Saturday, July 30, 2011

INFORMAVORE's SUNDAY No 466

EDITORIAL (kind of)

In medias res: I dare to ask all my friends who work at an university, institute, institution, community etc. to send the link


to the website of their organizations. I want this newsletter to be known, read, used, waited, criticized, improved- WORKING on the greatest scale possible! Thank you!

I have to confess you that I have created this newsletter more than 9 years ago as a secret weapon in the fight against dumbing down.
I know painfully well the socialist type of dumbing down- it lets people starving for information. Access to information, even professional was restricted and ignorance was cultivated by all the possible means.
In seemingly contrast, capitalist style dumbing down is based on forced feeding with low quality information; the best synomym for this dumbing down is ‘encouraging stupidity.” It is a mega-business- cult of celebrities and other cults- moneytheistic or simply irrational, fairy tales for grown-ups, fanship, (nobody has read my essay; http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com/2011/07/dirtiest-f-word.html ) etc., etc. The list is too long…this editorial is too long.. I am trying to collect serious information and to offer it to you.
This is issue No. 466.
Peter



SEARCH

INTERNET

 

The State of the Internet: IPv4 Won't Die:


A Network for Wild Experimentation

ESNet and Internet2 have built a networking test bed for ideas that are too disruptive for the networks that people actually use.      http://www.technologyreview.com/web/38107/?nlid=nlcomm&nld=2011-07-25&a=f

 

Internet as hard to give up as cigarettes, liquor, study says:


71% of the online Americans use video-sharing sites as You Tube:

SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.  
  
Wendy Boswell – movie search, fast:
http://websearch.about.com/b/2011/07/20/imdb-com-search-how-to-find-what-you-want-fast.htm?nl=1                                   

14 facts (& more) about Blekko: \

Two search engines that reward you for surfing the Internet:

BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES

 

Twitter Search Gets “New Twitter” Look & Feel:
http://searchengineland.com/twitter-search-gets-new-twitter-look-feel-87129

 

Five free blogging tools:

Ultimate list of blogging tools for pros:

 

7 habits of highly effective Facebook search engines:

http://infodocket.com/2011/07/29/7-habits-of-highly-effective-facebook-search-engines/

 

The MySpacing Of Facebook Continues

Can Facebook endure Google+?:

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2izigx/www.webpronews.com/myspacing-of-facebook-continues-2011-07



GOOGLE

Google +1 button now  3X faster:

A Google Plus Primer on Links & Rank:

Google+: A Social Network Even Geeks Can Love?:


Google Labs Projects Left Hanging

With Google ending the “Labs” section of its website, we take a look at some of the cooler projects that now have an uncertain future:                     http://www.technologyreview.com/web/38108/?nlid=nlweb&nld=2011-07-27&a=f

 

Search For Hotels With Google Hotel Finder:


WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES


The top 24 sites for free books on the Web:

 

Web Tools: “5 Websites That Alert Book Lovers About New Book Releases”:                                 http://infodocket.com/2011/07/28/web-tools-5-websites-that-alert-bok-lovers-about-new-book-releases/


SCIENCE

 

Will We Ever Have a Fully Digital Brain?

British researchers are using a million ARM processing cores to simulate the human brain—or 1 percent of it, at least: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/helloworld/26998/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-07-27.

 

The incredible shrinking human brain:

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/07/the-incredible-shrinking-human-b.html?ref=em

 

How the brain’s ‘workspace’ allows multitasking:

 

The Brain's Connectome -- From Branch to Branch:

 

Beauty is in the brain of the beholder:

http://earthsky.org/human-world/semir-zeki-beauty-is-in-the-brain-of-the-beholder

 

Newly Discovered Gene Sheds Light On the Evolution of Life On Earth  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110725111531.htm


Society for the neurosciences:

Astronomers Discover Largest and Most Distant Reservoir of Water Yet: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110722132828.htm


Population- (even the abstracts are interesting)

 

World Population to Surpass 7 Billion in 2011; Explosive Population Growth Means Challenges for Developing Nations:


Bacterial Spite: When Kamikaze-Like Behavior Is a Good Strategy: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110727165135.htm



Juliet Eilperin on the hidden world of sharks

TECHNOLOGY

 

Top Fusion Experiments

We review some of the attempts to contain ultrahot plasmas and create tiny stars on earth: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/38167/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-07-29

 

 

Biofuels: Novel Gene Increases Yeast's Appetite for Plant Sugars:


A Battery You Can See Through

Transparent batteries could lead to designs for cell phones and other gadgets.:

 

Discoverers of graphene bring graphene-based electronics a step closer: http://www.gizmag.com/graphene-based-electronics-a-step-closer/19329/


Pure Nanotubes by the Kilo

An improved production process could make electrical transmission lines far more efficient.

