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.

Get to know me more at my blog (link below)

Website: http://www.digidave.org

Member Since: July 20, 2006

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Guerilla gardening - seed bombs (of love)

Do No Evil – 'm a big fan of guerilla gardening - neglected or abandoned urban spaces can be pretty bleak, it's neat when people take the time to brighten things up. Heavy Petal Gardening has an easy recipe for Seed bombs - make sure you use seeds that are native to your area. (I especially like the way these look - people will think there have been dung beetle

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Submitted and Voted for on July 04, 2008 12:15am

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Design Won't Save the World

Art & Design – Is anyone else thinking this?

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Submitted and Voted for on July 04, 2008 12:14am

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National speed limit pushed as gas saver

Do No Evil – An influential Republican senator suggested Thursday that Congress might want to consider reimposing a national speed limit to save gasoline and possibly ease fuel prices.

View Story Discuss (4) (cnn.com) 2 days ago by Digidave

Submitted and Voted for on July 04, 2008 12:13am

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G8 Dispatches: What Does Nike Have to do with Tokyo's Homeless?

Do No Evil – Like many other foreigners, we arrived in Japan holding stereotypes of Japan as a prosperous country, not one where tens of thousands of people live in the streets. Surprised by the level of visible poverty and homelessness we saw, we realized our assumptions were wrong.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 02, 2008 02:15pm

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Global Voices Summit 2008: An Inspired Community Gathering in Budapest

Do No Evil – Last Friday and Saturday, the members of the worldwide Global Voices community gathered in Budapest for the panels, conversations, and merriment of Global Voices Summit 2008.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 02, 2008 02:14pm

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Sara Hebert: Facebook: Not Controlling Your Politics, Really

Do No Evil – It was exam week when Candy Elizabeth at last became an active administrator for the Facebook group "Hillary Clinton for President - One Million Strong.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 02, 2008 02:13pm

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Another Bacon Work Draws a High Price in London

Art & Design – A 1967 portrait by Francis Bacon fetched $27.4 million at Sotheby's here on Tuesday night, becoming the 10th work by this artist to bring more than $25Ã;¯ââ;;¬Ã;®million at auction in the last year and a half.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 02, 2008 02:10pm

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'Public Intellectuals 2.0ââ;¬Â²: Democratizing Free Speech?

Do No Evil – OpenDemocracy has a great post today by Evgeny Morozov on the recent Citizen Media Summit (organized by our citizen-media internet neighbours Global Voices), which was held this past weekend in Budapest. The post and the summit raise important questions about the nature of free speech and democratized media, at a time when citizen-driven, or crowd-

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Submitted and Voted for on July 02, 2008 02:09pm

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Art Deco 1910-1939

Art & Design – The exhibition deserves to be popular, but there's something missing: an idea, a heart.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 02, 2008 02:08pm

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Blowing Banaas up In your Face

Art & Design – Video art at its best

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Submitted and Voted for on July 02, 2008 02:02pm

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15th-Century Sculpture Shatters at Met

Art & Design – A glazed terra cotta relief by the Renaissance sculptor Andrea della Robbia came loose overnight from its perch above a doorway at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and crashed to the stone floor below, seriously damaging it, museum officials said Tuesday.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 01, 2008 08:45pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 13 votes / No sinks

All-the-way House

Do No Evil – With its yoga classes, vegetarian lunch options, and field trips to posh salons, Children of the Night seems like an all-inclusive resort. It's not. It's a shelter for teen prostitutes.

View Story Discuss (0) (goodmagazine.com) 4 days ago by Digidave

Submitted and Voted for on July 01, 2008 08:44pm

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These Wings Will Not Fly

Art & Design – It was to have been an audacious gesture in an already daring design. As envisioned by the architect Santiago Calatrava, the enormous counterpoised wings forming the rooftop of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub were to have opened almost 50 feet wide to the sky, in fine weather and on each anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

View Story Discuss (0) (cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com) 4 days ago by Digidave

Submitted and Voted for on July 01, 2008 08:43pm

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wave of the future

Art & Design – A good and funny interpretation of a classic work of Japanese art.

View Story Discuss (0) (vorpal.us) 5 days ago by Digidave

Submitted and Voted for on July 01, 2008 09:41am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 15 votes / No sinks

Law Banning Annoying People During Pope's Visit to Australia Criticized

Do No Evil – The regulations give police and emergency services workers power to order anyone to stop behavior that "causes annoyance or inconvenience to participants in a World Youth Day event," according to a New South Wales state government gazette. Anyone who does not comply faces a 5,500 Australian dollar (US$5,300) fine.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 01, 2008 09:32am

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