No, you weren't hallucinating -- that was an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, right before Christmas, arguing for universal health insurance. The president of Johns Hopkins pointed out that the advent of genetic screening will make the old model of health insurance untenable, as insurance companies' business imperative to refuse service to people who test positive for major disorders clashes with society's moral imperative to provide health care for as broad a population as possible. "Genetic testing is health insurance's iceberg." The piece is online here. [Scott Rosenberg's Links & Comment]
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Metatags for Geographic Locations. GeoURL ICBM Address Server is a location-to-URL reverse directory. This will allow you to find URLs by their proximity to a given location. Find your neighbor's blog, perhaps, or the web page of the restaurants near you.

Add yourself to the database.

For an example, check for sites near New York City and San Francisco. You can also get an RSS feed: see New York City RSS and San Francisco RSS (the RSS has an attached XSL stylesheet, so if your browser supports it, you will actually be able to see a reasonable rendering.)

Why is it called an "ICBM Address?" Old Usenet historical precedent [Smart Mobs]

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