 

Emulating Nature for Better Engineering: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110728162526.htm (it is about porosity).



5 ways to cool down your laptop:

 

Top 8 Tips for Using Laptops in Hot & Warm Weather


GE pushes ahead with 500GB holographic disc storage: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218695/GE_pushes_ahead_with_500GB_holographic_disc_storage?source=CTWNLE_nlt_storage_2011-07-28


EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART
Are you a scientist?: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/06/scientist-121.html (Thanks to David Gurteen)
Minority Rules: Scientists Discover Tipping Point for the Spread of Ideas:                                          http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2902
Michael Shermer about his book “The Believing Brain”: http://www.michaelshermer.com/2011/07/the-believing-brain/
Dreaming of prehistory- an essay by Dave Pollard: http://howtosavetheworld.ca/2011/07/26/dreaming-of-prehistory/
Also by Dave Pollard – the limits of what you can learnonline or alone                            http://howtosavetheworld.ca/2011/07/29/the-limits-to-what-you-can-learn-online-or-alone/

To forgive isn't divine, it's deeply human:

Fall of the Neanderthals: Volume of Modern Humans Infiltrating Europe Cited as Critical Factor:


BUSINESS

Wealth Gaps Rise to Record Highs Between Whites, Blacks and Hispanics:


Stories about innovations- inspiring:

Leadership= which change model should you pick:

6 Ways to Kill creativity:

Curse of knowledge:

Becoming personal knowledge managers:

Life in perpetual beta:
I have subscribed to this blog.

Experience-performance-reflection:


Euro- short term gain and long term pain
Usually I don’t use this source here, but I liked the paper

Entrepreneurial error- a nice story from Miki Saxon:

Free agents and enlightened despots:
http://www.jarche.com/2011/07/free-agents-and-enlightened-despots/ Harold Jarche’s blog is a new source for IS.

HEALTH & MEDICINE

 

Massive Project to Study the Link between Genetics and Health

Kaiser Permanente has compiled the genetic and medical data of 100,000 of its members: http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/38133/?nlid=nlbio&nld=2011-07-26


Are cancers newly evolved speciei?:

The Most Accurate Human Genetic Map to Date

A map created using DNA sequence from African-Americans highlights "hot spots" in the genome, which are often linked to disease.:

Glucose Meter Can Detect Cocaine, Uranium in Blood

Creative chemistry lets an inexpensive, off-the-shelf meter measure a variety of medically important targets:

Positive Teens Become Healthier Adults: Adolescents With a Sunny Outlook On Life May Have Better Health in Their Adult Years:


When My Father's Heart Outlived His Brain: Are We Keeping People Alive Longer Than We Should?:

(if you are sensitive- or old- better don’t read!)

New Gene for Intellectual Disability Discovered:


Battle of the Microbes: Pseudomonas Breaches Cell Walls of Rival Bacteria Without Hurting Itself: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720142129.htm




FOOD & COOKING

 

Saving Fuel While Plowing: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110725123555.htm

 

Restaurants Where You Only Pay What You Can Afford? A Visionary Way to Bring Good Food to the Poor Is Taking Off:


It says “Hand-picked recipes, personalized for you”:


How to Tell Real Whiskey from Fake, Faster:


The story behind our obsession with bottled water

15 minute summer recipes:

MISCELLANEA

 

Believers in Mysterious Planet Nibiru, Comet Elenin Await Earth's End                 http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/07/24/believers-in-mysterious-planet-nibiru-comet-elenin-await-earths-end/#ixzz1T6GlhtoT

How 50 Big Companies Got Their NamesL



SELECTED NEWS

SPAM & SPYWARE   


VIRUSES & e-CROOKS

 

How I Finally Got Rid of The Malware That Wouldn't Die:


A new issue of the Hoax Slayer:

 

How to Protect Yourself From Clickjacking Attacks:


A new online banking scam:

Google's two-step authentication goes worldwide:


WiFi

 

Mobile Internet cost around the world [Infographics: http://gigaom.com/broadband/mobile-internet-cost-around-the-world-infographics/



Saturday, July 23, 2011

INFORMAVORE's SUNDAY No 465

You will see that the World is still functional. In the same time it is decaying
but it seems that the forces of progress are stronger. Please judge for yourself


SEARCH

INTERNET

SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.  


