THE METAPHOR STORY OF LENR.
A high, seemingly inaccessible mountain. Two men, who were not professional mountain climbers, have claimed that the Flame of Life burns on the very peak of the mountain. This peak has to be conquered!
The statement was believed only by a few, however for long-long years, brave men tried to find a way to the peak; they followed the most diverse, fantastic. smart, heroic ways but unfortunately they do not realized that there are at least three insurmountable obstacles on all the ways they have gone, and even now they keep and keep trying, cannot believe that ascension on their ways is impossible.
In meantime a solitary wise man (whom the others have not followed and have marginalized) has discovered step by step, very methodically a much better way. When he has almost arrived to the top, surprisingly, a rather strange, but very hard working, lucky, inspired, weird individual has discovered a shortcut!
He had a partner for this ascension but quite unexpectedly has abandoned him. The discoverer is not able to use well the shortcut. The abandoned partner is a very fast learner; he understood the advanced ascension methods of both the wise old man and the weird man and of many others, was able to improve them creatively and has solved the problem. The former partner used engineering to build a real, good shortcut-way, and has brought the Flame of Life to the people.
Happy end i.e. a good and great start.
……….
Personal comments: I well know that, like definitions, metaphors carry the curse of simplifications, they also can modify or kill some essential details of truth. However I consider that at my age, you have to tell what you think and you accept the risks to not please quite everybody. Some can consider this story too anticipative, many could deny me the right to tell what will not work. I am aware that I am not infallible and perhaps my judgment is not very sophisticated. I apologize for all my weaknesses and I ask you, my dear colleagues- write a better metaphor story of LENR. Let’s future and facts to decide!
Thursday, March 29, 2012
QUI CITO No. 2
March, 29, 2012
The Mathematics of Happiness
http://bigthink.com/think-tank/emotional-equations-counting-what-counts-in-life-and-business
Stephen O’Donnell’s : http://www.thehotaisle.com/ EXCELLENT!
Algorithm Spells the End for Professional Musical Instrument Tuners. The best human tuners have always been able to outperform electronic devices that do the same job. Until now:
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27673/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-28
Some of the Better Google Tools and New Features:
http://savedelete.com/google-tools-new-features.html
How does the brain secrete morality:
http://reason.com/archives/2012/03/21/how-does-the-brain-secrete-morality
A great however incomplete Project:
http://metaphors.lib.virginia.edu/metaphors
The Mathematics of Happiness
http://bigthink.com/think-tank/emotional-equations-counting-what-counts-in-life-and-business
Stephen O’Donnell’s : http://www.thehotaisle.com/ EXCELLENT!
Algorithm Spells the End for Professional Musical Instrument Tuners. The best human tuners have always been able to outperform electronic devices that do the same job. Until now:
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27673/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-28
Some of the Better Google Tools and New Features:
http://savedelete.com/google-tools-new-features.html
How does the brain secrete morality:
http://reason.com/archives/2012/03/21/how-does-the-brain-secrete-morality
A great however incomplete Project:
http://metaphors.lib.virginia.edu/metaphors
Monday, March 26, 2012
QUI CITO No. 1
I like words and I like this site:
http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/media/spelling-bee-2011/
One of my favorite words is INSIGHT and therefore I recommend you:
http://materialsinsight.com/
Perhaps this site is based on a good idea:
http://www.factual.com/
Peter
http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/media/spelling-bee-2011/
One of my favorite words is INSIGHT and therefore I recommend you:
http://materialsinsight.com/
Perhaps this site is based on a good idea:
http://www.factual.com/
Peter
Saturday, March 24, 2012
INFORMAVORE's SUNDAY No. 500 (FINAL)
EDITORIAL
This is the last issue of the INFORMAVORE’s SUNDAY newsletter, the end of a long series formed of 437 INFO KAPPAs
(in Romanian) plus 63 issues of the English INFORMAVORE.
A last Mohican of this kind of information rich and link-dense
publications_Magua has killed Uncas, low speed is fatal for such publications. I have watched many of these- disappearing- the
most impressive being the Internet Resources Newsletter (British).
But times are changing, specifically accelerating and this category
of publications are ‘passe”. You cannot make a reader happy giving her/him a bunch of over 100 links of variable interestingness at once; even with a good taxonomy the reader has to search and discover her/his favorite subjects and themes.
To say the truth, my newsletter was relatively unpopular
I will not get a farthing or a cent for all these ISs, I will not win any contest, surely I will make blunders and typos will happen- therefore the main driving force of composing such a newsletter is generosity i.e. the hope that you will get the empathy of the people. (but do not ignore the more selfish idea to be permanently well informed). The author is informed on an continuous basis and the reader only once per week. This is not fair, slow generosity is an auto-destructive oxymoron.
I respect the saying “Bis dat, qui cito dat” if you give , you have to do this very fast. Information has to be transferred instantly.
Ergo, I am stopping the Informavores and starting “Qui Cito” I
will select the really remarkable publications, let you know about them ASAP, will tell you my opinion about them, will be very interested in your comments and ideas. It is about something more personal, more dialogue like.
Do not mourn Informavore’s Sunday, it has tried very hard to make its duty- and that’s the maximum we (newsletters and humans) can achieve during our lifetimes.
Peter
INTERNET
The Future of Apps and Web: http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Future-of-Apps-and-Web/Overview.aspx
Is the Internet the end of the University?:
http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/is-the-internet-the-end-of-the-university
SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.
Fast Facts: The Need for Speedy Information Online: http://websearch.about.com/od/researchtipsandtools/ss/Fast-Facts-The-Need-For-Speedy-Information-Online.htm?nl=1
Three small Web search shortcuts that can save you a lot of time:
http://websearch.about.com/b/2012/03/14/three-little-known-web-search-tricks-you-might-not-know-about.htm?nl=1
Bob Rankin- send a fax from your computer: http://askbobrankin.com/send_a_fax_from_your_computer.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=J9bW.arS58P6SL
BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES
How Real Is Social Media Fatigue?: http://marketingland.com/how-real-is-social-media-fatigue-7665?utm_source=sel&tm_medium=scap&utm_campaign=email
Facebook's Dark Side: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120319194046.htm
Facebook Promotes Socially Aggressive Narcissism: http://bigthink.com/ideas/facebook-promotes-socially-aggressive-narcissism
Twitter’s 6th Birthday: 140 Million Active Users, 340 Million Tweets A Day:
http://marketingland.com/twitter-six-years-old-8374
GOOGLE
Google is now just an ad company': Departing exec's Goldman Sachs-style rant about how search giant is now obsessed with harvesting people's private information
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2115393/Google-ad-company-Departing-exec-James-Whittakers-Goldman-Sachs-style-rant.html#ixzz1pVDICC7D
Google won't be top dog forever says father of the Internet
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/45018/vint-cerf-google-will-end
Bing, Not Google, Favors Wikipedia More Often in Search Results [Study]: http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2161910/Bing-Not-Google-Favors-Wikipedia-More-Often-in-Search-Results-Study
The legal history of Google: http://econsultancy.com/us/blog/9403-the-legal-history-of-google
WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES
Anglo-EU Translation Guide:
http://www.scribd.com/zeb/d/55551980-Anglo-EU-Translation-Guide
Non-errors in English: http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/nonerrors.html
Study reveals words' Darwinian struggle for survival
Scientific analysis of language usage in literature over the last 200 years suggests that words are competing – and now losing – in a battle to survive: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/mar/21/why-words-are-dying?CMP=twt_gu
Brain's Involvement in Processing Depends On Language's Graphic Symbols: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120321105338.htm
E-readers grow; libraries can't get many titles: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/17/BUCP1NLI18.DTL
Write your own academic sentence: http://writing-program.uchicago.edu/toys/randomsentence/write-sentence.htm
Pinterest : Revolutionizing The Way Libraries Are Used: http://savedelete.com/pinterest-revolutionizing-the-way-libraries-are-used.html
SCIENCE
Researchers may have discovered how memories are encoded in the brain: http://www.gizmag.com/memory-storage-theory/21900/
Smell Is a Symphony: New Model for How the Brain Is Organized to Process Odor Information: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120319094356.htm
Sandfish Lizard Slithers Into Science Spotlight Desert reptile inspires new robot for rescue and other mission: http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/science_nation/sandfishrobot.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_51
New Light Shed On Wandering Continents: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120322161938.htm
New full-length video: Questions no one knows the answers to:
http://blog.ted.com/2012/03/17/new-full-length-video-questions-no-one-knows-the-answers-to/
TECHNOLOGY
How can we compare or add up our energy consumption? What everybody needs to know about energy: http://www.eia.gov/energy_in_brief/comparing_energy_consumption.cfm
Nuclear Fusion: Limitless Energy From Seawater: http://bigthink.com/ideas/nuclear-fusion-limitless-energy-from-seawater
Sandwich structure enables cheaper, more efficient hydrogen fuel cells: http://www.gizmag.com/sandwich-hydorgen-fuel-cell-ucf/21877/
A Basic -- And Slightly Acidic -- Solution for Hydrogen Storage: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120320115731.htm
First Complete Full Genetic Map of Promising Energy Crop: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120319095013.htm
Turning Human Waste into Power. Bill Gates's potty obsession, revisited: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/helloworld/27665/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-23
Discovering the End of the World. The recent death of Sherwood Rowland, whose work helped us avoid one of the world's great environmental disasters, should be a reminder that we can't afford to ignore the lessons of chemistry: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/editors/27650/?nlid=nlmat&nld=2012-03-22
TVs and Tablets to Get the "Retina Display" Treatment
Gadget manufacturers are adopting a manufacturing technique that will significantly increase resolution in coming months:
http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/39952/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-23
In Crosswords, It’s Man Over Machine, for Now:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/in-crosswords-man-over-machine-for-now/
Top 10 Life-Changing Inventions: http://www.innovationnewsdaily.com/92-ten-life-changing-inventions-.html
EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART
Noam Chomsky on the Purpose of Education: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/03/13/noam-chomsky-on-the-purpose-of-education/
When Does Learning Begin?:
http://bigthink.com/think-tank/learning-starts-at-home
Develop Thinking Skills:
http://www.999ideas.com/thinking-skills.html
Sharing Patents With Competitors May Encourage Innovation as Probability for Market Success Increases, Study Suggests: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120316145702.htm
Six Tips on Writing from John Steinbeck: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/03/12/john-steinbeck-six-tips-on-writing/
How You Think About Intelligence Could Make You Smarter:
http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/how-you-think-about-intelligence-could-make-you-smarter
How Religion's Demand for Obedience Keeps Us in the Dark Ages.: http://www.alternet.org/belief/154604/how_religion's_demand_for_obedience_keeps_us_in_the_dark_ages/
Are Rich People More Psychopathic?: http://bigthink.com/ideas/are-rich-people-more-psychopathic
How Society Works: 8 Revealing Psychological Insights Into Our Social Behaviour:
http://www.spring.org.uk/2012/03/how-society-works-8-revealing-psychological-insights-into-our-social-behaviour.php
The Science of Habits, Good and Bad: http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/the-science-of-habits-good-and-bad
New Report: State of the News Media 2012: http://infodocket.com/2012/03/19/new-report-state-of-the-news-media-2012/
The Power of Habit (Book Review): http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/lisa-sansom/2012031921596
500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUDIoN-_Hxs
Tree-mendous! Seven of the World’s Most Extraordinary Trees: http://gimundo.com/news/article/tree-mendous-seven-of-the-worlds-most-extraordinary-trees/
Askers vs. Guessers:
http://m.theatlanticwire.com/national/2010/05/askers-vs-guessers/19730/
Preparing for the Unimaginabile:
http://howtosavetheworld.ca/2012/03/20/preparing-for-the-unimaginable/
How Buddhism Differs From Judeo-Christian Religions:
http://bigthink.com/ideas/kadam-morten-temp-2
BUSINESS:
How Can Capitalism Achieve Sustainability?: http://bigthink.com/ideas/how-can-capitalism-achieve-sustainability
How America's Obsession With Money Deadens Us: http://www.alternet.org/economy/154469/how_america's_obsession_with_money_deadens_us Moneytheism is not only good!
