Confessions of a voracious reader.
Hi guy's,I'm Scott.I don't know about you,but I love to read.Usually if I'm awake,I'm reading something.I decided that there had to be others out there like me.So I decided to share some of the great places I've found online to read informative articles and current event subjects.
Some of them are funny,some are serious,but I can alway amuse myself for hours on these site.I figured it would be easier to put them all in one place.
I hope you enjoy them too.
Be sure to check back daily,I'll be updating at least that often,depending on what I find out there in cyberscace.Maybe even as often as three times a day.
Any constructive comments,or suggestions are always greatly appreciated and please don't forget to rate this lens and sign the guestbook.
Tell me what you would like to see and I'll see what I can find.Also,If you would like interactive things added,suggest it and we'll see what happens.
Thanks-Scott
Some of them are funny,some are serious,but I can alway amuse myself for hours on these site.I figured it would be easier to put them all in one place.
I hope you enjoy them too.
Be sure to check back daily,I'll be updating at least that often,depending on what I find out there in cyberscace.Maybe even as often as three times a day.
Any constructive comments,or suggestions are always greatly appreciated and please don't forget to rate this lens and sign the guestbook.
Tell me what you would like to see and I'll see what I can find.Also,If you would like interactive things added,suggest it and we'll see what happens.
Thanks-Scott
Neatorama
This is Neatorama,I always find something good here.
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This is one of my big favorites.
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- Afghanistan: US discouraged inquiry into mass killing of Taliban prisoners
- (image: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images via NYT) During the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, an incident occured in which hundreds or thousands of Taliban POWs were killed by a warlord supported by the US. Bush administration officials repeatedly thwarted efforts to investigate the mass killing, according to American officials and human rights groups. The warlord responsible, Abdul Rashid Dostum (shown above while campaigning for president in 2004), still retains a high position within the Afghan government. How (and if) the Obama administration will deal with ongoing calls for an investigation remains to be seen. Snip from NYT article today by James Risen: American officials had been reluctant to pursue an investigation -- sought by officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the State Department, the Red Cross and other human rights groups -- because the warlord, Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, was on the payroll of the Central Intelligence Agency and his militia worked closely with United States Special Forces in 2001, several officials said. They said the United States also worried about undermining the American-supported Karzai government, in which General Dostum has served as a defense official. "At the White House, nobody said 'no' to an investigation, but nobody ever said 'yes,' either," said Pierre Prosper, the former war crimes ambassador for the United States. "The first reaction of everybody there was 'Oh, this is a sensitive issue. This is a touchy issue politically.' " It is not clear how -- or if -- the Obama administration will address the issue. But in recent weeks, State Department officials have quietly tried to thwart General Dostum's reappointment as military chief of staff to the president, according to several senior officials, and suggested that the administration may not be hostile to an inquiry. U.S. Said to Have Averted Inquiry Into '01 Afghan Killings (New York Times) Incidentally: Wikipedia says Mr. Dostum is also known as "Heavy D, and D-Diddy," and links to a subscribers-only National Geographic article as proof. If that's Wikipedia defacement, it's kinda funny, and if it's true, it's funnier....
- 3D Radiology images
- The Stanford University School of Medicine has a fascinating Flickr stream, including a collection of mystery medical history photos that I posted about several months ago. Most recently, they added a small set of interesting images from their 3D Radiology Lab. Above: "3D frontal view of teeth with braces overlaid on 2D human mandible. The wisdom teeth (upper right and left) have not yet penetrated the gums." Below left: "The lumbar region of the spine with surgically implanted hardware." From the 3D Radiology Set description: The Stanford Radiology 3D Imaging Laboratory uses computed tomography and Magnetic Resonance imaging data to create three-dimensional images of the human body. Individual CT and MR scans of the body are taken around a single axis that are stacked and rendered using complex computer algorithms to create a three-dimensional volume of data. The images produced from this data can be manipulated on-screen to provide doctors with unique interior perspectives of the human body for diagnosing and treating patients. Each month the lab produces nearly 20,000 images. 3D Radiology...