Finding good information on the Internet:

Wendy Boswell:three ways to find breaking news on any topic:

101 free online alternatives to popular desktop software:

Wendy Boswell- sites to keep your kids busy
                                    
BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES

Social Media Websites Struggle with Customer Satisfaction: http://www.theacsi.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=258:acsi-commentary-july-2011&catid=14&Itemid=336

Swarms of Locusts Use Social Networking to Communicate:

 

Twitter Popularity Higher Than Ever in 2011, Check Out These Stats & Cool Uses:

 

Should You Cancel Facebook and Move to Google+?:

 

Think You're A Social-Media Guru? Take This Quiz:

http://www.fastcompany.com/1768256/mark-zuckerberg-twitter-tom-anderson-google-quiz


GOOGLE

Google’s Innovation and Everyone’s:

Google looks for the Next Google:

Google: Everything's Coming Up Pluses:


Wendy Boswell: The basics of Google+:

 

Google+ reportedly hitting 18 million users: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20080985-93/google-reportedly-hitting-18-million-users/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&tag=nl.e703

 

Google’s New Official Google Only Short URL: g.co:



A new look for Google Translate:



WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES

English vocabulary test: http://testyourvocab.com/

Online Spell Check & Grammar Check:

Literally the most misused word:

 

What the word ‘compromise’ really means:

E-Book Revolution Upends a Publishing Course: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/nyregion/e-book-revolution-upends-columbia-publishing-course.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha26

Looking for Some Inexpensive Books? Alibris Offers Option to Limit to Books Costing 99 Cents:              http://infodocket.com/2011/07/16/looking-for-some-inexpensive-books-alibris-offers-option-to-limit-to-books-costing-99-cents/

SCIENCE

 

Fast-Evolving Brains Helped Humans out of the Stone Age: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=evolutionary-psychology-brain-changes

 

How the Early Human Embryo Acquires Its Shape Through 'Organizer' Cells:


Fossil Forensics Reveals How Wasps Populated Rotting Dinosaur Eggs: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110715135200.htm


Separated for 20 Million Years: Blind Beetle from Bulgarian Caves Clarifies Questions: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713092157.htm


Parasitism: Wasp Uses Ladybug as 'Zombie Bodyguard:

 

Decoding Slowness: How Sloths Perfected Energy Saving:


Scientists discover new types of water wavesa;

 

Earth Still Retains Much of Its Original Heat:


TECHNOLOGY

Short-Term Energy Outtlook:

 

Energy- five good questions:

http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2011/07/energy_five_good_questions.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ScienceblogsChannelEnvironment+%28ScienceBlogs+Channel+%3A+Environment%29

 

T. BOONE PICKENS: WAKE UP, AMERICA! WE'RE FOOLS WITHOUT AN ENERGY PLAN.:

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39377?utm_source=Big+Think+Weekly+Newsletter+Subscribers&utm_campaign=83270ad4d3-Friday_Newsletter_T_Boone_Pickens_July_22_2011&utm_medium=email

 

Nuclear Fission Confirmed as Source of More than Half of Earth's Heat: http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=nuclear-fission-confirmed-as-source-2011-07-18

 

Bold New Approach to Wind 'Farm' Design May Provide Efficiency Gains:

 

Ship-based system designed to harness energy from waves: http://www.gizmag.com/wave-power-system-on-ships/19251/


Graphene coating harvests energy from flowing water

 

Pure Nanotubes by the Kilo

An improved production process could make electrical transmission lines far more efficient: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/38102/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-07-21

The breathing Earth- simulation: http://www.breathingearth.net/

 

Making Stuff with Molecular Precision

Companies are learning how nanotechnology can yield new products and manufacturing techniques. http://www.technologyreview.com/business/37948/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-07-21

10 technologies that will change the world in the next 10 years

http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/telecommunications/10-technologies-that-will-change-the-world-in-the-next-10-years

 