Will Sweden Be the First Cashless Society?: http://www.bigthink.com/ideafeed/will-sweden-be-the-first-cashless-society
Who is Not Afraid of Radical Change?: http://www.greatleadershipbydan.com/2012/03/who-is-not-afraid-of-radical-change.html
Courageous Leadership Skills: Embrace Catastrophe: http://www.boxofcrayons.biz/2012/03/courageous-leadership-skills-embrace-catastrophe/
5 Kinds of Innovators: Which One Are You?: http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/5-kinds-of-innovators-which-one-are-you
Great Story: Improvement and Tending the Garden:
http://qaspire.com/2012/03/20/great-story-improvement-and-tending-the-garden/
The Science of Making Mistakes: http://www.psychotactics.com/blog/science-making-mistakes/
Are creative people more dishonest?:
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-03-12/are-creative-people-more-dishonest A dangerous idea, and, sometimes, reality!
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Nano Rescues Skin: Shrimp Shell Nanotech for Wound Healing and Anti-Aging Face Cream: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120316094454.htm
The end of microbial resistance:
http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-end-of-microbial-resistance
Showing the Power of Molecular Self-Tracking
An unprecedented study shows how personalized medicine could help head off disease: http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/39924/?nlid=nlbio&nld=2012-03-20
How Bacteria Resist a 'Trojan Horse' Antibiotic: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120319134208.htm
Novel Therapy Discovered for Crohn's Disease: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120319194215.htm
Fixing the brain with computers:
http://www.kurzweilai.net/fixing-the-brain-with-computers
FOOD & COOKING
Yummly, the “best” site for recipes: http://www.yummly.com/
About permaculture: http://leavingbabylon.wordpress.com/2012/03/11/permadesign/
How the Smell of Food Affects How Much You Eat: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120321094137.htm
Wine consumption:
http://culturaloffering.com/2012/03/22/time-for-get-focused.aspx
MISCELLANEA
10 Awesome Games for Your Google Chrome Browser: http://savedelete.com/10-awesome-games-for-your-google-chrome-browser.html
Usually this newsletter ignored the games, however this being the last issue…I am not sooo serious about this now.
The Arrow of Time: http://www.zonezero.com/zz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1292%3Athe-arrow-of-time&catid=8%3Aessays&lang=en
SELECTED NEWS
SPAM & SPYWARE
Science or Spam?
http://bigthink.com/ideas/science-or-spam
Learn why a message ended up in your spam folder: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/learn-why-message-ended-up-in-your-spam.html
VIRUSES & e-CROOKS
Bypassing the password:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/business/seeking-ways-to-make-computer-passwords-unnecessary.html
Twitter Being Used by Malware Developers: Symantec: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Twitter-Being-Used-by-Malware-Developers-Symantec-770305/
The newest issue of Hoax-Slayer:
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/issue-127.shtml
Duqu trojan built by 'old school' programmers, Kaspersky says: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/security/3345563/duqu-trojan-built-by-old-school-programmers-kaspersky-says/
WiFi
New Report from Pew Internet: Teens, Smartphones & Texting: http://infodocket.com/2012/03/19/new-report-from-pew-internet-teens-smartphones-texting/
How Smartphones Can Deliver Democracy & Health:
http://bigthink.com/ideas/technology-improving-the-world-by-reducing-friction
This is the last issue of the INFORMAVORE’s SUNDAY newsletter, the end of a long series formed of 437 INFO KAPPAs
(in Romanian) plus 63 issues of the English INFORMAVORE.
A last Mohican of this kind of information rich and link-dense
publications_Magua has killed Uncas, low speed is fatal for such publications. I have watched many of these- disappearing- the
most impressive being the Internet Resources Newsletter (British).
But times are changing, specifically accelerating and this category
of publications are ‘passe”. You cannot make a reader happy giving her/him a bunch of over 100 links of variable interestingness at once; even with a good taxonomy the reader has to search and discover her/his favorite subjects and themes.
To say the truth, my newsletter was relatively unpopular
I will not get a farthing or a cent for all these ISs, I will not win any contest, surely I will make blunders and typos will happen- therefore the main driving force of composing such a newsletter is generosity i.e. the hope that you will get the empathy of the people. (but do not ignore the more selfish idea to be permanently well informed). The author is informed on an continuous basis and the reader only once per week. This is not fair, slow generosity is an auto-destructive oxymoron.
I respect the saying “Bis dat, qui cito dat” if you give , you have to do this very fast. Information has to be transferred instantly.
Ergo, I am stopping the Informavores and starting “Qui Cito” I
will select the really remarkable publications, let you know about them ASAP, will tell you my opinion about them, will be very interested in your comments and ideas. It is about something more personal, more dialogue like.
Do not mourn Informavore’s Sunday, it has tried very hard to make its duty- and that’s the maximum we (newsletters and humans) can achieve during our lifetimes.
Peter
INTERNET
The Future of Apps and Web: http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Future-of-Apps-and-Web/Overview.aspx
Is the Internet the end of the University?:
http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/is-the-internet-the-end-of-the-university
SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.
Fast Facts: The Need for Speedy Information Online: http://websearch.about.com/od/researchtipsandtools/ss/Fast-Facts-The-Need-For-Speedy-Information-Online.htm?nl=1
Three small Web search shortcuts that can save you a lot of time:
http://websearch.about.com/b/2012/03/14/three-little-known-web-search-tricks-you-might-not-know-about.htm?nl=1
Bob Rankin- send a fax from your computer: http://askbobrankin.com/send_a_fax_from_your_computer.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=J9bW.arS58P6SL
BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES
How Real Is Social Media Fatigue?: http://marketingland.com/how-real-is-social-media-fatigue-7665?utm_source=sel&tm_medium=scap&utm_campaign=email
Facebook's Dark Side: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120319194046.htm
Facebook Promotes Socially Aggressive Narcissism: http://bigthink.com/ideas/facebook-promotes-socially-aggressive-narcissism
Twitter’s 6th Birthday: 140 Million Active Users, 340 Million Tweets A Day:
http://marketingland.com/twitter-six-years-old-8374
Google is now just an ad company': Departing exec's Goldman Sachs-style rant about how search giant is now obsessed with harvesting people's private information
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2115393/Google-ad-company-Departing-exec-James-Whittakers-Goldman-Sachs-style-rant.html#ixzz1pVDICC7D
Google won't be top dog forever says father of the Internet
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/45018/vint-cerf-google-will-end
Bing, Not Google, Favors Wikipedia More Often in Search Results [Study]: http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2161910/Bing-Not-Google-Favors-Wikipedia-More-Often-in-Search-Results-Study
The legal history of Google: http://econsultancy.com/us/blog/9403-the-legal-history-of-google
WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES
Anglo-EU Translation Guide:
http://www.scribd.com/zeb/d/55551980-Anglo-EU-Translation-Guide
Non-errors in English: http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/nonerrors.html
Study reveals words' Darwinian struggle for survival
Scientific analysis of language usage in literature over the last 200 years suggests that words are competing – and now losing – in a battle to survive: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/mar/21/why-words-are-dying?CMP=twt_gu
Brain's Involvement in Processing Depends On Language's Graphic Symbols: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120321105338.htm
E-readers grow; libraries can't get many titles: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/17/BUCP1NLI18.DTL
Write your own academic sentence: http://writing-program.uchicago.edu/toys/randomsentence/write-sentence.htm
Pinterest : Revolutionizing The Way Libraries Are Used: http://savedelete.com/pinterest-revolutionizing-the-way-libraries-are-used.html
SCIENCE
Researchers may have discovered how memories are encoded in the brain: http://www.gizmag.com/memory-storage-theory/21900/
Smell Is a Symphony: New Model for How the Brain Is Organized to Process Odor Information: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120319094356.htm
Sandfish Lizard Slithers Into Science Spotlight Desert reptile inspires new robot for rescue and other mission: http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/science_nation/sandfishrobot.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_51
New Light Shed On Wandering Continents: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120322161938.htm
New full-length video: Questions no one knows the answers to:
http://blog.ted.com/2012/03/17/new-full-length-video-questions-no-one-knows-the-answers-to/
TECHNOLOGY
How can we compare or add up our energy consumption? What everybody needs to know about energy: http://www.eia.gov/energy_in_brief/comparing_energy_consumption.cfm
Nuclear Fusion: Limitless Energy From Seawater: http://bigthink.com/ideas/nuclear-fusion-limitless-energy-from-seawater
Sandwich structure enables cheaper, more efficient hydrogen fuel cells: http://www.gizmag.com/sandwich-hydorgen-fuel-cell-ucf/21877/
A Basic -- And Slightly Acidic -- Solution for Hydrogen Storage: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120320115731.htm
First Complete Full Genetic Map of Promising Energy Crop: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120319095013.htm
Turning Human Waste into Power. Bill Gates's potty obsession, revisited: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/helloworld/27665/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-23
Discovering the End of the World. The recent death of Sherwood Rowland, whose work helped us avoid one of the world's great environmental disasters, should be a reminder that we can't afford to ignore the lessons of chemistry: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/editors/27650/?nlid=nlmat&nld=2012-03-22
TVs and Tablets to Get the "Retina Display" Treatment
Gadget manufacturers are adopting a manufacturing technique that will significantly increase resolution in coming months:
http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/39952/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-23
In Crosswords, It’s Man Over Machine, for Now:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/in-crosswords-man-over-machine-for-now/
Top 10 Life-Changing Inventions: http://www.innovationnewsdaily.com/92-ten-life-changing-inventions-.html
EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART
Noam Chomsky on the Purpose of Education: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/03/13/noam-chomsky-on-the-purpose-of-education/
When Does Learning Begin?:
http://bigthink.com/think-tank/learning-starts-at-home
Develop Thinking Skills:
http://www.999ideas.com/thinking-skills.html
Sharing Patents With Competitors May Encourage Innovation as Probability for Market Success Increases, Study Suggests: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120316145702.htm
Six Tips on Writing from John Steinbeck: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/03/12/john-steinbeck-six-tips-on-writing/
How You Think About Intelligence Could Make You Smarter:
http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/how-you-think-about-intelligence-could-make-you-smarter
How Religion's Demand for Obedience Keeps Us in the Dark Ages.: http://www.alternet.org/belief/154604/how_religion's_demand_for_obedience_keeps_us_in_the_dark_ages/
Are Rich People More Psychopathic?: http://bigthink.com/ideas/are-rich-people-more-psychopathic
How Society Works: 8 Revealing Psychological Insights Into Our Social Behaviour:
http://www.spring.org.uk/2012/03/how-society-works-8-revealing-psychological-insights-into-our-social-behaviour.php
The Science of Habits, Good and Bad: http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/the-science-of-habits-good-and-bad
New Report: State of the News Media 2012: http://infodocket.com/2012/03/19/new-report-state-of-the-news-media-2012/
The Power of Habit (Book Review): http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/lisa-sansom/2012031921596
500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUDIoN-_Hxs
Tree-mendous! Seven of the World’s Most Extraordinary Trees: http://gimundo.com/news/article/tree-mendous-seven-of-the-worlds-most-extraordinary-trees/
Askers vs. Guessers:
http://m.theatlanticwire.com/national/2010/05/askers-vs-guessers/19730/
Preparing for the Unimaginabile:
http://howtosavetheworld.ca/2012/03/20/preparing-for-the-unimaginable/
How Buddhism Differs From Judeo-Christian Religions:
http://bigthink.com/ideas/kadam-morten-temp-2
BUSINESS:
How Can Capitalism Achieve Sustainability?: http://bigthink.com/ideas/how-can-capitalism-achieve-sustainability
How America's Obsession With Money Deadens Us: http://www.alternet.org/economy/154469/how_america's_obsession_with_money_deadens_us Moneytheism is not only good!
