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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Connections - National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole

Art & Design – Nearly every car here has Wyoming license plates, but you can tell which are not driven by locals. Like mine, they hurriedly pull to the side of the road or even stop dead center, their drivers gawking as thunderously dumb-looking bison amble alongside. At dusk a moose brings traffic to a standstill by grazing on a shrub.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 14, 2008 05:26pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 11 votes / No sinks

Veterans blame media for lack of public awareness

Do No Evil – Some say that such a lack of awareness is caused by the inability of news organizations to depict accurately what is happening in Iraq. And, some veterans at UMass, including Belanger and Sol Black, believe that misleading information and misperceptions of the war could have huge ramifications this election cycle.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 14, 2008 02:00pm

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

Veterans express mixed feelings on their treatment

Do No Evil – Rose is one of many veterans and other UMass students involved in the military who share mixed feelings about their treatment on campus. He said he's had an overall positive time at the university, but has experienced some remote negative incidents.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 14, 2008 01:58pm

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Unnessary Censorship

Do No Evil – Putting in bleeps when they aren't needed is nothing but comical.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 13, 2008 01:50pm

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A Cry for HELP

Do No Evil – This is the story of a 1 year 2 month old boy born to an 18 year old mother on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. This report/plea for assistance came from Philippino medical staff at one of the remote rural clinics HELP visited during "Needs Assessment" operations recently.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 13, 2008 01:40pm

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Give Peace a Price Tag

Do No Evil – Almost four decades ago, John Lennon and Yoko Ono piled Timothy Leary, Petula Clark, Dick Gregory, Allen Ginsberg, Tommy Smothers and many more into a Bed-In in a Montreal hotel room and recorded what may be the most famous protest song of all time using nothing but four mikes and an Ampex four-track. On Thursday, the hand-written lyrics to that im

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Submitted and Voted for on July 13, 2008 01:33pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 10 votes / No sinks

I'm A Surf Addict

Do No Evil – Florida-native Nathan Adams, 33, is a self-described surf addict who has found a way to both live his passion and make a buck.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 13, 2008 01:30pm

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Jackson's Narcissism Underlies Obama Smear

Do No Evil – When the Reverend Jesse Jackson was inadvertently heard saying that he would like to castrate Barack Obama, it was simply the latest manifestation of Jackson's career-long narcissism.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 13, 2008 01:27pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 8 votes / No sinks

Hollow Land

Do No Evil – Israel's Architecture ofÃ;â;;Ã; Occupation

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Submitted and Voted for on July 13, 2008 01:26pm

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Robotic duck that defecates photos

Art & Design – The 'Charlie. Camerautomata' is a new project by Taeyoon Choi , Recipient of the 2008 Commission for Resident Artist at the Eyebeam Art and Technology Center in NYC. The 'Camerautomata' ('Camera' 'Automata') is a 'Magical Image Digesting Robotic Duck'.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 13, 2008 01:13pm

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Telephone tree sends wrong signals, say villagers

Art & Design – When Barry Robinson saved three traditional red phone boxes from the scrapheap, neighbours applauded his stance on preserving British heritage. When he decided to mount them 20ft in the air on a girder in the middle of a village field in Warwickshire, they were not so impressed, claiming that the "telephone tree" is an eyesore.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 13, 2008 01:09pm

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

SUPERDOME at the Palais de Tokyo

Art & Design – Built in 1975, the Superdome stadium has hosted numerous Super Bowls (the American football championship's final), a Rolling Stones concert, Pope John Paul II, the Republican Convention and in 2005 it served as a "shelter of last resort" for the refugees of Hurricane Katrina.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 13, 2008 01:07pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 10 votes / No sinks

Matter - Here Comes the Neighborhood

Art & Design – Even by New York City standards, it's quite a sight. On a 17,000-square-foot vacant lot just west of the Museum of Modern Art, a mini-suburb of contemporary houses is being built Ã;¢ââ;;¬" practically overnight.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 13, 2008 04:06am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 11 votes / No sinks

When Advertisers Borrow Imagery From Artists

Art & Design – Artists have been appropriating images from Madison Avenue for decades. In the 1960s Andy Warhol made silk-screened copies of Brillo boxes and Campbell's soup cans. In the 1980s Richard Prince rephotographed magazine ads for Marlboro cigarettes, enlarged the pictures and exhibited them as his own. Works like these are comments on consumer culture t

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Submitted and Voted for on July 13, 2008 04:05am

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

In Changing Face of Beijing, a Look at the New China

Art & Design – If Westerners feel dazed and confused upon exiting the plane at the new international airport terminal here, it's understandable. It's not just the grandeur of the space. It's the inescapable feeling that you're passing through a portal to another world, one whose fierce embrace of change has left Western nations in the dust.

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

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