New Discovery Paves the Way for Using Super Strong Nanostructured Metals in Cars: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110721101456.htm

 

A free resource for fluid dynamics and flow engineering:

http://www.efluids.com/

 

Is the Desktop Having an Identity Crisis?:


It's Coming: A True Replacement for Paper:



EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART

Technology Is One Tool To Improve Education Levels Worldwide:

http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/headlines/edconf_2011.html


Game theory and the humanities: Bridging two worlds
Beating delay with quiet action:

Revewsa of Michael Shermer’s book “The believing brain”:

Love in world of scarcity – an essay of Dave Pollard about monogamy:

And an other essay by Dave Pollard- about the collaps of civilization:

An essay of good writing:

 

Spotify: Good for music lovers, bad for musicians?

 

His Holiness and the Art and Science of Interfaith Cooperation:


More about search-engines and memory:

Social Science Research Network Library: http://www.ssrn.com/

Kathryn-Reese Taylor on the Mayans and 2012:

The Good Men Project: http://goodmenproject.com/

Executing Facial Control During Deception Situations:

What about passion?:

Decisions, decisions, decisions:

Unusual architecture: http://unusual-architecture.com/

BUSINESS

Research Reveals Dynamics Behind ’Magical Thinking’ and Charismatic Leadership: http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/news/item/7221932/Research+Reveals+Dynamics+Behind+%26%238217%3BMagical+Thinking%26%238217%3B+and+Charismatic+Leadership

 

How To Make Two Key Contradictions of Leadership Work For You:


The right to management competence:

10 Psychological Keys to Job Satisfaction: http://www.spring.org.uk/2011/07/10-psychological-keys-to-job-satisfaction.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PsychologyBlog+%28PsyBlog%29


A list of business virtues:

Be an optimist without being a fool:

Asking the crowd how to make something:

 

Chance Favors the Concentration of Wealth, Study Shows; New Model Isolates the Effects of Chance in an Investment-Based Economy: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110721172334.htm


HEALTH & MEDICINE

8 ways to search Web MD for medical information:

Aging: To Treat, or Not to Treat? The possibility of treating aging is not just an idle fantasy:


Open hearted (about heart surgery):

 

VACCINES. TIME FOR SOCIETY TO SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH:

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39328?utm_source=Big+Think+Weekly+Newsletter+Subscribers&utm_campaign=b37fd3c4f8-Wednesday_Newsletter_David_Ropeik_July_20_2011&utm_medium=email


Back pain health center:

Replacing lost abilities with a robot:

 

Reinventing the Toilet for Safe and Affordable Sanitation:

 

Evolution Provides Clue to Blood Clotting:



FOOD & COOKING

 

The World at 7 Billion People: How Much More Growth Can the Planet Support?:

 

New study highlights the environmental benefits of lab-grown meat:                                          http://www.gizmag.com/environmentally-friendly-cultured-meat/19256/

 

How the Soaring Price of Bread Will Shake the Foundations of the Global Economy: http://www.alternet.org/story/151701/how_the_soaring_price_of_bread_will_shake_the_foundations_of_the_global_economy?akid=7294.112117.6Sk2lC&rd=1&t=2


Dry Onion Skin Has a Use: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110714073348.htm


A REVEALED PREFERENCE APPROACH TO MEASURING
HUNGER AND UNDERNUTRITION:

A really great cookbook:

 

7 Time-Saving Kitchen Tips From an Insider: http://www.wisebread.com/7-time-saving-kitchen-tips-from-an-insider


Zucchini cooking tips:

MISCELLANEA

 

Dog people vs. Cat people- infographic:

 

In Defence of Dogs by John Bradshaw – review:


SELECTED NEWS

SPAM & SPYWARE   

Twitter spam and motivation to report it:

VIRUSES & e-CROOKS

 

Six Easy Ways to Tell if a Virus Really is a Virus:


Google + Scurity, Privacy and Safety

 

Google: Your Computer Appears to be Infected:



Bob Rankin- which browser is the most secure?:


Forget Passwords and Let the Browser Remember

An experimental tool removes the need to hand your credentials over to lots of different websites. http://www.technologyreview.com/web/38092/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-07-21&a=f

WiFi

Google+ By Google For iPhone:

http://savedelete.com/google-by-google-for-iphone.html


7 most unusual mobile phones in the world: