Saturday, April 9, 2011

INFORMAVORE' s SUNDAY No 450

I am very indebted to those friends who started reading issue 438, the first here - it gives me hope that the virtues of this newsletter will be discovered. My soul, my enthusiasm, many discoveries and a lot of "fast" ego-out is in this publication. It is Sunday again- now comes my offer to you, dear informavores:


SEARCH

INTERNET

 

World's information consumption: 9,570,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes per year:

 

The Rise of the “Second Internet” and What It Means: http://gigaom.com/2011/03/31/the-rise-of-the-second-internet-and-what-it-means/


SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.  

Here comes Search 3.0: http://www.clickz.com/clickz/column/2040777/comes-search

Wendy Boswell about Tim Beners-Lee: http://websearch.about.com/od/searchingtheweb/p/Tim-Berners-Lee.htm?nl=1

Wendy about Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google: http://websearch.about.com/od/focusongoogle/p/Sergey-Brin.htm?nl=1

Wendy about Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon: http://websearch.about.com/od/amazon/p/Jeff-Bezos.htm?nl=1

Wendy about Jimmy Wales creator of Wikipedia: http://websearch.about.com/od/referencesearch/p/Jimmy-Wales.htm?nl=1

Search engine reviews- Topsy and Blekko: http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/64117

THOMSON REUTERS INTRODUCES THE NEW WEB OF KNOWLEDGE: http://thomsonreuters.com/content/press_room/science/new_webofknowledge


Nice and very useful animated explanations: http://www.explania.com/en

Battle of the Browsers: Impacting Search Share:



Can Firefox Be Saved? Two Proposals:

                                
BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES

Wendy Boswell- how to find people on Facebook:

Twitter search is now 3X faster:

Twitter predicts future of stocks:

 

StumbleUpon Hits 1 Billion Stumbles Per Month:



GOOGLE

 



Google launches page speed analyzer for PC and mobile websites:


YouTube Is The Real “Google TV: http://searchengineland.com/youtube-is-the-real-google-tv-72025?utm_source=sel&utm_medium=scap&utm_campaign=email


Google and Bing- a look at te social strategy: http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/110408-080000

WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES

 

New Research Demonstrates Language Learners' Creativity: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110315093029.htm

 

What Are The Hardest Languages To Learn? [INFOGRAPHIC]:

 

Mom, Mum, Mam: Different words?: http://dialectblog.com/


SCIENCE

How Do Neurons in the Retina Encode What We 'See'?:


New neurons help brains discriminate:

 

Chimp, Bonobo Study Sheds Light on the Social Brain: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110405113026.htm

 

 Research shows adult brain capable of rapid new growth: http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-04-adult-brains-capable-rapid-growth.html

 

Political Views Are Reflected in Brain Structure: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110407121337.htm


Study reveals how the eye is formed:

Rare Discovery of Plant Genus:

 

10 beasts that used to br mythical, even in the 20th Century:

Empty universe: Cosmology in the year 100 billion:

 

Star-Eating Black Hole May Be Producing Universe's Biggest Blast: http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/star-eating-black-hole-may-be-pr.html?ref=ra

 

Metamaterial Reveals Nature of Time and the Impossibility of Time Machines: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/26614/?nlid=4325


What the frog’s eye says about the frog’s brain.
Thanks to my friend George Kouvakas who has called my attention to this outstandingly interesting old study.

 

Mangroves Among the Most Carbon-Rich Forests in the Tropics; Coastal Trees Key to Lowering Greenhouse Gases: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110404173247.htm

 

Algae That Live Inside the Cells of Salamanders Are the First Known Vertebrate Endosymbionts: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110404151349.htm


TECHNOLOGY

 

Nanoparticles improve solar collection efficiency:


Floating solar power plants coming soon: http://www.ecogeek.org/solar-power/3466

Wind turbine makers working on giant offshore turbines:

Agilyx Alchemists Turn Plastic Into Black Gold: http://www.technewsworld.com/story/72195.html


Chameleon’s balistic tongue inspires robotic manipulators: http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-04-chameleon-ballistic-tongue-robotic.html

 

Nature Helps to Solve a Sticky Problem: Beetle Foot Pads May Inspire Novel Artificial Adhesives: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110405112753.htm

 

Mussel Adhesive Inspires Tough Coating for Living Cells: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110406122215.htm

 

Michael Lefenfeld's Offbeat Power Play

The chemist has designed a safe, cheap compound to power fuel cells. Starting later this year it will be used in electric bikes and phone chargers: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_11/b4219037611087.htm

