Dear Readers,
A somewhat smaller issue due probably to the celebration in the USA
I see that this publication still has not achieved popularity due to the
choice of subjects. I remember my deep intellectual grief when in December 2009 the model of it, Internet Resources Newsletter ceased publication after 178 monthly (equivalent of 712 weekly) issues.
I am thinking about what to do:
- to stop INFORMAVORE’s Sunday after issue 500;
- to transform it in a regular newsletter;
- to sell it to a serious buyer who has better connections and more readers
Hopefully I’ll have time to decide.
Yours truly,
Peter
SEARCH
INTERNET
A collection of funny quotes about the World Wide Web:
‘Twine’ Foreshadows A Future Where All Objects Talk To The Internet:
8 Insane Similarities Between the Internet and Ancient Egypt
http://www.cracked.com/article_19580_8-insane-similarities-between-internet-ancient-egypt.html#ixzz1epe5n38x
http://www.cracked.com/article_19580_8-insane-similarities-between-internet-ancient-egypt.html#ixzz1epe5n38x
SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.
Search Engines 101: Part I:
Trapit, the Non-Search Engine:
BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES
Nothing relevant found
GOOGLE
Google TV Loses One Friend, Makes Another While Logitech's CEO says Google TV "cost us dearly," LG plans to jump on board with the search giant's Internet-connected TV service.: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/helloworld/27353/?nlid=nlcomm&nld=2011-11-21
Google kills Knol, Wave, and others to focus operations: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57329996-93/google-kills-knol-wave-and-others-to-focus-operations/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&tag=nl.e703
Bob Rankin- is Chrome the best browser: http://askbobrankin.com/is_chrome_the_best_browser.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=Ie1YbYmNS8P6SL
What's in a Name? Ask Google
Web searches can help parents ensure their child is not
saddled with a negatively connoted name, but a unique, or
uncommon one.:
Web searches can help parents ensure their child is not
saddled with a negatively connoted name, but a unique, or
uncommon one.:
Tips on becoming an Internet search pro:
WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES
Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2011: Squeezed Middle: http://infodocket.com/2011/11/24/oxford-dictionaries-word-of-the-year-2011-squeezed-middle/
On-line :Best of 2011” book list: http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2011/11/online_best_of_7.html
For Their Children, Many E-Book Fans Insist on Paper http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/21/business/for-their-children-many-e-book-readers-insist-on-paper.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha26
Modern Languages and Area Studies: http://www.intute.ac.uk/mlas
SCIENCE
Light Created from a Vacuum: Casimir Effect Observed in Superconducting Circuit: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111118133050.htm
New state of matter seen on cheap: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15876145
Scientists Probe Earth’s Core To Gain a Better Understanding of Planet Formation: http://scitechdaily.com/scientists-probe-earths-core-to-gain-a-better-understanding-of-planet-formation/
New state of matter discovered:
TECHNOLOGY
What we are for (energy literacy, etc.):
The Energy of the Future: http://bigthink.com/ideas/38681
Renewable Energy Projects Around the World: How Much is Installed and Where: http://ecogeek.org/component/content/article/3640
The 13-year-old boy genius who created revolutionary solar panels after looking at tree branches
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2064149/Aidan-Dwyer-The-13-year-old-boy-genius-created-revolutionary-solar-panels-looking-tree-branches.html#ixzz1eQS6d1Ak
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2064149/Aidan-Dwyer-The-13-year-old-boy-genius-created-revolutionary-solar-panels-looking-tree-branches.html#ixzz1eQS6d1Ak
Wood Biofuel Could Be a Competitive Industry by 2020:
Algae Biomass Increased by More Than 50 Percent:
ORegen Waste Heat Recovery:
http://www.ge-energy.com/products_and_services/services/oil_and_gas_services/oregen.jsp Thanks to Aussie Guy!
