nov. 2011:

http://www.greatleadershipbydan.com/2011/11/november-2011-leadership-development.html

 

Learn How to Think Different(ly):

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/09/begin_to_think_differently.html

 

How Consistent Branding is Being Challenged in the Digital Age:

http://www.techipedia.com/2011/consistent-branding/

 

Increase Your Passion for Work Without Becoming Obsessed:

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/09/increase_your_passion_for_work.html

23 Incredibly Useful Insights on Shortcuts to Becoming an Expert:

http://expertenough.com/196/expert-shortcuts

Diversity—it’s good for business: http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=534875

Engaging the trustworthy:

http://www.jarche.com/2011/11/engaging-the-trustworthy/

 

Multi-Tasking: Is It Worth It?:

http://www.greatleadershipbydan.com/2011/11/multi-tasking-is-it-worth-it.html

9 Lives of Brainstorming

http://www.innovationexcellence.com/blog/2011/11/11/9-lives-of-brainstorming/

Nice- help checklist:

http://culturaloffering.com/2011/11/08/help-checklist.aspx

 

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Why Measles Spreads So Quickly: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111102161038.htm

 

Meningitis May Be Eradicated: New Vaccine Brings Hope:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111028103215.htm

 

New Method for Making Neurons Could Lead to Parkinson's Treatment When transplanted into rodents with brain damage similar to Parkinson's, the cells reversed the animals' motor issues:

http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39073/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-11-07.

 

Process Important to Brain Development Studied in Detail:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111107033931.htm

 

Light-Based Therapy Destroys Cancer Cells The new approach, which features a heat-sensitive fluorescent dye, could eventually replace standard chemotherapy:

http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/39082/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-11-08

 

Computers found more accurate than doctors in breast-cancer diagnosis:                                              http://www.kurzweilai.net/computers-found-more-accurate-than-doctors-in-breast-cancer-diagnosis

 

Breakthrough in Understanding the Genetics of High Blood Pressure: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111109104208.htm

 

Researchers develop insulin substitute for treating diabetes orally: http://www.gizmag.com/oral-insulin-substitute/20433/

 

New Technology to Monitor Brain Aneurysms:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111106151318.htm

 

How the brain plays role in regulating blood sugar:  http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-the-brain-plays-role-in-regulating-blood-sugar-in-humans

 

Cheap, simple composting toilet concept receives funding from Gates Foundation:                                        http://www.gizmag.com/gates-foundation-composting-toilet-duke-university/20422/

 

Researchers Develop eButton, an Easier Way to Monitor Food Intake, Exercise, and Lifestyle:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111109125745.htm

Regenerative Biology: Have We Discovered the Fountain of Youth?: http://bigthink.com/ideas/41015

 

'Tis Better to Give Than to Receive? Life Scientists Find That Giving Support Offers Health Benefits -- To the Giver: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111109152213.htm

The nocebo effect: Wellcome Trust science writing prize essay

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/nov/13/nocebo-pain-wellcome-trust-prize

FOOD & COOKING

A Worldwide Feast: 55 Great Global Food Blogs:

http://www.saveur.com/article/Kitchen/SAVEURs-Favorite-Global-Food-Blogs?cmpid=hp102011

re cookbooks obsolete?

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/dining/are-apps-making-cookbooks-obsolete.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha26

The new generation of cooking apps: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/11/09/dining/20111109-RECIPE.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha26#1

The ten healthiest foods on the Planet:

http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/recipes/healthy-eating/superfoods/the-10-healthiest-foods-on-the-planet/?page=1

 

Philips's beehive concept - an urban home for the 21st Century bee:                                                http://www.gizmag.com/philips-beehive-concept/20412/

Roasting the Bird: Around About and Around the World

Selecting, Brining, Boning and Roasting..:. http://italianfood.about.com/od/holidaydishes/a/aa82406_2.htm?nl=1

Guinness secret revealed: Why do bubbles go down instead of up?:

http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/Guinness-secret-revealed-Why-do-bubbles-go-down-instead-of-up-133529443.html

MISCELLANEA

 

11/11/11: 11 things you need to know about the 11th November 2011
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-world/2011/11/10/11-11-11-11-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-11th-november-2011-115875-23552714/#ixzz1dQcNHpGR

SELECTED NEWS

SPAM & SPYWARE   

 

What Is Spamming 'Ratware'? How Does Ratware Work?: http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/r/f/ratware.htm?nl=1

VIRUSES & e-CROOKS

A short history of crimeware:                   http://www.csoonline.com/article/693171/a-short-history-of-crimeware

Biggest Cybercriminal Takedown in History http://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/11/malware-click-fraud-kingpins-arrested-in-estonia/

Bob Rankin- Is BitDefender the best antivirus?

http://askbobrankin.com/is_bitdefender_the_best_antivirus.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=JOsPdsg8q8P6SL

Bugs, Mice and Anti-virus SoftWare:

http://antivirus.about.com/od/virusdescriptions/a/Bugs-Mice-And-Antivirus.htm?nl=1

WiFi

Yahoo Gives the iPad the Power to Understand TV An app that knows what you're watching can serve up related Web articles or other information—as well as targeted ads: http://www.technologyreview.com/web/39047/?nlid=nlcomm&nld=2011-11-07

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