Speedier Nanotube Circuits: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/37320/?nlid=4330&a=f


Graphene transistors have a nanoscale cooling effect:

 

Advance Toward Making Biodegradable Plastics from Waste Chicken Feathers: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110331142204.htm



Instructables- make, how to and DIY: http://www.instructables.com/

EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART

 

What the World Needs Now? More Wisdom:


The population bomb- how we survived it: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110401203436.htm

 

Egypt's dirty hands Archaeology's origins in colonialism and racism, and how they continue to mar it today: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article7171926.ece


Why a lack of empathy is the root of all evil:

50th anniversary of Gagarin’s flight: http://yurisnight.net/

A book about mnemonics:

PianoMaestro guides pianists through the music:

 

Images of Colonialism: http://hcl.harvard.edu/collections/digital_collections/colonialism.cfm


The Greatest Film Quotes of All-Time:

http://www.filmsite.org/


Sibling rivalry helps youngest catch up


BUSINESS

 

Capitalism for the long term:

Leadership storytelling 3.0 from arithmetic to calculus:  


Leadership Storytelling 3.0: From Arithmetic to Calculus

Leadership Storytelling 3.0: From Arithmetic to Calculus

 

Leadership Storytelling 3.0: From Arithmetic to Calculus

The Coming Wave of “Social Apponomics”:             http://www.strategy-business.com/article/11101?gko=6092d&cid=20110405enews


From Miki Saxon: April Leadership Development Carnival:

 

Why Variation Is The Hallmark of Outstanding Presenters: http://www.psychotactics.com/blog/hallmark-outstanding-presenters/


Earnings effects of personality, education and IQ for the gifted:


Managing yourself- stop holding yourself back:

 

How to Recover from a Personal WikiLeaks: http://blogs.hbr.org/glickman/2011/02/how-to-recover-from-a-personal.html

 

Authentic Leadership Can Be Bad Leadership:  http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/02/authentic_leadership_can_be_ba.html


Do you work for a servant leader?:


HEALTH & MEDICINE

IBM nanopartcle breakthrough destroys drug resistant bacteria:

 

Quantifying Your Sleep: http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/37269/?nlid=4315&a=f

 

Students Around the World Report Being Addicted to Media, Study Finds: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110405132459.htm


 

Demystifying meditation- brain imaging illustrates how meditation

reduces pain:

http://www.kurzweilai.net/demystifying-meditation-brain-imaging-illustrates-how-meditation-reduces-pain

 

Mosquito inspires near-painless hypodermic needle: http://www.gizmag.com/mosquito-inspires-near-painless-hypodermic-needle/18320/

 

Novel Methods Used to Identify How Cigarette Smoke Affects Smokers: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110406085042.htm

 

Infectious fungus may contribute to a rise in dangerous  disease carrying insect populations:

http://www.suite101.com/content/infectious-fungus-may-contribute-to-a-rise-in-insect-populations-a363650

 

Insomniac Cavefish May Hold Clues to Human Sleep Disorders:

 

Manipulating morals: scientists target drugs that improve behaviour: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/apr/04/morality-drugs-improve-ethical-behaviour

 

Device Drops Blood Pressure in Patients With Difficult-to-Treat Hypertension: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110405141717.htm

 

Clear Link Found Between Height and Longevity in Historical Records: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110407093244.htm


FOOD & COOKING

Mapping global food spending:






Genetically modified cows produce milk akin to human milk:

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Spaghetti Aglio e Olio : http://italianfood.about.com/od/creamsauces/r/blr0055.htm?nl=1

 

Kitchen Fundamentals: The 6 Knives Every Man Should Have in His Kitchen (And How to Hone Them):

 

Coffee Drinking in Your Genes? Genetic Variants in Two Genes Linked With Caffeine Intake:


MISCELLANEA

 


Dollar bill sculptures:

SELECTED NEWS

SPAM & SPYWARE   

 

Spam, spam, spam: Twitter's arms race:



VIRUSES & e-CROOKS

Symantec Internet Security Threat Report trends for 2010: https://www4.symantec.com/mktginfo/downloads/21182883_GA_REPORT_ISTR_Main-Report_04-11_HI-RES.pdf

 

Off the Hook: Who Gets Phished and Why: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110406151305.htm

 

Epsilon breach: hack of the century?:

 

Wendy Boswell: Protect your Facebook privacy with ReclaimPrivacy.org


Bob Rankin- is the Internet getting safer:



WiFi

Bob Rankin: how to install a wireless router: http://askbobrankin.com/installing_a_wireless_router.html?tbart

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