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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Campaign Fundraising

Do No Evil – From buying airtime to printing those indispensable bumper stickers, running for president is expensive. The candidates need to stick up whoever they can for cash. In this original GOOD Video we look at where the presidential hopefuls are getting their money, and the record-breaking totals.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 13, 2008 01:23am

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A Conversation With Ehud Olmert

Do No Evil – With serious criminal charges reportedly pending against him, Ehud Olmert admitted that he was giving some thought to the ramifications of stepping down as Israel's prime minister.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 07:15pm

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Architect Rem Koolhaas saw what Vegas didn't have, not what it needed

Art & Design – Dutch architect's Guggenheim Hermitage Museum closes at the Venetian Hotel, evidence that the city's visitors seek glitz and gambling, not art and culture.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 07:14pm

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Stop Signs with tounge firmly planted in cheek

Art & Design – Citizens of Oak Lawn, IL have a history of coasting through stop signs and in response the city installed smaller signs below their larger, legal counterparts to get motorists attention while providing them a tongue in cheek appeal to their conscience.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 07:13pm

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Seen On The Streets Of Paris

Art & Design – A creative way to cover a building for renovation...

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Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 07:12pm

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When burning gas is good for the planet

Do No Evil – Rural families can slash their energy costs, improve their health and help preserve local forests by harvesting natural gas from rotting manure, researchers argue.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 07:11pm

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Costs of Text Messaging vs. Space Transmissions

Do No Evil – Need another reason to get angry at your next cell phone bill? Turn to Nigel Bannister, a space scientist at the University of Leicester in Britain, who has concluded that sending a mundane, ubiquitous text message costs at least four times as much as transmitting scientific data from the Hubble telescope

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Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 07:10pm

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The Wall Between Europe and Africa

Do No Evil – The European Union has allocated 40 million Euros for the construction of a wall in Morocco intended to prevent illegal immigration along a route used primarily by Africans from such countries as the Republic of Cobgo and French Guinea. Kito Isimba has trained himself to become a video journalist to report upon hundreds who have made their way over

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Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 03:36pm

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Design Change Sought for King Memorial

Art & Design – The United States Commission of Fine Arts has asked the creators of a sculpture of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for the Washington Mall to change it.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 11, 2008 01:06am

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How to Think Like a Surreal Cartoonist

Art & Design – BY celebrity standards the cartoonist Lynda Barry leads a reclusive existence.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 11, 2008 01:05am

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Losing a Home, Then Losing All Out of Storage

Do No Evil – Some people cannot keep up with storage bills any better than their mortgages, and their property is being sold off.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 11, 2008 01:04am

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A brilliant deconstruction of the Keen argument

Do No Evil – This meme Ã;¢ââ;;¬" this attack on everyday people with access to knowledge Ã;¢ââ;;¬" has been picked up by others with something to lose in the culture clash and is now rather widespread among all elites. And

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Submitted and Voted for on May 11, 2008 01:02am

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The Blood of Upton Sinclair

Do No Evil – Upton Sinclair (1878-1968), the author of 79 books, including the novel The Jungle (1906), the most celebrated muckraking work of its time and the only one widely read a century later, is enjoying something of a revival these days.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 11, 2008 01:00am

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A Silver Lining for Burma?

Do No Evil – The silver lining, say some optimists, is that Cyclone Nargis might accomplish what the United Nations and decades of outside political and economic pressure have failed to Ã;¢ââ;;¬" break the military's stranglehold on Burma's democratic movement and usher in a new era of greater

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Submitted and Voted for on May 10, 2008 05:02pm

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The Car of the Future Will Know You Can't Drive

Do No Evil – Someday soon your car may be able tell you about an oncoming vehicle in your lane on a blind curve or even calm you down on a harried commute. But it may also tell your insurance company how often you drive over the speed limit or alert Starbucks when you drive by so that you can be offered a discount on a latte.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 10, 2008 04:59pm