Possible the coolest use of Google Earth I’ve seen yet (which is saying something), the Global Incident Map webpage is an automatically-updating visual representation of “terrorism and security incidents” worldwide. Not only is it a really slick application in it’s own right, it provides an excellent tool for (admittedly, limited-scope) pattern analysis. In some ways, it’s kind of an open-source intelligence analyst’s wet-dream. I’m highly impressed, as you can tell, and suspect you will be, as well. Bookmark this - heck, make it your browser’s home page; you know you want to.

(thanks to Tracey at the HSDLW)

Is there anything the blogosphere likes reading about more than, well, the blogosphere? Probably, but let’s pretend for a moment that reading blog posts about blogs and blogging is more than just narcissistic navel-gazing, and actually a, you know, legitimate and respectable hobby. That will, ideally, allow you to enjoy a recent Naval War College paper entitled “Live From the Front: Operational Ramifications of Military Web Logs in Combat Zones”.
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