Glen: For http://searchengineland.com/, try: http://libguides.edinboro.edu/content.php?pid=24267&sid=1431244 For *DuckDuckGo*: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/search-experience-duck-duck/ and http://searchengineland.com/library/duckduckgo (NB: SearchEngineLand http://searchengineland.com/ is a good, search industry site) The *"Invisible Web*": http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/InvisibleWeb.html UC-B Guide to Meta search engines: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/SearchEngines.html
-tom On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 9:25 AM, glen <[email protected]> wrote: > Marcus G. Daniels wrote at 08/29/2013 09:20 PM: > >> While I don't own an Android phone, and I have disdain for telephones >> (and other sorts of interruptions), I'd use up all my unused minutes all >> just to fill up their disk space. >> >> https://github.com/**WhisperSystems/RedPhone<https://github.com/WhisperSystems/RedPhone> >> > > Very cool. I won't have anyone to call, since nobody loves me. But I'll > use it ... maybe I can call myself when I buy a new phone! And while I'm > empathetic to your disdain for phones, you can't possibly be saying you > dislike slick, powerful, palm-sized computational devices. Especially with > apps like these: > > https://www.wuala.com/gepr/**public/Screenshot_2013-08-30-**08-17-01.png<https://www.wuala.com/gepr/public/Screenshot_2013-08-30-08-17-01.png> > https://www.wuala.com/gepr/**public/Screenshot_2013-08-30-**08-17-29.png<https://www.wuala.com/gepr/public/Screenshot_2013-08-30-08-17-29.png> > https://www.wuala.com/gepr/**public/Screenshot_2013-08-30-**08-19-11.png<https://www.wuala.com/gepr/public/Screenshot_2013-08-30-08-19-11.png> > > Re: prism-break - I've been trying to use DuckDuckGo for quite a long > time. I just can't break the google habit, though. I've tried to split my > searches between ddg, yahoo, and alpha. But the "search tools" feature on > google is what keeps me coming back. > > E.g. I saw _news_ of a recently published article on the relationship > between low gut biome genetic diversity and obesity. But like so much > "news", they don't go into any depth and don't properly cite their sources. > So, I tried using ddg to find the new articles. The top results were > decent, journal articles from 2011 and such. But in the end, I used > google, set the search for the past week, and sure enough, up it pops. > > I know it's bad form to ask for advice. So, I'll stop just short and say > that if anyone _does_ have advice for how to use ddg (or even yahoo for > yog's sake) to better effect, I'd be grateful. > > -- > =><= glen e. p. ropella > The shooting's easy if you've got the right gun > > ==============================**============================== > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe > http://redfish.com/mailman/**listinfo/friam_redfish.com<http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com> -- ========================================== J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA<http://www.analyticjournalism.com/> 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) Twitter: jtjohnson http://www.jtjohnson.com [email protected] ==========================================
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