The Facebook Globe

Facebook is now the world’s number one social network, and being number one sure looks pretty. A group of engineers at Facebook have put together Project Palantir, an animated globe showing all the interactions on the social network in real time. Imagine the view from space as 120 million people throw supersonic flaming sheep at each other across the curve of the Earth.

Palantir isn’t live yet, but Facebook is thinking about rolling it out. Which spark are you?

(Via Michael Arrington.)

Happy 20th Birthday, Tricia!

For years, this young avant-garde artist has shared her talent with the world through Creative Commons. Now that she’s more actively employing the advanced photo-sharing capabilities of Flickr, her work flies even higher in a widgetized world. Happy 20th birthday to Filipina photographer and model Tricia Gosingtian.