PUBLIC MARKS from jasontromm with tag google

Once again, I find myself writing about issues that transcend partisanship and that go directly to the heart of our shared Americanism – what this word means and why this generation and those of our ancestors valued it so highly that they died by the collective millions to preserve it for themselves and bequeath it to those rarely mentioned in our own time – our "posterity."

Google Earth is by far the best source of geographic information on the web. Combined with the Flickrmap Geotagger you can easily add geographic information or "geotags" to your own Flickr photos.

It turns out that looking at the aggregation of billions of search queries people type into Google reveals something about our curiosity, our thirst for news, and perhaps even our desires. Considering all that has occurred in 2005, we thought it would be interesting to study just a few of the significant events, and names that make this a memorable year. (We’ll leave it to the historians to determine which ones are lasting and which ephemeral.) We hope you enjoy this selective view of our collective year.

A house with Christmas lights set to music by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra

With the Northern Hemisphere Autumn (aka Fall to our friends in North America) fast approaching, we are planning some trips to see the rich colour of autumnal foliage in as many areas of Britain as possible.