Will Sweden Be the First Cashless Society?: http://www.bigthink.com/ideafeed/will-sweden-be-the-first-cashless-society
Who is Not Afraid of Radical Change?: http://www.greatleadershipbydan.com/2012/03/who-is-not-afraid-of-radical-change.html
Courageous Leadership Skills: Embrace Catastrophe: http://www.boxofcrayons.biz/2012/03/courageous-leadership-skills-embrace-catastrophe/
5 Kinds of Innovators: Which One Are You?: http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/5-kinds-of-innovators-which-one-are-you
Great Story: Improvement and Tending the Garden:
http://qaspire.com/2012/03/20/great-story-improvement-and-tending-the-garden/
The Science of Making Mistakes: http://www.psychotactics.com/blog/science-making-mistakes/
Are creative people more dishonest?:
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-03-12/are-creative-people-more-dishonest A dangerous idea, and, sometimes, reality!
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Nano Rescues Skin: Shrimp Shell Nanotech for Wound Healing and Anti-Aging Face Cream: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120316094454.htm
The end of microbial resistance:
http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-end-of-microbial-resistance
Showing the Power of Molecular Self-Tracking
An unprecedented study shows how personalized medicine could help head off disease: http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/39924/?nlid=nlbio&nld=2012-03-20
How Bacteria Resist a 'Trojan Horse' Antibiotic: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120319134208.htm
Novel Therapy Discovered for Crohn's Disease: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120319194215.htm
Fixing the brain with computers:
http://www.kurzweilai.net/fixing-the-brain-with-computers
FOOD & COOKING
Yummly, the “best” site for recipes: http://www.yummly.com/
About permaculture: http://leavingbabylon.wordpress.com/2012/03/11/permadesign/
How the Smell of Food Affects How Much You Eat: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120321094137.htm
Wine consumption:
http://culturaloffering.com/2012/03/22/time-for-get-focused.aspx
MISCELLANEA
10 Awesome Games for Your Google Chrome Browser: http://savedelete.com/10-awesome-games-for-your-google-chrome-browser.html
Usually this newsletter ignored the games, however this being the last issue…I am not sooo serious about this now.
The Arrow of Time: http://www.zonezero.com/zz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1292%3Athe-arrow-of-time&catid=8%3Aessays&lang=en
SELECTED NEWS
SPAM & SPYWARE
Science or Spam?
http://bigthink.com/ideas/science-or-spam
Learn why a message ended up in your spam folder: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/learn-why-message-ended-up-in-your-spam.html
VIRUSES & e-CROOKS
Bypassing the password:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/business/seeking-ways-to-make-computer-passwords-unnecessary.html
Twitter Being Used by Malware Developers: Symantec: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Twitter-Being-Used-by-Malware-Developers-Symantec-770305/
The newest issue of Hoax-Slayer:
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/issue-127.shtml
Duqu trojan built by 'old school' programmers, Kaspersky says: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/security/3345563/duqu-trojan-built-by-old-school-programmers-kaspersky-says/
WiFi
New Report from Pew Internet: Teens, Smartphones & Texting: http://infodocket.com/2012/03/19/new-report-from-pew-internet-teens-smartphones-texting/
How Smartphones Can Deliver Democracy & Health:
http://bigthink.com/ideas/technology-improving-the-world-by-reducing-friction
Thursday, March 22, 2012
INFORMAVORE's SUNDAY No.499 (repaired)
My dear Readers,
You can find here many proofs that the world is progressing,
at least technologically and scientifically. However, even people
that are future-oriented and progressive and left-hemisphere thinkers like me, sometimes have a self-contradictory relationship with Change. I have to confess that what happens with the Encyclopedia Britannica has shocked me. OK, Wikipedia is a miracle of the e-Era, however…please give me the freedom to
remain undecided if this is good or bad or both or none, simply inevitable.
Peter
SEARCH
INTERNET
Al Gore Invented the Internet? What Did Al Gore Really Say?: http://websearch.about.com/od/internet101/f/al-gore.htm?nl=1
SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.
Web Browser Cookies: Just The Facts: http://websearch.about.com/od/webbrowsers/p/Web-Browser-Cookies-Just-The-Facts.htm?nl=1
New Video: Web Browsers Explained by Common Craft: http://www.commoncraft.com/new-video-web-browsers-explained-common-craft
Microsoft Builds a Browser for Your Past
Prototype software called Lifebrowser uses artificial intelligence to help you revisit important events, photos, and e-mails from your own life: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39917/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-16
Yahoo! Search Scientists Break New Ground on Search Results: http://www.ysearchblog.com/2012/03/16/yahoo-search-scientists-break-new-ground-on-search-results/
A remarkable source of information: http://blog.findmyhost.com/
Best Websites Of Non Profit Organisations On The Web: http://savedelete.com/best-websites-of-non-profit-organisations-on-the-web.html
Free Backup Software: http://askbobrankin.com/free_backup_software.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=JTfGm_NrP8P6SL
BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES
Blogging Remains Popular, Impressive Growth Continues [Report]:
http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2158913/Blogging-Remains-Popular-Impressive-Growth-Continues-Report
Facebook, Friend or Foe? Investors have realized that companies no longer compete with Facebook, they compete on it: http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052970203358704577235213738850008-lMyQjAxMTAyMDEwMTExNDEyWj.html
What Your Tweets Tell Us About You: Identity, Ownership and
Privacy of Twitter Data
http://www.ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/article/view/214/283
GOOGLE
Google+ and the Long Game: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/74610.html
Has Google lost its magic?:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-33617_3-57396938-276/has-google-lost-its-magic/
The Brain at Google:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-rock/google-culture-work-life_b_1289362.html
Pew Study: All Search Engines Being Equally Intrusive, Google's the Best:
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/74608.html
Google plans major revamp for search engine: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57397782-93/google-plans-major-revamp-for-search-engine/
Google's New Search: One Step Closer to AI:
http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/googles-new-search-one-step-closer-to-ai
An Unprecedented Video Glimpse Into How Google Crafts Its Search Results:
http://searchengineland.com/an-unprecedented-video-glimpse-into-how-google-crafts-its-search-results-114682
Survey Paradox: People Like Google But Not What It’s Doing: http://searchengineland.com/survey-paradox-people-like-google-but-not-what-its-doing-114796
WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES
I like words:
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/03/i-like-words.html
Software Translates Your Voice into Another Language Research software from Microsoft synthesizes speech in a foreign language, but in a voice that sounds like yours: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39885/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-12
Book Burning, 213 BC–2011 AD: http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/burnedbooks/
Things Change: “Encyclopedia Britannica to Stop Printing Books”:
http://infodocket.com/2012/03/13/things-change-encyclopedia-britannica-to-stop-printing-books/
25 Awesome Library Apps For Your iPad: http://savedelete.com/25-awesome-library-apps-for-your-ipad.html
SCIENCE
Is Brain Science Just Hype?: http://bigthink.com/devils-advocate/is-neuroscience-overrated
Neanderthal and Human Brain Development Created a Divergent Evolutionary Path: http://digg.com/newsbar/topnews/neanderthal_and_human_brain_development_created_a_divergent_evolutionary_path
Virtue Now Permits Sin Later, Says Your Brain: http://bigthink.com/ideas/virtue-now-permits-sin-later-says-your-brain
The 4 Biggest Myths About the Human Brain: http://digg.com/newsbar/topnews/the_4_biggest_myths_about_the_human_brain
Marine worm rewrites theory of brain evolution: http://www.kurzweilai.net/marine-worm-rewrites-theory-of-brain-evolution
Exercise Changes How Genes Work:
http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/exercise-changes-how-genes-work
First Consumption of Abundant Life Form, Archaea, Discovered: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120312140316.htm
Tigons, ligers, leguars, and jagupards, oh my!: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/03/tigons-ligers-leguars-and-jagupard-oh-my/
Could a Nuke Stop an Asteroid After All? http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2401600,00.asp
The Fat Lady Sings for OPERA:
http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2012/03/the_fat_lady_sings_for_opera.php
A new sign of not-so-faster-than-light neutrinos:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-57398740-264/a-new-sign-of-not-so-faster-than-light-neutrinos/
I won a bet on this. Thank you, Uncle Albert!
