<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" ><channel><title>Newsvine - Matt Van Natta's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://selfunfocused.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - Matt Van Natta's Column - Articles and Seeds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2009</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 1 Apr 2008 03:39:17 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:14:04 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>MacBook for Earthquake Detection</title><description><![CDATA[Seismologist Elizabeth Cochran of the University of California at Riverside would like to use your MacBook's sensors to build an earthquake detection system.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Van Natta]]></dc:creator><link>http://selfunfocused.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/31/1402773-macbook-for-earthquake-detection</link><guid>http://selfunfocused.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/31/1402773-macbook-for-earthquake-detection</guid><category>science</category><category>wired</category><category>earthquake</category><category>network</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 Apr 2008 03:39:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Advocating the Role of the Editor in Bottom-Up Systems</title><description><![CDATA[Kevin Kelly of Wired magazine lays out his "heretical" notion that bottom-up systems require top-down controls to achieve excellence.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Van Natta]]></dc:creator><link>http://selfunfocused.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/13/1297601-advocating-the-role-of-the-editor-in-bottom-up-systems</link><guid>http://selfunfocused.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/13/1297601-advocating-the-role-of-the-editor-in-bottom-up-systems</guid><category>technology</category><category>networks</category><category>bottom-up</category><category>top-down</category><category>evolution</category><category>social-networks</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:57:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>RNC Reruns Failed Attack Ad</title><description><![CDATA[The RNC is threating to run a "weak on security" ad against members of Congress who do not support Bush's telecom immunity proposal. 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These models will be using a transmission system that is already slated for replacement.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Van Natta]]></dc:creator><link>http://selfunfocused.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/24/1252611-tesla-the-cars-are-coming-in-march-no-really</link><guid>http://selfunfocused.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/24/1252611-tesla-the-cars-are-coming-in-march-no-really</guid><category>technology</category><category>tesla</category><category>car</category><category>electric</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:27:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Engineered Mosquitoes Could Wipe Out Dengue Fever</title><description><![CDATA[Genetically modified mosquitoes could lower the transmission of Dengue, a disease that is passed to up to 100 million people a year.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Van Natta]]></dc:creator><link>http://selfunfocused.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/23/1249670-engineered-mosquitoes-could-wipe-out-dengue-fever</link><guid>http://selfunfocused.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/23/1249670-engineered-mosquitoes-could-wipe-out-dengue-fever</guid><category>science</category><category>mosquito</category><category>gm</category><category>genetic-engineering</category><category>dengue-fever</category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:22:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Are Amazon's Top Reviewers Corrupt?</title><description><![CDATA[The publishing industry solicits reviews from Amazon's top reviewers. 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In this piece, the Electronic Frontier Foundation gives their opinion of the bill and links to relevant sources.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Van Natta]]></dc:creator><link>http://selfunfocused.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/16/1232387-digital-theft-prevention-requirements-remain-in-higher-education-bill</link><guid>http://selfunfocused.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/16/1232387-digital-theft-prevention-requirements-remain-in-higher-education-bill</guid><category>politics</category><category>eff</category><category>piracy</category><category>higher-education</category><category>mpaa</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:26:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Malawi severs links with Taiwan</title><description><![CDATA[The country of Malawi, one of the few nations to have official ties to Taiwan, has announced the coming end of that relationship. 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