Robert Fisk: Six years in Guantanamo

"Sami al-Haj, an Al Jazeera cameraman, was beaten, abused and humiliated in the name of the war on terror. He tells our correspondent about his struggle to rebuild a shattered life.."
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Simple But Effective Map Design

Ever Wonder Where Your Favorite Album Cover Pictures Were Taken?

It's Album Atlas..

Maps of Georgia

Have a look at Georgia's location with respect to the Middle East. Is there any surprise that there's fighting there?

Google Earth Shows Cattle Aligned Along Magnetic Fields

Watching the Growth of Walmart Across America

This map is great.



A little high on the mouse mileage, though.
And why are the figures, zoom controls and dates so far away from each other?
Between trying to keep up with those things and watching the data symbols I feel like I'm watching a tennis match. There's a lot of unused space in the atlantic off Virginia Beach that would have been perfect for a nice, compact legend and data display.
But I like the way the symbols appear large and first, then slowly lose size and aplha value to give the user time to catch up - pretty nice..

BBC 2008 Olympics Map

And a bit on creating it..