TECHNOLOGY
What We Learned About Nuclear Safety from Fukushima. Reactors must be able to handle the worst if we hope to prevent a repeat of last year's meltdowns: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39867/?nlid=nlenrg&nld=2012-03-12
Despite Fukushima, Nuclear Keeps Powering Ahead
A few countries have scaled back in response to the disaster, but many others are building or planning new nuclear reactors: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39893/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-13
The End of Nuclear Power?: http://bigthink.com/ideas/the-end-of-nuclear-power
Cheap Solar Power at Night. Improved materials could make solar-thermal power cheaper, and energy storage easier: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/33MU0O/www.technologyreview.com/computing/39856
Startup Aims to Cut the Cost of Solar Cells in Half. A new process uses a high-energy ion accelerator to make thin silicon solar cells: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39887/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-13
Solar Comes of Age: http://www.strategy-business.com/article/00105?gko=b64ae&cid=TL20120315
Hydrogen Power in Real Life: Clean and Energy Efficient
IBM unveils one trillion bit-per-second optical chip: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120313121537.htm
Fragrant New Biofuel: Researchers Develop a New Candidate for a Cleaner, Greener and Renewable Diesel Fuel: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120314101245.htm
Nanotechnology to Make Hydrogen Fuel: http://bigthink.com/ideas/nanotechnology-makes-hydrogen-fuel
Straintronics: Engineers Create Piezoelectric Graphene: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120316094535.htm
Graphene Supercapacitor Holds Promise for Portable Electronics: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120315152524.htm
Catalysts for Less: Slashing Costs of Metal Alloys Needed to Jump-Start Crucial Chemical Processes: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120308143157.htm
Process Makes Polymers Truly Plastic, Changing Textures On Demand: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120315161437.htm
The Lytro: Photography May Never be the Same After months of gearing up, the Lytro has landed: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/helloworld/27640/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-12
Metamaterials boost wireless power transfer;
http://www.kurzweilai.net/metamaterials-boost-wireless-power-transfer
Scientists Tap the Cognitive Genius of Tots to Make Computers Smarter: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120313121727.htm
Laser Erasers Gently Remove Ink from Paper
The trick could reduce the carbon emissions and energy usage associated with recycling paper: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39903/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-14
EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART
Rethinking school: http://hbr.org/2012/03/rethinking-school/ar/1
Creative Problem Solving
http://www.wright.edu/~scott.williams/LeaderLetter/cps.htm
Bias in Decision-Making Leads to Poor Choices and Possibly Depression: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120308174811.htm
Need to Learn Something? See Salman Khan: http://www.execupundit.com/2012/03/need-to-learn-something-see-salman-khan.html#links
A Wandering Mind Reveals Mental Processes and Priorities: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120315161326.htm
A History of Violence:
http://bigthink.com/ideas/a-history-of-violence
Narcissism impairs ethical judgment even among the highly religious, study finds: http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-03-narcissism-impairs-ethical-judgment-highly.html
BUSINESS
The Slow Death of Cash. In a new book, author David Wolman argues that cash costs society far more than we think it does: http://www.technologyreview.com/business/39827/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-13
The Future of Money: http://www.idgconnect.com/blog-abstract/484/kasey-cassells-global-the-future-money
New Economy Resources: http://www.llrx.com/features/neweconomyresources.htm
Beware the globalization fetish:
http://bigthink.com/ideas/beware-the-globalization-fetish
Training: The Change Agent: http://qaspire.com/2012/03/12/training-the-change-agent/
Innovation is about making connections:
http://www.jarche.com/2012/03/innovation-is-about-making-connections/
Courageous Leadership Skills: What Wouldn’t You Do?: http://www.boxofcrayons.biz/2012/03/courageous-leadership-skills-what-wouldnt-you-do/
Make time for time:
http://blogs.hbr.org/tjan/2011/12/make-time-for-time.html
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Killer Silk: Making Silk Fibers That Kill Anthrax and Other Microbes in Minutes: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120314143155.htm
Nanopills Release Drugs Directly from the Inside of Cells: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120316145755.htm
FOOD & COOKING
World Breakthrough On Salt-Tolerant Wheat: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120311150717.htm
Eggs Really ARE Incredible! Egg Nutrition and Cooking: http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/nutrition/a/eggs.htm?nl=1
Eatocracy: http://eatocracy.cnn.com/
New Study: All Red Meat Will Kill You: http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/852619/new_study%3A_all_red_meat_will_kill_you/#paragraph4
Artificial meat.Hamburger junction
Muscle grown in factories could soon be appearing in a supermarket near you: http://www.economist.com/node/21548147
8 Great Sites for Healthy Meal Plans: http://gimundo.com/news/article/8-great-sites-for-healthy-meal-plans/
Featured Recipe Videos at Gourmandia: http://www.delicious.com/stacks/view/Deo2pc
Experts: 30 to 50 percent of world’s food thrown away:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46743203/ns/world_news-world_environment/#.T2HgPl2Kx7E
MISCELLANEA
'
8 Kindes of Drunkennes': Behold, the 16th-Century Listicle: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/03/8-kindes-of-drunkennes-behold-the-16th-century-listicle/254084/
SELECTED NEWS
SPAM & SPYWARE
How to Create a Gmail Spam Filter for Foreign Language Spam : http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/how-to-create-a-gmail-spam-filter-for-foreign-language-spam/
Spam Primer: http://www.spamprimer.com/
VIRUSES & e-CROOKS
Why Hacking Is Barbaric and Essential: http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/why-hacking-is-barbaric-and-essential
Multi-word pass-phrases not so secure after all?:
http://www.gizmag.com/passphrase-security-questioned/21823/
WiFi
Researchers Send 'Wireless' Message Using a Beam of Neutrinos: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120314143146.htm
You can find here many proofs that the world is progressing,
at least technologically and scientifically. However, even people
that are future-oriented and progressive and left-hemisphere thinkers like me, sometimes have a self-contradictory relationship with Change. I have to confess that what happens with the Encyclopedia Britannica has shocked me. OK, Wikipedia is a miracle of the e-Era, however…please give me the freedom to
remain undecided if this is good or bad or both or none, simply inevitable.
Peter
SEARCH
INTERNET
Al Gore Invented the Internet? What Did Al Gore Really Say?: http://websearch.about.com/od/internet101/f/al-gore.htm?nl=1
SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.
Web Browser Cookies: Just The Facts: http://websearch.about.com/od/webbrowsers/p/Web-Browser-Cookies-Just-The-Facts.htm?nl=1
New Video: Web Browsers Explained by Common Craft: http://www.commoncraft.com/new-video-web-browsers-explained-common-craft
Microsoft Builds a Browser for Your Past
Prototype software called Lifebrowser uses artificial intelligence to help you revisit important events, photos, and e-mails from your own life: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39917/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-16
Yahoo! Search Scientists Break New Ground on Search Results: http://www.ysearchblog.com/2012/03/16/yahoo-search-scientists-break-new-ground-on-search-results/
A remarkable source of information: http://blog.findmyhost.com/
Best Websites Of Non Profit Organisations On The Web: http://savedelete.com/best-websites-of-non-profit-organisations-on-the-web.html
Free Backup Software: http://askbobrankin.com/free_backup_software.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=JTfGm_NrP8P6SL
BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES
Blogging Remains Popular, Impressive Growth Continues [Report]:
http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2158913/Blogging-Remains-Popular-Impressive-Growth-Continues-Report
Facebook, Friend or Foe? Investors have realized that companies no longer compete with Facebook, they compete on it: http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052970203358704577235213738850008-lMyQjAxMTAyMDEwMTExNDEyWj.html
What Your Tweets Tell Us About You: Identity, Ownership and
Privacy of Twitter Data
http://www.ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/article/view/214/283
Google+ and the Long Game: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/74610.html
Has Google lost its magic?:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-33617_3-57396938-276/has-google-lost-its-magic/
The Brain at Google:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-rock/google-culture-work-life_b_1289362.html
Pew Study: All Search Engines Being Equally Intrusive, Google's the Best:
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/74608.html
Google plans major revamp for search engine: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57397782-93/google-plans-major-revamp-for-search-engine/
Google's New Search: One Step Closer to AI:
http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/googles-new-search-one-step-closer-to-ai
An Unprecedented Video Glimpse Into How Google Crafts Its Search Results:
http://searchengineland.com/an-unprecedented-video-glimpse-into-how-google-crafts-its-search-results-114682
Survey Paradox: People Like Google But Not What It’s Doing: http://searchengineland.com/survey-paradox-people-like-google-but-not-what-its-doing-114796
WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES
I like words:
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/03/i-like-words.html
Software Translates Your Voice into Another Language Research software from Microsoft synthesizes speech in a foreign language, but in a voice that sounds like yours: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39885/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-12
Book Burning, 213 BC–2011 AD: http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/burnedbooks/
Things Change: “Encyclopedia Britannica to Stop Printing Books”:
http://infodocket.com/2012/03/13/things-change-encyclopedia-britannica-to-stop-printing-books/
25 Awesome Library Apps For Your iPad: http://savedelete.com/25-awesome-library-apps-for-your-ipad.html
SCIENCE
Is Brain Science Just Hype?: http://bigthink.com/devils-advocate/is-neuroscience-overrated
Neanderthal and Human Brain Development Created a Divergent Evolutionary Path: http://digg.com/newsbar/topnews/neanderthal_and_human_brain_development_created_a_divergent_evolutionary_path
Virtue Now Permits Sin Later, Says Your Brain: http://bigthink.com/ideas/virtue-now-permits-sin-later-says-your-brain
The 4 Biggest Myths About the Human Brain: http://digg.com/newsbar/topnews/the_4_biggest_myths_about_the_human_brain
Marine worm rewrites theory of brain evolution: http://www.kurzweilai.net/marine-worm-rewrites-theory-of-brain-evolution
Exercise Changes How Genes Work:
http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/exercise-changes-how-genes-work
First Consumption of Abundant Life Form, Archaea, Discovered: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120312140316.htm
Tigons, ligers, leguars, and jagupards, oh my!: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/03/tigons-ligers-leguars-and-jagupard-oh-my/
Could a Nuke Stop an Asteroid After All? http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2401600,00.asp
The Fat Lady Sings for OPERA:
http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2012/03/the_fat_lady_sings_for_opera.php
A new sign of not-so-faster-than-light neutrinos:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-57398740-264/a-new-sign-of-not-so-faster-than-light-neutrinos/
I won a bet on this. Thank you, Uncle Albert!
