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Four short links for your Earth Day ruminations…

A first look at Ubuntu 11.04, code named “Natty Narwhal” from PCWorld.

IBM’s social computing guidelines. Some well-thought out guidelines for how to engage with social media.  And if you’re looking for comprehensive guidance for your organization’s policy, you can do much worse than starting here.

Spatial Humanities is a project of the Institute for Enabling Geospatial Scholarship directed by Bethany Noviskie.  It’s a gold mine of resources that explores the geographic ties to philosophy, theology, art, language, architecture and more. Make sure you read the Spatial Turn to get a sense of how new geospatial technologies are being used to ask old questions related to geography.

Lastly, in honor of Earth Day, the Yale Environmental Performance Index tracks 163 countries on 25 performance indicators to illustrate environmental public health and ecosystem vitality. And by the way, if you want to create your own mashup, the EPI data are available for download here.