- Report: US domestic surveillance program began within weeks of 9/11 attacks
- The warrantless wiretapping program initiated under the Bush administration began within a few weeks of 9/11, according to a report recently released to Congress and compiled by intelligence agencies, the Pentagon, and the DoJ: The report, mandated by Congress, provides context to information that has been leaked in press accounts and buttressed by congressional testimony and in books authored by former officials involved in the surveillance effort. The report notes that several members of Congress -- including then-House Intelligence Committee Chairman Nancy Pelosi -- were briefed on the program on October 25, 2001, and a total of 17 times before the program became public in 2005. Among other things, the report also cites a Justice Department conclusion that "it was extraordinary and inappropriate that a single DOJ attorney, John Yoo, was relied upon to conduct the initial legal assessment of the (surveillance program)." Domestic surveillance program began soon after 9/11, intelligence agencies say (CNN) Previously:NSA warrantless wiretapping targeted non-terrorists, including ... EFF attorney explains Obama DOJ's radical authoritarian position ... Obama DOJ invents radical authoritarian theory to defend Bush ... Now you, too, can engage in warrantless wiretapping! AT&T billing site makes jokes about company's participation in ... US to provide domestic surveillance assistance to Mexico Boing Boing: Spying on the Home Front: PBS domestic surveillance doc Domestic surveillance in US: not just phone data, banking too ......>
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- Awesomecon, a gathering for fans of Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, comes to San Diego on July 25. Snip from the event announcement: WHAT IS AWESOMECON??! Awesomecon is an outdoor extravaganza where awesome fans can celebrate with Tim & Eric!! Meet the creators of Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! and their special guests DJ Douggpound, David Liebe Hart, Richard Dunn, James Quall and many more! There will be karaoke, games, a costume contest, a trivia contest AANNDDD one lucky ultimate fan will win a wave runner ride with Tim & Eric! vrroooom vrooom. So warm up your singing pipes, brush up on your Awesome Show trivia, pick out your best character costume and join us for our favorite outdoor summer tradition! See ya there!!!! Previously:Insane "Tim and Eric" moment Shrek 3 is one awesome show, great job! say Tim & Eric Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! season three DVD out soon ... Dr. Steve Brule New MGMT video directed by Eric Wareheim Supremely funny fake TV commercial: B'owl! MGMT tune played by iPhone orchestra...>
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> - Socialstructing: Statement of Social Currency
- Guestblogger Marina Gorbis is executive director at Institute for the Future. For the past 8 years at Institute for the Future, we have been creating "artifacts from the future." We see them as a means of converting abstract, high-level trends and future visions into tangible objects that help people internalize our forecasts. However, we do not view them as prototypes for building new products or services. Artifacts from the future are a good way to engage people in important conversations about the future and to elicit meaningful insights that hopefully lead to positive actions. The above artifact, a "Reputation Statement of Account," was designed by our colleague Jason Tester, a researcher and a designer, as a part of our 2004 Ten Year Forecast. It remains one of my favorite artifacts and seems to perfectly encapsulate emergence of new types of social currencies as a part of a reorganization of our lives around social relationships. In this world, it would be easy to imagine that the statement of your wealth would include accounting of your social capital as measured by contributions to various types of open communities, such as Wikipedia or Flickr. Previously:Artifacts from the Future at IFTF - Boing Boing Jason Tester: Case for Human-Future Interaction - Boing Boing Dushechka, or how I learned to love baseball and bluegrass - Boing ... Collecting dead souls in social media - Boing Boing Socialstructing: Bringing Social Back into Our Economy and ... From Odessa to the Future - Boing Boing Guest blogger: Marina Gorbis - Boing Boing...
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- It ain’t over
- It wasn't Craig's fault. It was the internet's. Almost $10 billion in annual newspaper classified revenue has disappeared (since it's 2000 high, versus 2008) and it was essentially replaced by an estimated, unverified $100 million for craigslist with fewer than 30 employees.
But the bleeding ain't over yet. The stone still has a few more [...] - Training the crowd as journalists
- In the Philippines, the ABS-CBN TV network has been training citizens – 1,000 in the first recent class, 700 in the next – to report on the upcoming election there. They call it the Boto Mo iPatrol and count 15,000 members. Their curriculum:
They will orient the "patrollers" on the fundamentals of citizen journalism?from shooting pictures [...] - What Google Would Do
- Is Google's OS the end of the OS – the long-predicted moment when Google and the web take over the PC? Or is it merely the disruptive OS throwing marbles on the floor for Microsoft and to some extent Apple and the software industry? Or will it be a platform and boon for app developers [...]
- Journalistic narcissism
- At the Aspen Ideas Festival this week, Andrew Sullivan said, "Journalism has become too much about journalists."
True. It's not just that newspapers are covering their own demise as thoroughly as Michael Jackson's. This is about the mythology that news needs newspapers – that without them, it's not news.
In an offhand reference about the [...] - A map to where?
- The UK's Independent has attempted to map the discussion about the future of newspapers. I'm not sure I get the benefit of the form, but give it a whirl:
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- US troops in Afghanistan face tough battle: Making 'clear, hold, and build' work
- In Wardak Province, the counterinsurgency model has been difficult to implement, though US forces have already seen some success in the first phase of the effort.
- A few million US grandmas know what's ahead for Katherine Jackson
- The mother of the King of Pop joins, at least for now, the ranks of grandparents raising grandchildren.
- G-8 leaders pressured to honor aid pledges
- The global recession has helped reduce aid from wealth nations - even as it pushes millions more into poverty.
- Can the National Police provide security in Afghanistan?
- US soldiers have deep concerns about the force, and say that its members collude with insurgents.
- US cracks down on dogfighting. Can pit bulls find a home?
- Wednesday's raid netted 26 arrests and 450 pit bulls across seven states.
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- The Cox Cure
- Had a nice long talk yesterday morning with Cox's top tech guy here in Santa Barbara, and work continued on the poles and wires outside my house, according to a note left on my door by a field tech supervisor.
The service has now been up, without failing (far as I know) since then. Most of [...] - Cox Tech Hell, Day 21
- I've left two messages with the very nice senior tech guy who came out on Monday and confirmed the problem without solving it. Another guy came yesterday when the problem wasn't happening, and gave me the number of the senior guy to call.
Anyway, no response so far. Meanwhile, the usual: hjigh ping times and [...] - A good man is hard to lose
- I remember talking to Nick Givotovsky the first time at an early Internet Identity Workshop, when he pulled me aside to share some ideas, and immediately stripped my gears. The guy was as smart as they come, and articulate to an extreme equaled by few. I had to stop him every few sentences to get [...]
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The Weblog Handbook: Practical Advice on Creating and Maintaining Your Blog
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- Palin's 'going rogue,' McCain aide says - CNN.com
- With 10 days until Election Day, long-brewing tensions between GOP vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin and key aides to Sen. John McCain have become so intense, they are spilling out in public, sources say.
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- Palin's 'going rogue,' McCain aide says - CNN.com
- With 10 days until Election Day, long-brewing tensions between GOP vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin and key aides to Sen. John McCain have become so intense, they are spilling out in public, sources say.
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