TECHNOLOGY
What We Learned About Nuclear Safety from Fukushima. Reactors must be able to handle the worst if we hope to prevent a repeat of last year's meltdowns: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39867/?nlid=nlenrg&nld=2012-03-12
Despite Fukushima, Nuclear Keeps Powering Ahead
A few countries have scaled back in response to the disaster, but many others are building or planning new nuclear reactors: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39893/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-13
The End of Nuclear Power?: http://bigthink.com/ideas/the-end-of-nuclear-power
Cheap Solar Power at Night. Improved materials could make solar-thermal power cheaper, and energy storage easier: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/33MU0O/www.technologyreview.com/computing/39856
Startup Aims to Cut the Cost of Solar Cells in Half. A new process uses a high-energy ion accelerator to make thin silicon solar cells: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39887/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-13
Solar Comes of Age: http://www.strategy-business.com/article/00105?gko=b64ae&cid=TL20120315
Hydrogen Power in Real Life: Clean and Energy Efficient
IBM unveils one trillion bit-per-second optical chip: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120313121537.htm
Fragrant New Biofuel: Researchers Develop a New Candidate for a Cleaner, Greener and Renewable Diesel Fuel: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120314101245.htm
Nanotechnology to Make Hydrogen Fuel: http://bigthink.com/ideas/nanotechnology-makes-hydrogen-fuel
Straintronics: Engineers Create Piezoelectric Graphene: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120316094535.htm
Graphene Supercapacitor Holds Promise for Portable Electronics: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120315152524.htm
Catalysts for Less: Slashing Costs of Metal Alloys Needed to Jump-Start Crucial Chemical Processes: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120308143157.htm
Process Makes Polymers Truly Plastic, Changing Textures On Demand: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120315161437.htm
The Lytro: Photography May Never be the Same After months of gearing up, the Lytro has landed: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/helloworld/27640/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-12
Metamaterials boost wireless power transfer;
http://www.kurzweilai.net/metamaterials-boost-wireless-power-transfer
Scientists Tap the Cognitive Genius of Tots to Make Computers Smarter: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120313121727.htm
Laser Erasers Gently Remove Ink from Paper
The trick could reduce the carbon emissions and energy usage associated with recycling paper: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39903/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-14
EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART
Rethinking school: http://hbr.org/2012/03/rethinking-school/ar/1
Creative Problem Solving
http://www.wright.edu/~scott.williams/LeaderLetter/cps.htm
Bias in Decision-Making Leads to Poor Choices and Possibly Depression: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120308174811.htm
Need to Learn Something? See Salman Khan: http://www.execupundit.com/2012/03/need-to-learn-something-see-salman-khan.html#links
A Wandering Mind Reveals Mental Processes and Priorities: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120315161326.htm
A History of Violence:
http://bigthink.com/ideas/a-history-of-violence
Narcissism impairs ethical judgment even among the highly religious, study finds: http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-03-narcissism-impairs-ethical-judgment-highly.html
BUSINESS
The Slow Death of Cash. In a new book, author David Wolman argues that cash costs society far more than we think it does: http://www.technologyreview.com/business/39827/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-13
The Future of Money: http://www.idgconnect.com/blog-abstract/484/kasey-cassells-global-the-future-money
New Economy Resources: http://www.llrx.com/features/neweconomyresources.htm
Beware the globalization fetish:
http://bigthink.com/ideas/beware-the-globalization-fetish
Training: The Change Agent: http://qaspire.com/2012/03/12/training-the-change-agent/
Innovation is about making connections:
http://www.jarche.com/2012/03/innovation-is-about-making-connections/
Courageous Leadership Skills: What Wouldn’t You Do?: http://www.boxofcrayons.biz/2012/03/courageous-leadership-skills-what-wouldnt-you-do/
Make time for time:
http://blogs.hbr.org/tjan/2011/12/make-time-for-time.html
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Killer Silk: Making Silk Fibers That Kill Anthrax and Other Microbes in Minutes: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120314143155.htm
Nanopills Release Drugs Directly from the Inside of Cells: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120316145755.htm
FOOD & COOKING
World Breakthrough On Salt-Tolerant Wheat: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120311150717.htm
Eggs Really ARE Incredible! Egg Nutrition and Cooking: http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/nutrition/a/eggs.htm?nl=1
Eatocracy: http://eatocracy.cnn.com/
New Study: All Red Meat Will Kill You: http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/852619/new_study%3A_all_red_meat_will_kill_you/#paragraph4
Artificial meat.Hamburger junction
Muscle grown in factories could soon be appearing in a supermarket near you: http://www.economist.com/node/21548147
8 Great Sites for Healthy Meal Plans: http://gimundo.com/news/article/8-great-sites-for-healthy-meal-plans/
Featured Recipe Videos at Gourmandia: http://www.delicious.com/stacks/view/Deo2pc
Experts: 30 to 50 percent of world’s food thrown away:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46743203/ns/world_news-world_environment/#.T2HgPl2Kx7E
MISCELLANEA
'
8 Kindes of Drunkennes': Behold, the 16th-Century Listicle: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/03/8-kindes-of-drunkennes-behold-the-16th-century-listicle/254084/
SELECTED NEWS
SPAM & SPYWARE
How to Create a Gmail Spam Filter for Foreign Language Spam : http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/how-to-create-a-gmail-spam-filter-for-foreign-language-spam/
Spam Primer: http://www.spamprimer.com/
VIRUSES & e-CROOKS
Why Hacking Is Barbaric and Essential: http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/why-hacking-is-barbaric-and-essential
Multi-word pass-phrases not so secure after all?:
http://www.gizmag.com/passphrase-security-questioned/21823/
WiFi
Researchers Send 'Wireless' Message Using a Beam of Neutrinos: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120314143146.htm
Sunday, March 18, 2012
INFORMAVORE's SUNDAY No 499a
EXCUSE ME FOLKS I DON'T KNOW WHY TH HYPERLINKS ARE
INACTIVATED! I HAVE TO GO IN THE TOWN: WHEN COMING
BACK I'LL TRY TO REPAIR THIS!
My dear Readers,
You can find here many proofs that the world is progressing,
at least technologically and scientifically. However, even people
that are future-oriented and progressive and left-hemisphere thinkers like me, sometimes have a self-contradictory relationship with Change. I have to confess that what happens with the Encyclopedia Britannica has shocked me. OK, Wikipedia is a miracle of the e-Era, however…please give me the freedom to
remain undecided if this is good or bad or both or none, simply inevitable.
Peter
SEARCH
INTERNET
Al Gore Invented the Internet? What Did Al Gore Really Say?: http://websearch.about.com/od/internet101/f/al-gore.htm?nl=1
SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.
Web Browser Cookies: Just The Facts: http://websearch.about.com/od/webbrowsers/p/Web-Browser-Cookies-Just-The-Facts.htm?nl=1
New Video: Web Browsers Explained by Common Craft: http://www.commoncraft.com/new-video-web-browsers-explained-common-craft
Microsoft Builds a Browser for Your Past
Prototype software called Lifebrowser uses artificial intelligence to help you revisit important events, photos, and e-mails from your own life: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39917/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-16
Yahoo! Search Scientists Break New Ground on Search Results: http://www.ysearchblog.com/2012/03/16/yahoo-search-scientists-break-new-ground-on-search-results/
A remarkable source of information: http://blog.findmyhost.com/
Best Websites Of Non Profit Organisations On The Web: http://savedelete.com/best-websites-of-non-profit-organisations-on-the-web.html
Free Backup Software: http://askbobrankin.com/free_backup_software.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=JTfGm_NrP8P6SL
BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES
Blogging Remains Popular, Impressive Growth Continues [Report]:
http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2158913/Blogging-Remains-Popular-Impressive-Growth-Continues-Report
Facebook, Friend or Foe? Investors have realized that companies no longer compete with Facebook, they compete on it: http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052970203358704577235213738850008-lMyQjAxMTAyMDEwMTExNDEyWj.html
What Your Tweets Tell Us About You: Identity, Ownership and
Privacy of Twitter Data
http://www.ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/article/view/214/283
GOOGLE
Google+ and the Long Game: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/74610.html
Has Google lost its magic?:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-33617_3-57396938-276/has-google-lost-its-magic/
The Brain at Google:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-rock/google-culture-work-life_b_1289362.html
Pew Study: All Search Engines Being Equally Intrusive, Google's the Best:
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/74608.html
Google plans major revamp for search engine: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57397782-93/google-plans-major-revamp-for-search-engine/
Google's New Search: One Step Closer to AI:
http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/googles-new-search-one-step-closer-to-ai
An Unprecedented Video Glimpse Into How Google Crafts Its Search Results:
http://searchengineland.com/an-unprecedented-video-glimpse-into-how-google-crafts-its-search-results-114682
Survey Paradox: People Like Google But Not What It’s Doing: http://searchengineland.com/survey-paradox-people-like-google-but-not-what-its-doing-114796
WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES
I like words:
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/03/i-like-words.html
Software Translates Your Voice into Another Language Research software from Microsoft synthesizes speech in a foreign language, but in a voice that sounds like yours: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39885/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-12
Book Burning, 213 BC–2011 AD: http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/burnedbooks/
Things Change: “Encyclopedia Britannica to Stop Printing Books”:
http://infodocket.com/2012/03/13/things-change-encyclopedia-britannica-to-stop-printing-books/
25 Awesome Library Apps For Your iPad: http://savedelete.com/25-awesome-library-apps-for-your-ipad.html
SCIENCE
Is Brain Science Just Hype?: http://bigthink.com/devils-advocate/is-neuroscience-overrated
Neanderthal and Human Brain Development Created a Divergent Evolutionary Path: http://digg.com/newsbar/topnews/neanderthal_and_human_brain_development_created_a_divergent_evolutionary_path
Virtue Now Permits Sin Later, Says Your Brain: http://bigthink.com/ideas/virtue-now-permits-sin-later-says-your-brain
The 4 Biggest Myths About the Human Brain: http://digg.com/newsbar/topnews/the_4_biggest_myths_about_the_human_brain
Marine worm rewrites theory of brain evolution: http://www.kurzweilai.net/marine-worm-rewrites-theory-of-brain-evolution
Exercise Changes How Genes Work:
http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/exercise-changes-how-genes-work
First Consumption of Abundant Life Form, Archaea, Discovered: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120312140316.htm
Tigons, ligers, leguars, and jagupards, oh my!: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/03/tigons-ligers-leguars-and-jagupard-oh-my/
Could a Nuke Stop an Asteroid After All? http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2401600,00.asp
The Fat Lady Sings for OPERA:
http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2012/03/the_fat_lady_sings_for_opera.php
A new sign of not-so-faster-than-light neutrinos:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-57398740-264/a-new-sign-of-not-so-faster-than-light-neutrinos/
I won a bet on this. Thank you, Uncle Albert!
