If you need a little break from all the web 2.0 enthusiasm, kick back and enjoy the Richter Scales' rework of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire".

Thanks to Frederic Jean.

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People at Clear Ink are information junkies. I regularly read around 115 blogs and news sites. While I can't guarantee that this is totally healthy... I can tell you that it would be totally impossible without the use of RSS feeds. I know that RSS is still a scary sounding, geeky acronym for a lot of people so last year I wrote a post on how to Explain RSS the Oprah Way, but now the folks at The Common Craft Show have produced this fun, 5-minute, white-board cartoon to help new comers get acquainted with the basics.

Here's a link to the Clear Night Sky RSS feed if you want one to play with.

We recently completed the Destination Tacoma site for Autodesk. The site is full of videos and animations narrated by Pete Southwood that highlight the story of how the city of Tacoma used Autodesk Geospatial Solutions to modernize their city's entire mapping and data system. It includes a variety of "What if" scenarios explaining how Tacoma's GovME web site and other new tools can be used for tasks ranging from changing light bulbs to coordinating SWAT teams. There is also a time line that traces Tacoma's record keeping processes back to 1897.

It's great work by Mina Zinkosky, Courtney Malone, Amanda Mahan, Courtney Malone, Josh Ross, Pia Espinosa, Quiana Plump, Rivkah Medow, Ahmad Varoqua, Mark Celsor (no modesty here), Chris Blue, Allan Ballesteros, Michael Adcock and other folks from Clear Ink.

Check Out Destination Tacoma.

This is a hilarious, five and a half minute, comedy sketch about a fully web 2.0 compliant, Israeli, grocery store. The jokes are all internet, geek humor, but I imagine that you'll dig them if you are a regular reader of Clear Night Sky.

I found this video about a month ago (thanks to BoingBoing), but I thought it was worth a repost for people who may have missed it.