Technology imitates broadsheet

I know this has been all over the 'net, but it's too cool to let pass without note: newsmap takes the Google news page and arranges it in a way that clues you into the significance of each item. The more space an item is given, the greater the number of stories listed under it; the colour indicates the category (news, sports etc), while the shade tells you how recent it is. The placement on the page may also be of significance, but if so I haven't figured out what it is yet. One sobering note for Canadians, anxious about their significance in the world: that thin, unreadable sliver of orange is us, I'm afraid.