TECHNOLOGY
What We Learned About Nuclear Safety from Fukushima. Reactors must be able to handle the worst if we hope to prevent a repeat of last year's meltdowns: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39867/?nlid=nlenrg&nld=2012-03-12
Despite Fukushima, Nuclear Keeps Powering Ahead
A few countries have scaled back in response to the disaster, but many others are building or planning new nuclear reactors: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39893/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-13
The End of Nuclear Power?: http://bigthink.com/ideas/the-end-of-nuclear-power
Cheap Solar Power at Night. Improved materials could make solar-thermal power cheaper, and energy storage easier: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/33MU0O/www.technologyreview.com/computing/39856
Startup Aims to Cut the Cost of Solar Cells in Half. A new process uses a high-energy ion accelerator to make thin silicon solar cells: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39887/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-13
Solar Comes of Age: http://www.strategy-business.com/article/00105?gko=b64ae&cid=TL20120315
Hydrogen Power in Real Life: Clean and Energy Efficient
IBM unveils one trillion bit-per-second optical chip: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120313121537.htm
Fragrant New Biofuel: Researchers Develop a New Candidate for a Cleaner, Greener and Renewable Diesel Fuel: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120314101245.htm
Nanotechnology to Make Hydrogen Fuel: http://bigthink.com/ideas/nanotechnology-makes-hydrogen-fuel
Straintronics: Engineers Create Piezoelectric Graphene: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120316094535.htm
Graphene Supercapacitor Holds Promise for Portable Electronics: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120315152524.htm
Catalysts for Less: Slashing Costs of Metal Alloys Needed to Jump-Start Crucial Chemical Processes: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120308143157.htm
Process Makes Polymers Truly Plastic, Changing Textures On Demand: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120315161437.htm
The Lytro: Photography May Never be the Same After months of gearing up, the Lytro has landed: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/helloworld/27640/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-12
Metamaterials boost wireless power transfer;
http://www.kurzweilai.net/metamaterials-boost-wireless-power-transfer
Scientists Tap the Cognitive Genius of Tots to Make Computers Smarter: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120313121727.htm
Laser Erasers Gently Remove Ink from Paper
The trick could reduce the carbon emissions and energy usage associated with recycling paper: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39903/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-14
EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART
Rethinking school: http://hbr.org/2012/03/rethinking-school/ar/1
Creative Problem Solving
http://www.wright.edu/~scott.williams/LeaderLetter/cps.htm
Bias in Decision-Making Leads to Poor Choices and Possibly Depression: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120308174811.htm
Need to Learn Something? See Salman Khan: http://www.execupundit.com/2012/03/need-to-learn-something-see-salman-khan.html#links
A Wandering Mind Reveals Mental Processes and Priorities: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120315161326.htm
A History of Violence:
http://bigthink.com/ideas/a-history-of-violence
Narcissism impairs ethical judgment even among the highly religious, study finds: http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-03-narcissism-impairs-ethical-judgment-highly.html
BUSINESS
The Slow Death of Cash. In a new book, author David Wolman argues that cash costs society far more than we think it does: http://www.technologyreview.com/business/39827/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-13
The Future of Money: http://www.idgconnect.com/blog-abstract/484/kasey-cassells-global-the-future-money
New Economy Resources: http://www.llrx.com/features/neweconomyresources.htm
Beware the globalization fetish:
http://bigthink.com/ideas/beware-the-globalization-fetish
Training: The Change Agent: http://qaspire.com/2012/03/12/training-the-change-agent/
Innovation is about making connections:
http://www.jarche.com/2012/03/innovation-is-about-making-connections/
Courageous Leadership Skills: What Wouldn’t You Do?: http://www.boxofcrayons.biz/2012/03/courageous-leadership-skills-what-wouldnt-you-do/
Make time for time:
http://blogs.hbr.org/tjan/2011/12/make-time-for-time.html
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Killer Silk: Making Silk Fibers That Kill Anthrax and Other Microbes in Minutes: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120314143155.htm
Nanopills Release Drugs Directly from the Inside of Cells: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120316145755.htm
FOOD & COOKING
World Breakthrough On Salt-Tolerant Wheat: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120311150717.htm
Eggs Really ARE Incredible! Egg Nutrition and Cooking: http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/nutrition/a/eggs.htm?nl=1
Eatocracy: http://eatocracy.cnn.com/
New Study: All Red Meat Will Kill You: http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/852619/new_study%3A_all_red_meat_will_kill_you/#paragraph4
Artificial meat.Hamburger junction
Muscle grown in factories could soon be appearing in a supermarket near you: http://www.economist.com/node/21548147
8 Great Sites for Healthy Meal Plans: http://gimundo.com/news/article/8-great-sites-for-healthy-meal-plans/
Featured Recipe Videos at Gourmandia: http://www.delicious.com/stacks/view/Deo2pc
Experts: 30 to 50 percent of world’s food thrown away:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46743203/ns/world_news-world_environment/#.T2HgPl2Kx7E
MISCELLANEA
'
8 Kindes of Drunkennes': Behold, the 16th-Century Listicle: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/03/8-kindes-of-drunkennes-behold-the-16th-century-listicle/254084/
SELECTED NEWS
SPAM & SPYWARE
How to Create a Gmail Spam Filter for Foreign Language Spam : http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/how-to-create-a-gmail-spam-filter-for-foreign-language-spam/
Spam Primer: http://www.spamprimer.com/
VIRUSES & e-CROOKS
Why Hacking Is Barbaric and Essential: http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/why-hacking-is-barbaric-and-essential
Multi-word pass-phrases not so secure after all?:
http://www.gizmag.com/passphrase-security-questioned/21823/
WiFi
Researchers Send 'Wireless' Message Using a Beam of Neutrinos: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120314143146.htm
INACTIVATED! I HAVE TO GO IN THE TOWN: WHEN COMING
BACK I'LL TRY TO REPAIR THIS!
My dear Readers,
You can find here many proofs that the world is progressing,
at least technologically and scientifically. However, even people
that are future-oriented and progressive and left-hemisphere thinkers like me, sometimes have a self-contradictory relationship with Change. I have to confess that what happens with the Encyclopedia Britannica has shocked me. OK, Wikipedia is a miracle of the e-Era, however…please give me the freedom to
remain undecided if this is good or bad or both or none, simply inevitable.
Peter
SEARCH
INTERNET
Al Gore Invented the Internet? What Did Al Gore Really Say?: http://websearch.about.com/od/internet101/f/al-gore.htm?nl=1
SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.
Web Browser Cookies: Just The Facts: http://websearch.about.com/od/webbrowsers/p/Web-Browser-Cookies-Just-The-Facts.htm?nl=1
New Video: Web Browsers Explained by Common Craft: http://www.commoncraft.com/new-video-web-browsers-explained-common-craft
Microsoft Builds a Browser for Your Past
Prototype software called Lifebrowser uses artificial intelligence to help you revisit important events, photos, and e-mails from your own life: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39917/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-16
Yahoo! Search Scientists Break New Ground on Search Results: http://www.ysearchblog.com/2012/03/16/yahoo-search-scientists-break-new-ground-on-search-results/
A remarkable source of information: http://blog.findmyhost.com/
Best Websites Of Non Profit Organisations On The Web: http://savedelete.com/best-websites-of-non-profit-organisations-on-the-web.html
Free Backup Software: http://askbobrankin.com/free_backup_software.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=JTfGm_NrP8P6SL
BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES
Blogging Remains Popular, Impressive Growth Continues [Report]:
http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2158913/Blogging-Remains-Popular-Impressive-Growth-Continues-Report
Facebook, Friend or Foe? Investors have realized that companies no longer compete with Facebook, they compete on it: http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052970203358704577235213738850008-lMyQjAxMTAyMDEwMTExNDEyWj.html
What Your Tweets Tell Us About You: Identity, Ownership and
Privacy of Twitter Data
http://www.ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc/article/view/214/283
Google+ and the Long Game: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/74610.html
Has Google lost its magic?:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-33617_3-57396938-276/has-google-lost-its-magic/
The Brain at Google:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-rock/google-culture-work-life_b_1289362.html
Pew Study: All Search Engines Being Equally Intrusive, Google's the Best:
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/74608.html
Google plans major revamp for search engine: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57397782-93/google-plans-major-revamp-for-search-engine/
Google's New Search: One Step Closer to AI:
http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/googles-new-search-one-step-closer-to-ai
An Unprecedented Video Glimpse Into How Google Crafts Its Search Results:
http://searchengineland.com/an-unprecedented-video-glimpse-into-how-google-crafts-its-search-results-114682
Survey Paradox: People Like Google But Not What It’s Doing: http://searchengineland.com/survey-paradox-people-like-google-but-not-what-its-doing-114796
WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES
I like words:
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/03/i-like-words.html
Software Translates Your Voice into Another Language Research software from Microsoft synthesizes speech in a foreign language, but in a voice that sounds like yours: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39885/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-12
Book Burning, 213 BC–2011 AD: http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/burnedbooks/
Things Change: “Encyclopedia Britannica to Stop Printing Books”:
http://infodocket.com/2012/03/13/things-change-encyclopedia-britannica-to-stop-printing-books/
25 Awesome Library Apps For Your iPad: http://savedelete.com/25-awesome-library-apps-for-your-ipad.html
SCIENCE
Is Brain Science Just Hype?: http://bigthink.com/devils-advocate/is-neuroscience-overrated
Neanderthal and Human Brain Development Created a Divergent Evolutionary Path: http://digg.com/newsbar/topnews/neanderthal_and_human_brain_development_created_a_divergent_evolutionary_path
Virtue Now Permits Sin Later, Says Your Brain: http://bigthink.com/ideas/virtue-now-permits-sin-later-says-your-brain
The 4 Biggest Myths About the Human Brain: http://digg.com/newsbar/topnews/the_4_biggest_myths_about_the_human_brain
Marine worm rewrites theory of brain evolution: http://www.kurzweilai.net/marine-worm-rewrites-theory-of-brain-evolution
Exercise Changes How Genes Work:
http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/exercise-changes-how-genes-work
First Consumption of Abundant Life Form, Archaea, Discovered: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120312140316.htm
Tigons, ligers, leguars, and jagupards, oh my!: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/03/tigons-ligers-leguars-and-jagupard-oh-my/
Could a Nuke Stop an Asteroid After All? http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2401600,00.asp
The Fat Lady Sings for OPERA:
http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2012/03/the_fat_lady_sings_for_opera.php
A new sign of not-so-faster-than-light neutrinos:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-57398740-264/a-new-sign-of-not-so-faster-than-light-neutrinos/
I won a bet on this. Thank you, Uncle Albert!
