This is quite cool, for us news-junkies. I wish I had software, where I could make visual maps like this in terms of the documents and data on my computer, news stories on all sites, even more this blog. It would make my life all the more interesting and productive.

Well, at least it’s available somewhere. Until then, I’ll just hope for software that mirrors this!

First of all, this is both really cool, and really weird:

But I do wonder what the Navy could do with something like this.  Would it lead to more sophisticated anti-submarine warfare and listening devices?  What about secret communications (having fiber optic attached to the end that goes down, so it would snake to the ocean floor after the ‘flip’?

I would be curious to know. I wonder if the folks over at DoD have even THOUGHT about it.

One of the reasons I think I was so attracted to bellydance, and found it so fun, was that I lived in Hawaii, and I had learned hula as a little girl. So to see this fusion, and this new interest in taking hula dance as an art form rather than just a tourist attraction in Hawaii, means so much to me.  Polynesian dance deserves some more recognition!  I am so happy to see this video from the Bellydance Superstars.