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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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.

View Story Discuss (0) (nytimes.com) 6 days ago by Digidave

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

This story has mostly positive ratings. 14 votes / No sinks

When London and Paris Looked to the Nile for Inspiration

Art & Design – For centuries, in their designs for buildings, furniture and pyramidal tombs, Westerners have been borrowing forms and motifs from ancient Egypt. Each era's approach is different, but the Egyptian Revival styles of the 1700s and early 1800s in particular evince a deep fascination with the culture's decorative elements and themes.

View Story Discuss (0) (nytimes.com) 8 days ago by Digidave

Submitted and Voted for on July 11, 2008 02:16pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 14 votes / No sinks

Architect Supports Changes to Times Tower

Art & Design – The architect Renzo Piano said on Thursday that he supported plans by officials of The New York Times to alter the facade of the newspaper's year-old tower, which he designed, to prevent people from scaling the veil of ceramic rods that sheathe the tower, as three men have done in the past five weeks.

View Story Discuss (0) (nytimes.com) 8 days ago by Digidave

Submitted and Voted for on July 11, 2008 02:13pm

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

Closing on Broadway: Two Traffic Lanes

Do No Evil – In a surprising reshaping of the urban landscape, the city is creating a public esplanade along a portion of one of its most prominent streets, Broadway in Midtown, setting aside the east side of the roadway for a bicycle lane and a pedestrian walkway with cafe tables, chairs, umbrellas and flower-filled planters.

View Story Discuss (0) (nytimes.com) 8 days ago by Digidave

Submitted and Voted for on July 11, 2008 02:11pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 18 votes / No sinks

Is the Fourth Estate a Fifth Column?

Do No Evil – Corporate media colludes with democracy's demise

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Submitted and Voted for on July 11, 2008 02:06pm

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

Robot Snakes, Smart Farmers, Flying Ships and a Different Sort of Science Fiction

Do No Evil – The robot is designed to have a camera attached and move around the pipe following a pre-programmed map. Thielemann noted in the report that they are working on using the vision system to help the robot navigate itself through the maze of pipes.

View Story Discuss (0) (worldchanging.com) 8 days ago by Digidave

Submitted and Voted for on July 11, 2008 02:05pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 12 votes / No sinks

Problems with Meeting Ethanol Mandates in California?

Do No Evil – All we need is 15 people to donate $10 each. That will be enough to potentially expose a major environmental oversight.

View Story Discuss (0) (ecolocalizer.com) 9 days ago by Digidave

Submitted and Voted for on July 10, 2008 07:07pm

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

Modern Slavery: A Primer

Do No Evil – It's tempting to think of slavery as a fading blot on America's past, but our country is still part of a modern, global slave trade.

View Story Discuss (0) (awesome.goodmagazine.com) 9 days ago by Digidave

Submitted and Voted for on July 10, 2008 07:03pm

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

Forget About 100-mpg Cars

Do No Evil – There are noble projects afoot in the field of fuel-efficient cars. One of the boldest, the automotive X Prize, recently made the cover of Wired: "1 Gallon of Gas, 100 MilesÃ;¢ââ;;¬"$10 million: The Race to Build the Supergreen Car." Reading stories like these, it's hard

View Story Discuss (0) (goodmagazine.com) 9 days ago by Digidave

Submitted and Voted for on July 10, 2008 07:00pm

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

Decorate Now! Frankfurt Design Fair

Art & Design – "Decorate Life", Frankfurt's new furniture and gift fair just took place in Germany. Core-o-spondent Aric Chen was on hand to experience the event:

View Story Discuss (0) (core77.com) 9 days ago by Digidave

Submitted and Voted for on July 10, 2008 06:59pm

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

When Perfect Is Not the Goal

Art & Design – THERE are signs that Manhattan society's recent fastidiousness about home renovation Ã;¢ââ;;¬" the mania for right angles, the fetishizing of ancillary elements like hinges and drawer pulls Ã;¢ââ;;¬" may be on th

View Story Discuss (0) (nytimes.com) 9 days ago by Digidave

Submitted and Voted for on July 10, 2008 06:58pm

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

Surprise! China's getting fat too

Do No Evil – Remember when your parents told you to eat your vegetables, because there were starving children in China? Well, the problems of hunger and poverty haven't been stamped out, but a new reports shows that obesity levels in China are rising fast.

View Story Discuss (0) (greendaily.com) 10 days ago by Digidave

Submitted and Voted for on July 10, 2008 02:14am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 9 votes / No sinks

Can Cattle Save Us From Global Warming?

Do No Evil – A small band of activists and scientists believe that farming done the right way can remove carbon from the atmosphere.

View Story Discuss (0) (onthecommons.org) 10 days ago by Digidave

Submitted and Voted for on July 09, 2008 01:58pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 7 votes / No sinks

Environment, Attitudes, and Behavior

Do No Evil – Does where we live shape how we think and act?

View Story Discuss (0) (worldchanging.com) 10 days ago by Digidave

Submitted and Voted for on July 09, 2008 01:56pm

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

The Arts and the President

Art & Design – War, energy, humanitarian intervention, public education, women's reproductive rights, the death penalty Ã;¢ââ;;¬Ã;¦ somewhere on the long list of policy positions among the presidential candidates is the arts. Or at least for one of them.

View Story Discuss (0) (blogs.walkerart.org) 10 days ago by Digidave

Submitted and Voted for on July 09, 2008 01:55pm

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