TECHNOLOGY
What We Learned About Nuclear Safety from Fukushima. Reactors must be able to handle the worst if we hope to prevent a repeat of last year's meltdowns: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39867/?nlid=nlenrg&nld=2012-03-12
Despite Fukushima, Nuclear Keeps Powering Ahead
A few countries have scaled back in response to the disaster, but many others are building or planning new nuclear reactors: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39893/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-13
The End of Nuclear Power?: http://bigthink.com/ideas/the-end-of-nuclear-power
Cheap Solar Power at Night. Improved materials could make solar-thermal power cheaper, and energy storage easier: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/33MU0O/www.technologyreview.com/computing/39856
Startup Aims to Cut the Cost of Solar Cells in Half. A new process uses a high-energy ion accelerator to make thin silicon solar cells: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39887/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-13
Solar Comes of Age: http://www.strategy-business.com/article/00105?gko=b64ae&cid=TL20120315
Hydrogen Power in Real Life: Clean and Energy Efficient
IBM unveils one trillion bit-per-second optical chip: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120313121537.htm
Fragrant New Biofuel: Researchers Develop a New Candidate for a Cleaner, Greener and Renewable Diesel Fuel: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120314101245.htm
Nanotechnology to Make Hydrogen Fuel: http://bigthink.com/ideas/nanotechnology-makes-hydrogen-fuel
Straintronics: Engineers Create Piezoelectric Graphene: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120316094535.htm
Graphene Supercapacitor Holds Promise for Portable Electronics: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120315152524.htm
Catalysts for Less: Slashing Costs of Metal Alloys Needed to Jump-Start Crucial Chemical Processes: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120308143157.htm
Process Makes Polymers Truly Plastic, Changing Textures On Demand: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120315161437.htm
The Lytro: Photography May Never be the Same After months of gearing up, the Lytro has landed: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/helloworld/27640/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-12
Metamaterials boost wireless power transfer;
http://www.kurzweilai.net/metamaterials-boost-wireless-power-transfer
Scientists Tap the Cognitive Genius of Tots to Make Computers Smarter: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120313121727.htm
Laser Erasers Gently Remove Ink from Paper
The trick could reduce the carbon emissions and energy usage associated with recycling paper: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39903/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-14
EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART
Rethinking school: http://hbr.org/2012/03/rethinking-school/ar/1
Creative Problem Solving
http://www.wright.edu/~scott.williams/LeaderLetter/cps.htm
Bias in Decision-Making Leads to Poor Choices and Possibly Depression: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120308174811.htm
Need to Learn Something? See Salman Khan: http://www.execupundit.com/2012/03/need-to-learn-something-see-salman-khan.html#links
A Wandering Mind Reveals Mental Processes and Priorities: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120315161326.htm
A History of Violence:
http://bigthink.com/ideas/a-history-of-violence
Narcissism impairs ethical judgment even among the highly religious, study finds: http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-03-narcissism-impairs-ethical-judgment-highly.html
BUSINESS
The Slow Death of Cash. In a new book, author David Wolman argues that cash costs society far more than we think it does: http://www.technologyreview.com/business/39827/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-13
The Future of Money: http://www.idgconnect.com/blog-abstract/484/kasey-cassells-global-the-future-money
New Economy Resources: http://www.llrx.com/features/neweconomyresources.htm
Beware the globalization fetish:
http://bigthink.com/ideas/beware-the-globalization-fetish
Training: The Change Agent: http://qaspire.com/2012/03/12/training-the-change-agent/
Innovation is about making connections:
http://www.jarche.com/2012/03/innovation-is-about-making-connections/
Courageous Leadership Skills: What Wouldn’t You Do?: http://www.boxofcrayons.biz/2012/03/courageous-leadership-skills-what-wouldnt-you-do/
Make time for time:
http://blogs.hbr.org/tjan/2011/12/make-time-for-time.html
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Killer Silk: Making Silk Fibers That Kill Anthrax and Other Microbes in Minutes: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120314143155.htm
Nanopills Release Drugs Directly from the Inside of Cells: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120316145755.htm
FOOD & COOKING
World Breakthrough On Salt-Tolerant Wheat: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120311150717.htm
Eggs Really ARE Incredible! Egg Nutrition and Cooking: http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/nutrition/a/eggs.htm?nl=1
Eatocracy: http://eatocracy.cnn.com/
New Study: All Red Meat Will Kill You: http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/852619/new_study%3A_all_red_meat_will_kill_you/#paragraph4
Artificial meat.Hamburger junction
Muscle grown in factories could soon be appearing in a supermarket near you: http://www.economist.com/node/21548147
8 Great Sites for Healthy Meal Plans: http://gimundo.com/news/article/8-great-sites-for-healthy-meal-plans/
Featured Recipe Videos at Gourmandia: http://www.delicious.com/stacks/view/Deo2pc
Experts: 30 to 50 percent of world’s food thrown away:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46743203/ns/world_news-world_environment/#.T2HgPl2Kx7E
MISCELLANEA
'
8 Kindes of Drunkennes': Behold, the 16th-Century Listicle: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/03/8-kindes-of-drunkennes-behold-the-16th-century-listicle/254084/
SELECTED NEWS
SPAM & SPYWARE
How to Create a Gmail Spam Filter for Foreign Language Spam : http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/how-to-create-a-gmail-spam-filter-for-foreign-language-spam/
Spam Primer: http://www.spamprimer.com/
VIRUSES & e-CROOKS
Why Hacking Is Barbaric and Essential: http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/why-hacking-is-barbaric-and-essential
Multi-word pass-phrases not so secure after all?:
http://www.gizmag.com/passphrase-security-questioned/21823/
WiFi
Researchers Send 'Wireless' Message Using a Beam of Neutrinos: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120314143146.htm
Thursday, March 15, 2012
16-TH TRANSLATION OF MY PROBLEM SOLVING RULES IN SLOVAK!
My gratitude to Dusan Matulay who has answered fast to the appeal of our generous
friend, Gabriela Cretu the most wise and honest politician and author of books on
social subject I ever met. Thank you, Dusan! Thank you Gabi!
Zásady riešenia problémov – medzinárodne
Motto: „Myslím, teda existujem/som. Rozhodujem (sa), teda žijem. Riešim problémy, teda žijem zmysluplne.“
1. Neexistujú izolované problémy, vždy prichádzajú v dynamických súboroch/zväzkoch.
2. Neexistujú definitívne riešenia pre naozaj veľké problémy, tieto musia byť riešené znova a znova.
3. Nie riešenie problému, ale jeho definovanie je kritickým krokom.
4. Nie neznáme údaje, ale tie, ktoré poznáme a sú nesprávne sú najväčšou prekážkou pre riešenie.
5. Nie čo vieme, ale čo nevieme je dôležitejšie pre riešenie problému.
6. Nie hlavné želané pozitívne efekty, ale sekundárne negatívne a/alebo neželané efekty rozhodujú vo väčšine prípadov či riešenie bude implementované.
7. Nie všetky problémy majú úplné, originálne riešenie.
8. Nie všetky riešenia, ktoré vyzerajú dokonalo od začiatku sú najlepšie, ale v mnohých prípadoch sú najlepšie spôsobilé na zdokonaľovanie.
9. Nie chytrácke, trblietavé, veľkolepé riešenia, ale prepracované, vydreté s ťažkosťami, úsilím a trpezlivosťou sú hodnotnejšie a majú širší záber použiteľnosti..
10. Nie riešenia, ktoré sú logické a dokonale racionálne, ale tie, ktoré zodpovedajú pocitom potenciálnych užívateľov, nech by boli akokoľvek iracionálne, majú najväčšiu šancu rýchlej implementácie.
11. Nie kvalita riešenia, ale rýchlosť implementácie je v mnohých prípadoch rozhodujúca. Môže byť lepšie mať čiastkové riešenie a použiť ho rýchlo, ako pomalšie, skoro dokonalé riešenie.
12. Nie vždy dlhé hodiny tvrdej roboty a veľké úsilie, ale niekedy uvoľnenie a zábava sú najlepšou cestou k riešeniu (hrozne) ťažkých problémov.
13. Nie naše vlastné problémy, ale skôr problémy iných ľudí vieme riešiť smelšie a kreatívnejšie.
14. Nie riešenia, ktoré vypracujeme sami, ale požičané, kúpené, alebo ukradnuté od iných sú ľahšie akceptované a implementované.
15. Nie zlepšenie ľudských síl, ale obmedzenie ľudských slabostí je užitočnejšie pre efektívne riešenie problému.
16. Nie veľmi obozretné dokonalé plánovanie, ale chytré odhadnutie rizík a pevné rozhodovanie sú praktické kľúče k úspechu pri riešení problému.
17. Nie vždy je ľahšie riešiť existujúce, reálne problémy, ale často sú tie fiktívne, imaginárne najťažšie riešiteľné.
18. Neakceptujte premisy problému, meňte ich podľa potreby a možností.
19. Nezastavte sa na prvom riešení, hľadajte alternatívy.
Avšak, pre naozaj pokročilých riešiteľov problémov existuje superpravidlo, ktoré je najdôležitejšie zo všetkých:
20. Nie umná aplikácia týchto pravidiel, ale nájdenie ich špecifických výnimiek je tým naozajstným veľkým umením riešenia problémov.
friend, Gabriela Cretu the most wise and honest politician and author of books on
social subject I ever met. Thank you, Dusan! Thank you Gabi!
Zásady riešenia problémov – medzinárodne
Motto: „Myslím, teda existujem/som. Rozhodujem (sa), teda žijem. Riešim problémy, teda žijem zmysluplne.“
1. Neexistujú izolované problémy, vždy prichádzajú v dynamických súboroch/zväzkoch.
2. Neexistujú definitívne riešenia pre naozaj veľké problémy, tieto musia byť riešené znova a znova.
3. Nie riešenie problému, ale jeho definovanie je kritickým krokom.
4. Nie neznáme údaje, ale tie, ktoré poznáme a sú nesprávne sú najväčšou prekážkou pre riešenie.
5. Nie čo vieme, ale čo nevieme je dôležitejšie pre riešenie problému.
6. Nie hlavné želané pozitívne efekty, ale sekundárne negatívne a/alebo neželané efekty rozhodujú vo väčšine prípadov či riešenie bude implementované.
7. Nie všetky problémy majú úplné, originálne riešenie.
8. Nie všetky riešenia, ktoré vyzerajú dokonalo od začiatku sú najlepšie, ale v mnohých prípadoch sú najlepšie spôsobilé na zdokonaľovanie.
9. Nie chytrácke, trblietavé, veľkolepé riešenia, ale prepracované, vydreté s ťažkosťami, úsilím a trpezlivosťou sú hodnotnejšie a majú širší záber použiteľnosti..
10. Nie riešenia, ktoré sú logické a dokonale racionálne, ale tie, ktoré zodpovedajú pocitom potenciálnych užívateľov, nech by boli akokoľvek iracionálne, majú najväčšiu šancu rýchlej implementácie.
11. Nie kvalita riešenia, ale rýchlosť implementácie je v mnohých prípadoch rozhodujúca. Môže byť lepšie mať čiastkové riešenie a použiť ho rýchlo, ako pomalšie, skoro dokonalé riešenie.
12. Nie vždy dlhé hodiny tvrdej roboty a veľké úsilie, ale niekedy uvoľnenie a zábava sú najlepšou cestou k riešeniu (hrozne) ťažkých problémov.
13. Nie naše vlastné problémy, ale skôr problémy iných ľudí vieme riešiť smelšie a kreatívnejšie.
14. Nie riešenia, ktoré vypracujeme sami, ale požičané, kúpené, alebo ukradnuté od iných sú ľahšie akceptované a implementované.
15. Nie zlepšenie ľudských síl, ale obmedzenie ľudských slabostí je užitočnejšie pre efektívne riešenie problému.
16. Nie veľmi obozretné dokonalé plánovanie, ale chytré odhadnutie rizík a pevné rozhodovanie sú praktické kľúče k úspechu pri riešení problému.
17. Nie vždy je ľahšie riešiť existujúce, reálne problémy, ale často sú tie fiktívne, imaginárne najťažšie riešiteľné.
18. Neakceptujte premisy problému, meňte ich podľa potreby a možností.
19. Nezastavte sa na prvom riešení, hľadajte alternatívy.
Avšak, pre naozaj pokročilých riešiteľov problémov existuje superpravidlo, ktoré je najdôležitejšie zo všetkých:
20. Nie umná aplikácia týchto pravidiel, ale nájdenie ich špecifických výnimiek je tým naozajstným veľkým umením riešenia problémov.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
INFORMAVORE's SUNDAY No 498
SEARCH
INTERNET
A Cheap and Fully Optical Solution for Ultra-Fast Internet: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120309104133.htm
Has the Internet Killed the Concept of Privacy?: http://www.bigthink.com/ideafeed/has-the-internet-killed-the-concept-of-privacy
SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.
