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Omnivore 22/09/09

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From Dragons to Smartphones, Jon Evans, Wired Blog

How To Live Off the Grid, Nick Rosen, Wired UK

Harness Maharishi Effect, Combat Cyber Attacks, Tim Stevens, Ubiwar

Foul Play: The Risk of Antisocial Behavior in Online Gaming, Max Burns, Pixels and Policy

Illuminating Dark Economies, Lee Billings, Seed Magazine

Embrace Human Cloning, Greg Easterbrook, Wired Magazine

Inside the Red Book, Scott Horton, Harper’s Magazine

Googling Juror Leads to Verdict Being Overturned, Michael Masnick, Techdirt

Bold Rwanda Takes Broadband Leap, Adam Blenford, BBC News

Insect Wing Design & Deformation – Enhance Aerodynamic Function & Wing Design, John Young et al.,  Science

Omnivore 21/09/09

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Panther’s Claw Troops Back in UK, BBC News

Roboboat? C.J. Chivers, At War

McChrystal Calls For More Troops to Avoid Afghan Failure, Eric Schmitt and Tom Shanker, New York Times

Afghanistan Statebuilding, Jon Western, Duck of Minerva

Assess the Debate For Yourself, Bernard Finel, BernardFinel.com

They Will Mobilize If We Leave… And If  We Stay, Patrick Porter, Kings of War

Terror Suspect Had Bomb Guide, David Johnston and William K. Rashbaum,  New York Times

Third Night of Trouble in Armagh, BBC News

Police Clamp Down Amid Fears of Major Terror Attack, Henry MacDonald, The Guardian

Omnivore 20/09/09

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Investigating An E. Coli Outbreak, Palantirtech, Analysis Blog

Where Government Web Sites Go To Die, Jeff Carlton, Tech News World

Belatedly, Egypt Spots Flaw in Wiping Out Pigs, Michael Slackman, New York Times

In Praise of the Sci-Fi Corridor, Martin Anderson, Den of Geek

My Business Card (Is Crap), Ron Hogan, Subtle Bluntness

Images of Everest Expedition To Go On Display, Richard Brooks, The Times

BBC To Lose Heroes, Other American Imports?, Michael Hinman, Airlock Alpha

SciFriday: No Sci-Fi For Fall 2009?, Alan Stanley Blair, Airlock Alpha

Stargate Universe Embraces Its Destiny, Ken Denmead, Geek Dad

The Dowsing Rod That Finds Wi-Fi, Katie Scott, Wired Blog

Omnivore 18/09/09

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Pick Your Policymaking Metaphor, Dan Drezner, Foreign Policy

Marine Generals to Cheney: Knock It Off, Tom Ricks, Foreign Policy

Afghanistan Vs. Iraq Media Coverage, Katherine Tiedemann, Af-Pak Channel

3B Or Not 3B, Steve Coll, Af-Pak Channel

Tragic Fate Of Afghan Bomb Survivor, Mustafa Saber, IWPR/Afghan Recovery Report

Balkh Businessmen In Panic Over Abductions, Ahmed Kawoosh, IWPR/Afghan Recovery Report

Time Running Out For NATO In Afghanistan: British General, Richard Norton-Taylor & David Batty, The Guardian

From the Bridge: Flying Across the Atlantic, Admiral James G. Stavridis, Allied Command Operations Blog

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Avatar: The New World, James Dyer, Empire Magazine

Backstory: Jodorowsky’s Dune, Simon Braund, Empire Magazine

The Age of Enhancement, David Edmonds, Prospect Magazine

Design Tools Mimic Nature For Stronger Products, Katie Scott, Wired UK

Monsters and Mentalities of the Renaissance, Bettine Bildhauer  Times Literary Supplement

Atrocious Normalcy, Adam Kirsch, The New Republic

Aftermath, Ben Brantley, New York Times

Megalopolisomancy, Annalee Newitz, Future Metro