In Search of the Ideal Grid Battery Researchers at Stanford make an electrode that can be recharged 40,000 times without losing much capacity:
New nanoparticle electrode could bolster large-scale storage of renewable energy: http://www.gizmag.com/stanford-high-power-electrode/20610/
Greenhouse Gases Rise by Record Amount Levels of greenhouse gases are higher than the worst case scenario outlined by climate experts just four years ago: http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/11/04
Computing with light: Research produces long-sought component to allow complete optical circuits on silicon chips:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-11-long-sought-component-optical-circuits-silicon.html With thanks to Rich Murray
Smart swarms of bacteria inspire robot design:
New Material Can Enhance Energy, Computer, Lighting Technologies: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111116124737.htm
Carbon nanotube 'space camouflage' Tiny carbon tubes can be used to hide three-dimensional objects from view, according to a team of researchers: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15837145
EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART
Top 30 online universities of 2011:
Principles of Chemical Science:
Chemistry tutorials:
Carolyn Baker: Emotional Resilience Is Essential In Turbulent Times: http://www.chrismartenson.com/blog/carolyn-baker-emotional-resilience-essential/63329?page=1
Breaking a Long Silence on Population Control: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/01/science/earth/bringing-up-the-issue-of-population-growth.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Everyone On Earth Is 4.74 Degrees Apart According to a new Facebook study, just 4.74 degrees separate any person from another: http://gimundo.com/news/article/everyone-on-earth-is-4.74-degrees-apart/
Free Ride: Digital Parasites and the Fight for the Business of Culture:
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/11/16/free-ride-digital-parasites-robert-levine/
Leaders Should Be Competent – But Not Too Competent:
Communication and media resources:
Warning: Positivity may be harmful: http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/jeremy-mccarthy/2011112219889
The death of the individual:
Why Are People Still Afraid of Atheism? Plenty of people are reviled for their religious beliefs. But a lack of faith seems to inspire even more intense antipathy: http://www.alternet.org/story/153194/why_are_people_still_afraid_of_atheism?akid=7904.112117.hRjHdo&rd=1&t=21
BUSINESS
Bridging the gap: working smarter:
http://www.jarche.com/2011/11/bridging-the-gap-working-smarter/
Imagining the Post-Industrial Economy:
http://scienceblogs.com/casaubonsbook/2011/11/what_does_a_largely_informal_e.php
The book “Short-Circuit” (environmental economy):
The Big Data Boom Is the Innovation Story of Our Time:
Nassim Nicholas Taleb- End Bonuses for Bankers:
Charts: Who Are the 1 Percent?:
Stop being micromanaged: http://blogs.hbr.org/hmu/2011/09/stop-being-micromanaged.html
4 Paradoxes of Great Performance. A Myth: More, Bigger, Faster is Better. There is always an optimal value beyond which anything is toxic… http://davidkanigan.com/2011/11/22/4-paradoxes-of-great-performance-most-of-us-live-by-the-myth-that-more-bigger-faster-is-better-lead-effectiveness-growth-excel/#more-1446
5 Keys to Effectively Communicating Appreciation in the Workplace:
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Nano-Technoloogy Makes Medicine Greener:
New Pacemaker Needs No Wires. It regulates the heartbeat with a zap of ultrasound sent to a receiver implanted into the organ itself.:
Getting Health Data from Inside Your Body Hugo Campos believes that patients with implanted medical devices deserve access to the data they collect: http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/39167/?nlid=nlbio&nld=2011-11-22
New hope for repairing diseased or damaged brains: http://www.kurzweilai.net/new-hope-for-repairing-diseased-or-damaged-brain
Reviving autopsies: http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/11/pathology?fsrc=nlw%7Cnewe%7C11-23-2011%7Cnew_on_the_economist
Does Hypertension Affect Brain Capacity?:
What Bacteria Don't Know Can Hurt Them: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111117163703.htm
Targeting Bacterial Gas Defenses Allow for Increased Efficacy of Numerous Antibiotics:
Key to Aging? Key Molecular Switch for Telomere Extension by Telomerase Identified:
Surprising Pathway Implicated in Stuttering: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111122162834.htm
Worms Reveal Secrets of Wound-Healing Response: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111117140302.htm
FOOD & COOKING
The next agro-industrial revolution: http://www.mckinsey.com/en/Features/Resource_revolution.aspx
Recipe Networks Reveal Human Taste Preferences Network science is revolutionising the future of food:
The Secret of the Best Foie Gras:
A New Technique Makes It Possible to Reduce by Half the Amount of Salt in Already Desalted Cod: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111118132952.htm
Lifeform of the week: Cranberries at their bitter best:
http://earthsky.org/biodiversity/lifeform-of-the-week-cranberries-at-their-bitter-best
Reducing Food Waste during the Holiday Season: http://blogs.worldwatch.org/nourishingtheplanet/reducing-food-waste-during-the-holiday-season/
We Need a New Narrative About Eating Animals: http://bigthink.com/ideas/23946
Mechanism of Wine Swirling Explained: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111121104142.htm
MISCELLANEA
What has happened in your birth year?
SELECTED NEWS
SPAM & SPYWARE
VIRUSES & e-CROOKS
All about bad bots: http://netsecurity.about.com/b/2011/11/14/all-about-bad-bots.htm?nl=1
Mapping the Mal Web
The world’s riskiest domains
Mobile Malware: Hype or Not?:
A lot of new hoaxes: http://www.hoax-slayer.com/issue-121.shtml
WiFi
You don’t need a mobile strategy: http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/nt/2011/nt-2011-11-21-Mobile-strategy.htm
Bob Rankin- can VOIP replace your landline?:
The problem is Peter that Informavores is TOO interesting. If I look at it, I click on far too much that takes up to much of my time and I neglect other important stuff. I try to only dip in once a month...
ReplyDeleteNick
Thank you dear Nick! What should I do? The interestingness of the World is constantly increasing- that's the essence of evolution see please:http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com/2011/01/my-favorite-i-word.html
ReplyDeleteIt is in some sense, a heavy weight interestingness
therefore usually the people are attracted by easy I-ness as the sex life of celebrities.
I think this problem of the INFORMAVORE has no solution.