While idly browsing a bit tonight before bed, I came across a war game linked on digg that runs inside Google Earth. I haven't had a chance to try it out yet, but the idea is a good one. From the limited info available without actually playing, it appears to be a RISK type game with the real world as the board. This seems like it could be a lot of fun, but I need to either get around to getting google earth running on my linux install or try it in windows and I don't have time now. If your bored, post in the comments and let me know what you think.
The informative part (some background):
Digg is a fairly popular "social bookmarking" site which allows anyone to post a link and caption. That post then makes it up to the front page by being promoted "dug" by other users. The net effect of this is that you (more or less) get the best pages showing on the digg homepage and the quality goes down from there. Worth a look if you are searching for a new website to explore.
Google Earth is a program that displays good quality satellite images of the world (sometimes good enough to see individual cars on the highway, depending on where you are looking) in 3d. It can be used to plan routes and will give you a "fly-over" of your trip if you enter the start and end addresses.
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