Search Engine use 2012: http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Search-Engine-Use-2012/Summary-of-findings.aspx
How to Find Your Search History: http://websearch.about.com/od/webbrowsers/qt/search-history.htm?nl=1
The 10 Best Search Engines for Kids: http://savedelete.com/the-10-best-search-engines-for-kids.html
A “no tracking” search engine: http://usestealth.com/
Four Seriously Cool Information Resources: http://searchengineland.com/four-seriously-cool-information-resources-114128
BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES
Report: Twitter Still Sees Booming Growth While Facebook Slows: http://marketingland.com/report-twitter-still-sees-booming-growth-while-facebook-slows-7292
The tone of life on social networking sites: http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Social-networking-climate.aspx
Privacy Management on Social Media Sites: http://pewresearch.org/pubs/2201/social-media-social-networking-sites-unfriending-privacy-settings-untagging-photographs
The Internet: It’s Like Real Life, Only With Buttons: http://searchengineland.com/the-internet-its-like-real-life-only-with-buttons-113764
Onr third of the bloggers area moms: http://marketingland.com/nielsen-more-than-2-million-moms-are-blogging-7592
Boost Your Career with Social Media: Tips for the Uninitiated: http://blogs.hbr.org/hmu/2011/12/boost-your-career-with-social.html
GOOGLE
How to Update Your Google Privacy Settings: http://websearch.about.com/od/focusongoogle/a/How-To-Update-Your-Google-Privacy-Settings.htm?nl=1
"How do I clear previous Google searches? : http://websearch.about.com/od/focusongoogle/f/clear-google-searches.htm?nl=1
Is There Making Sense To The Google Algorithm?: http://www.seroundtable.com/google-algorithm-14844.html
Google Play : Will It Change The Way You Use Media?: http://savedelete.com/google-play-will-it-change-the-way-you-use-media.html
WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES
Replace Meaningless Words with Meaningful Ones: http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/12/replace_meaningless_words_with.html
Color E-Readers Finally Available to Consumers. Tablets stole the show, but they're not true analogs for paper: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/27622/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-05
No Surprise, eReader Use Continues to Grow: http://www.harrisinteractive.com/NewsRoom/HarrisPolls/tabid/447/mid/1508/articleId/979/ctl/ReadCustom%20Default/Default.aspx
The E-book (R)evolution: Two Reports from Financial Times’ Digital Media Conference: http://infodocket.com/2012/03/08/the-e-book-revolution-two-reports-from-financial-times-digital-media-conference/
Are Tablets Any Good for Serious Reading
SCIENCE
When One Side Does Not Know About the Other One: Specialization and Cooperation of the Brain Hemispheres: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120302101541.htm
How to Use More of Your Brain: http://bigthink.com/ideas/how-to-use-more-of-your-brain
]How Well Does Your Brain Know You?: http://bigthink.com/ideas/how-well-does-your-brain-know-you
Scientists Claim Brain Memory Code Cracked: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120309103701.htm
How to Plant Ideas in Someone’s Mind: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/6BafXU/lifehacker.com/5715912/how-to-plant-ideas-in-someones-mind?tag=manipulation
Creative right brain’ myth debunked: http://www.kurzweilai.net/creative-right-brain-myth-debunked
Biologists Locate Brain's Processing Point for Acoustic Signals Essential to Human Communication: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120308132829.htm
Partnerships in the Brain: Mathematical Model Describes the Collaboration of Individual Neurons: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120308174805.htm
Expanding our intelligence without limit: http://www.kurzweilai.net/expanding-our-intelligence-without-limit
Quantum Biology and the Puzzle of Coherence. Quantum processes shouldn't survive in hot, wet biological systems and yet a growing body of evidence suggests they do. Now physicists think they know how: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27628/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-07
How Often Are Your Memories Incorrect?: http://bigthink.com/ideas/how-often-are-your-memories-incorrect
Running Hot and Cold in the Deep Sea
To Boldly Go Where No Bee Has Gone: http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/03/to-boldly-go-where-no-bee-has-gone.html?ref=em
TECHNOLOGY
Renewables: The once and future energy source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57389443-76/renewables-the-once-and-future-energy-source/
Advancing Understanding of Energy Storage Mechanisms: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120305150704.htm
Cellulosic Ethanol Gets a $100 Million Boost. Virdia plans to make cheap sugars from wood chips, tackling the industry's greatest challenge: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39858/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-07
A breakthrough in making biofuel from seaweed: http://earthsky.org/energy/a-breakthrough-in-making-biofuel-from-seaweed
The predictability of and variation in wind energy:
http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2012/03/the_predictability_of_and_vari.php
New Nanoglue Is Thin and Supersticky: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120305150656.htm
What We Learned About Nuclear Safety from Fukushima
Graphene Battery Turns Ambient Heat Into Electric Current Physicists have built a graphene battery that harvests energy from the thermal movement of ions in solution: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27625/?nlid=nlmat&nld=2012-03-08
Spider Silk Conducts Heat as Well as Metals: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120305132613.htm
Reusable Sticky Tape Could Hold Up Your TV Large patches of an extremely strong new adhesive, inspired by geckos, can be used over and over again. http://www.technologyreview.com/article/39865/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-09
Windows 8: Microsoft Gambles on a Tablet-centric Future Does it make sense to merge a conventional desktop interface with one optimized for touch?: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39844/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-03-06
Fast Facts: Top 5 Manufacturers of Tablet Computers in 2011: http://infodocket.com/2012/03/09/fast-facts-top-5-manufacturers-of-tablet-computers-in-2011/
Why are the keys arranged the way they are on a QWERTY keyboard?: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question458.htm#mkcpgn=kaw1
Dvorak Layout Diagram: http://dvorak.mwbrooks.com/layout.html
Tomorrow's Amazing Skyscrapers!: http://bigthink.com/ideas/tomorrows-amazing-skyscrapers
Environmentally Friendly Cleaning and Washing: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120309104841.htm
EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART
There is nothing rigid in the human life. You are always moving forward; when you’re not, you’re not even standing still – you’re really going backward: http://davidkanigan.com/2012/03/04/there-is-nothing-rigid-in-the-human-life-you-are-always-moving-forward-when-youre-not-youre-not-even-standing-still-youre-really-going-backward/
Is Emotion Smarter than Rationality? http://bigthink.com/ideas/emotion-is-smarter-than-rationality
Peter Diamandis: Abundance is our future: http://prezi.com/g4_rsqna6kvl/abundance-the-future-is-better-than-you-think/
Opting out of overoptimism:
Stumped by a problem? The ‘generic parts technique’ technique unsticks you: http://www.kurzweilai.net/stumped-by-a-problem-the-generic-parts-technique-technique-unsticks-you
The Upside of Anger: 6 Psychological Benefits of Getting Mad: http://www.spring.org.uk/2012/03/the-upside-of-anger-6-psychological-benefits-of-getting-mad.php
How the Information Revolution Will Change the Novel: http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/how-the-information-revolution-will-change-the-novel
When Prejudices Become a Disadvantage: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120308115748.htm
Perfecting Man’s moral shortcomings:
Upper Class People More Likely to Behave Unethically: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120307145432.htm
In Recognizing Faces, the Whole Is Not Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120309140154.htm
The by-weekly letters of the Canadian painter Robert Genn are all good- this one is especially so: http://clicks.robertgenn.com/scapegoat.php
BUSINESS
Despite Recession, Global Poverty Is Declining: http://bigthink.com/ideas/despite-recession-global-poverty-in-decline
How the Web impacts strategy: http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/nt/2012/nt-2012-03-05-Web-impact.htm
Strategy: An Executive’s Definition: http://www.strategy-business.com/article/cs00002?gko=d59c2&cid=20120306enews
The March 2012 Leadership Development Carnival Going Green Edition: http://www.greatleadershipbydan.com/2012/03/march-2012-leadership-development.html
10 sure-fire ways to find your greatness:
http://leadershipfreak.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/10-sure-fire-ways-to-find-your-greatness/
The Difference Between Management And Leadership:
Managers are heroes:-Top 9 Blogs for Managers Who Want to Be Stronger Leaders: http://supervisorblog.pbconferences.com/?p=233
Innovation Is Everyone's Job: http://blogs.hbr.org/ashkenas/2011/12/innovation-is-everyones-job.html
Invention and Innovation: Barriers, Struggles, and Motivations: http://spark.qualcomm.com/salon/invention-and-innovation-barriers-struggles-and-motivations
Why the Workplace Needs Positive Psychology: http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/orin-davis/2012030621367
There are days when: http://www.execupundit.com/2012/03/there-are-days-when.html#links
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Study Shows Brain Flexibility, Gives Hope for Natural-Feeling Neuroprosthetics: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120304141848.htm
Exploding Carbon Nanotubes Could Act as Drug Grenades. Heating water inside carbon nanotubes until they explode could deliver drugs precisely, say chemists: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27567/?nlid=nlbio&nld=2012-03-06
Long-Lost Medicine. Broccoli, spider webs, and other health remedies from ancient times: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/new_scientist/2012/03/alain_touwaide_searches_for_medicinal_knowledge_in_ancient_manuscripts_.html
Responding to the Radiation Threat: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120306181212.htm
Ticks, Lyme Disease and Public Health: http://scitechdaily.com/ticks-lyme-disease-and-public-health/
The Billionaire Who Is Planning His 125th Birthday: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/06/magazine/06murdock-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
The 8-Hour Sleep Myth: How I Learned That Everything I Knew About Sleep Was Wrong. We've been told over and over that the 8-hour sleep is ideal, but our bodies have been telling us something else: http://www.alternet.org/health/154424/the_8hour_sleep_myth_how_i_learned_that_everything_i_knew_about_sleep_was_wrong
Eating Berries Benefits the Brain: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120307145825.htm
FOOD & COOKING
The Future of Plant Science: A Technology Perspective: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120302201831.htm
When Our Eyes Serve Our Stomach: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120302193930.htm
The 10 Best Foods for Your Looks: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1zp5b9/www.good.is/post/the-ten-best-foods-for-your-looks/
Vegetarian Cutlet: New Method to Prepare a Meat Substitute: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120306131849.htm
The Most Common Cooking Mistakes: http://www.cookinglight.com/cooking-101/techniques/cooking-questions-tips-00400000064986/print-index.html
What You Should Know About the Company Pushing Genetically Engineered Salmon on Consumers: http://www.alternet.org/story/154454/what_you_should_know_about_the_company_pushing_genetically_engineered_salmon_on_consumers
Eating Wild: Foraging Safely in a Modern World: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120308153539.htm
Why moralism spoils the appetite: http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/reviewofbooks_article/12154/
Do not forget Table Manners!
MISCELLANEA
Why Computers Are Actually Rather Stupid: http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/why-computers-are-actually-rather-stupid
We help people to find out why their relationship ended: http://wotwentwrong.com/
SELECTED NEWS
SPAM & SPYWARE
VIRUSES & e-CROOKS
Bing Malware Warnings Adds Salt To Wound: http://www.seroundtable.com/bing-malware-warnings-time-14856.html
WiFi
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