Scout Digidave

I am a freelance science and technology writer, or what I like to call a "geek writer."

My main interest is taking what I know about the networking effects of the internet and applying it to journalism. I do this at NewAssignment.Net

On Netscape I manage the Do No Evil channel. A dubious channel indeed. Help me define it by leaving a comment here.

I also work at NewsTrust.Net - a media literacy nonprofit that lets you rank news based on journalistic quality.

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Member Since: July 20, 2006

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Researchers warn of nitrogen hazard to environment

Do No Evil – While carbon dioxide has been getting lots of publicity in climate change, reactive forms of nitrogen are also building up in the environment, scientists warn.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 16, 2008 06:11pm

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Water Trading in China: A Step Toward Sustainability

Do No Evil – In recent years, scarcity and pollution of water have become the paramount environmental woe in China. Numerous reports and books have exposed China's water crisis, depicting a nation suffering in the face of black-running rivers and dried-up waterways. Nationwide, the per capita availability of fresh water is only one-quarter of the world average.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 16, 2008 05:28pm

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Utilities and Auctions: There Is No Free Power Lunch

Do No Evil – An economy-wide cap on climate warming emissions Ã;¢ââ;;¬" our preferred climate policy Ã;¢ââ;;¬" has one enormous sticking point: once the cap is in place, who gets the right to pollute?

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Submitted and Voted for on May 16, 2008 05:28pm

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Carbon Accounting in New Zealand

Do No Evil – Carbon trading is making headlines in New Zealand with changes to the way the government's proposed Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will be phased in over the next few years.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 16, 2008 05:26pm

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Green Jobs Find International Support

Do No Evil – Many predict that the future of job growth lies within a green economy. Expanding renewable energy industries, such as wind and solar, can offer high-paying jobs for skilled workers. Sitting in a warm Capitol Hill office building last week, a panel of green-collar job activists attempted to rally support among a room of sleepy Congressional staffer

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Submitted and Voted for on May 16, 2008 05:25pm

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The Chinese Far West

Do No Evil – For the 500.000 Chinese who have emigrated to the 'dark continent' there is the promise of a 21st century Wild West. Some have struck gold and run large conglomerates that span whole regions of Africa, others are still selling their cheap goods on the burning hot roadsides of the poorest countries in the world.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 16, 2008 05:23pm

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TerraPass' New and Improved Flight Emissions Calculator

Do No Evil – The new calculator Ã;¢ââ;;¬Ã;¦ takes into account a range of factors including plane type, route anomalies such as weather detours and holding patterns, cargo loads, seat pitch and width, etc. TRX engaged an outside expert to validate their emissions methodolo

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Submitted and Voted for on May 16, 2008 05:22pm

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Street Art is Dead

Art & Design – Sometime in the autumn of 2006, an anonymous figure began to splash once sacred images. Revolutionary creativity does not shock or entertain the bourgeoisie, read communiquÃ;©s posted at the scene, it destroys them. Deriding street artists as "advance scouts for capital," the Splasher, as he came to be known, was i

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Voted for on May 16, 2008 05:21pm

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Using Disasters for Systemic Change

Do No Evil – Article Photo After reading Justus Stewart's recent article about a BIM collaboration I immediately thought of the Earthquake in China, the Cyclone in Myanmar, Hurricane Katrina and the SE Asian Tsunami, and last year's mini-disaster in the San Francisco Bay Area where I live, the collapse of the "MacArthur Maze" Interstate 580 connect

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Submitted and Voted for on May 16, 2008 05:19pm

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Where On (Google) Earth Is Waldo?

Art & Design – A great video to get you thinking about.... where Waldo might be.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 16, 2008 05:17pm

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Wooster Collective: Seen On The Streets Of Athens

Art & Design – Greek graffiti.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 16, 2008 05:15pm

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When Artworks Collide

Art & Design – "Who's Afraid of Jasper Johns?," a group show at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery in Chelsea, is the latest proof that you don't have to be a museum to shake things up. It was organized by Gavin Brown, who has a downtown gallery of his own, and Urs Fischer, a Swiss artist he represents.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 16, 2008 05:14pm

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From Around the Globe, a Mustering of the Tribes

Art & Design – All art fairs are messy, but the New York International Tribal & Textile Arts Show is messier than most. It assembles a ridiculously broad range of tribal art from Africa, Oceania, Asia and North and South America. It is a forceful, entrancing ensemble nonetheless.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 16, 2008 05:14pm

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Things that oughtn't be flying

Art & Design – From a design standpoint, birds look like they can fly. They're small, light, feathery and they've got, you know, those wings. But did you ever realize every manmade thing that can fly, from blimps to 767s to Sikorsky helicopters, don't look like they can, or should?

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Submitted and Voted for on May 16, 2008 05:13pm

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A "transitional chair"

Art & Design – Raj and the boys would have felt right at home in Andrea Ruggiero's Tempo chair, an unusual seat that forgoes a back in recognition of the fact that, well, there are plenty of people who don't sit normally.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 16, 2008 05:12pm