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links for 2007-05-22

• Clarendon Area’s Urban Energy Helps Melt Midlife Ordeals Away | washingtonpost.com
  The rapidly urbanizing stretch of suburbia is becoming the place to move in Northern Virginia after a life-changing event, like divorce, the loss of a spouse, a cross-country move, kids moving out or parents dying.
  (tags: clarendon arlingtonva realestate)
• Local Explorer | washingtonpost.com
  Map information on recent area home sales, crime incidents, schools and more. Really nicely-done — It’s one of the most refined-looking Google Maps mashups I’ve seen. Kudos to the team that worked on this.
  (tags: washingtondc washpost googlemaps mashup crime realestate)
• Digg, Reddit, Netscape: The Wisdom of Crowds or Mob Rule? | Blogcritics
  (tags: via:hrheingold community psychology tagging web2.0)
• Save The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
  (tags: education environment reference humor via:rpongsaj)
• Editors Explore Recent Redesigns at Major Web Sites | Editor and Publisher
  When you’ve got one of the largest, most successful newspaper Web sites in the country (and the world), making major changes to your homepage can be a big roll of the dice.
  (tags: webdesign journalism onlinenews washpost latimes usatoday)
• Vrontikis Design Office
  (tags: portfolio design webdesign flash inspiration via:pcompton)
• 6 milliards d’Autres, 6 billion Others, 6 miliardi di Altri – A Yann Arthus-Bertrand project
  Personal interviews about a range of subjects.
  (tags: video community interview world photography flash via:nelsonhsu)