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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I'm Competing For Canada In The Beijing Olympics

Sports – I have been a competitive track and field athlete from a very young age. In 2008 I won my first World Cup race in Richards Bay, South Africa and have been selected to represent Canada at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. I've been training hard the last four and am getting to the last few weeks before I pack up and leave the mountains.

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Voted for on July 19, 2008 11:06pm

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Is Google Making Us Stupid?

Do No Evil – I'm not thinking the way I used to think. I can feel it most strongly when I'm reading. Immersing myself in a book or a lengthy article used to be easy. My mind would get caught up in the narrative or the turns of the argument, and I'd spend hours strolling through long stretches of prose.

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Voted for on July 19, 2008 11:02pm

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Kill Your Lawn!

Do No Evil – One of the biggest underground cultural shifts in North America is focused in some vague yet powerful ways on the question of sod. Big, perfectly smooth, green lawns have become for many of us, a symbol of unsustainability that rivals the SUV.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 19, 2008 11:01pm

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UK Farmer Makes Statue-of-Liberty-shaped Maze

Do No Evil – Tom Pearcy says he cut the maze's outline in a field near the city of York and used more than a million maize plants to create the intricate pattern within.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 19, 2008 01:31pm

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Oakland A's New Stadium to get Touchscreens in Every Seat

Art & Design – If it's not bad enough having to look through a sea of back-lit mobile phones and cameras at concerts, the proposed interactive wireless touchscreens built into each seat at Cisco Field, future home of the Oakland A's takes us one step closer to the Buy n Large utopia envisioned in WALL-E.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 19, 2008 01:18pm

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Microsoft tries to derail Apple's innovative mystique

Art & Design – Apple has held the industrial design mantle for some time now with their slick aluminum iMac, their ultra thin MacBook Air, their iPod touch and especially their off-the-chart winning iPhone design. Yet unlike the past, players such as HP, Dell and Samsung aren't willing to stand around idly any longer while Steve Jobs grabs all of the headlines fo

View Story Discuss (0) (macnn.com) 12 hours ago by Digidave

Submitted and Voted for on July 19, 2008 01:16pm

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Sweeping the Homeless Under the Rug

Do No Evil – City politicians, often pressured by the public, sometimes take drastic and dehumanizing measures to deal with homelessness. San Diego County's "Operation Clean Sweep" is among the more sinister methods.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 19, 2008 01:14pm

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America's Homeless Suit up for Homeless US Cup Soccer Tournament

Do No Evil – Homeless athletes from all over the US will converge on Washington, DC from June 27 though June 29 to participate in the Homeless US Cup soccer tournament.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 19, 2008 01:12pm

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The Fall of Newspapers and the Rise of Self-Publishing in the Arts

Do No Evil – I've been thinking a lot about newspapers these days. Almost a day doesn't pass without some news story about a cutback, sale, or drop in circulation at a leading newspaper. In fact, earlier this week, CBS MarketWatch had a story which started this way:

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Submitted and Voted for on July 18, 2008 10:59am

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I Read the News Today... Oh Boy

Do No Evil – Spend some time on the "future of news" conference circuit, as I have recently, and believe me, you'll need a drink and perhaps a Prozac.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 18, 2008 10:55am

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Mr. Obama Goes To Baghdad

Do No Evil – Do candidates have to visit Iraq before they can set a war policy?

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Submitted and Voted for on July 18, 2008 10:51am

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My Mercedes is not for sale

Art & Design – Photos of vehicles in Africa. And you thought gas was a precious resource?

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Submitted and Voted for on July 18, 2008 10:50am

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Stuck on Lapel Pins

Art & Design – Since Mr. Obama promotes himself as the candidate of change, maybe he should start wearing a different kind of lapel pin that signals his patriotism as well as other values he wants to communicate. To provide him with options, I asked some illustrators and designers to suggest alternatives. Here are a few:

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Submitted and Voted for on July 18, 2008 10:46am

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The Dark Side of the Toyota Prius

Do No Evil – The National Labor Committee (NLC), a New York-based human rights group, has been investigating working conditions at Toyota Motor Corp., and the labor used to produce its best-selling Prius hybrid cars.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 17, 2008 08:22pm

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Art Purchases Lead to Lawsuits Following Cruise Ship Auctions

Art & Design – When most people think of art auctions, they think of Christie's or Sotheby's in New York or London, not a cruise ship. But over the last two decades, auctioning "fine art" on cruises, often to first-time bidders who have never met a reserve or inspected a provenance, has become big business.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 17, 2008 07:58pm