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I hadn't intended to do another blogpost so soon, but I had insomnia last night. Rather than rattle around in my bed bemoaning insomnia on a night when no one else I know seemed to be online, I thought I'd take the opportunity to finally lay down some belated conference catch-ups, and some related links.  [...]

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Regular readers might remember that I'm a bit fascinated by sewer tunnels, so they might not be surprised that I was interested to read this article on the subject of World Toilet Day, which is today. It's an annual campaign to remind people that many parts of the world still suffer from poor sanitation and [...]

So, it turns out my domain name expires tomorrow (August 3rd) — I thought I had another week to get it sorted out.

Help not hinder Haiti [Red Cross Blogs] – "Relieving suffering should be guided solely by need and not what people have to donate. Humanitarian aid should also ‘do no harm’. Quite a lot of harm is done when unwanted and unneeded fresh food items rot in piles at the airports and seaports, stopping medicines and [...]

Fan journalists and journalist fans [D Nye Everything] – "Sometimes progress is about acknowledging feelings and trying to minimise any lurch into stupidity they might drive." Been meaning to link to this for ages, just because that sentence is so good.

London 2010 [stml] – James has come up with another mad and wonderful project. Coincidentally enough, I very nearly pulled Keiller's film off the shelf yesterday — but ended up watching Prime Suspect instead.

In my quest to visit NotLondon this summer, Iwent to the seaside twice last week. I love the seaside. I've got a couple of posts to write up about my visits to Bexhill and Hastings (last Wednesday) and Frinton and Walton (last Saturday), but in the meantime, here's something completely different. A couple of interesting [...]

IMG MGMT: The Nine Eyes of Google Street View [Art Fag City] – I know this has been blogged by everyone ever, but that's because it's a really lovely, thoughtful piece, and as it happens, the images are all really good. Go read.