Once again an incident occurs which shows how the internet is changing the world. After the tsunami, news reports streamed in to websites and blogs the world over. That is expected, but then the really cool stuff started to happen. Amazon.com, among others, set up easy ways for people to donate money to the cause. Before the internet, if something like this happened, more people would not donate because of the trouble inherent in finding a valid charity to give to than would go through the trouble of finding one. Now it's as easy as checking your email to give to whichever group you want to. Another cool thing are various "missing" websites. In the past in a situation like it may have taken months to find information on your lost loved ones. With the web the process becomes sped up enormously.