Metroblogging Bangkok is a really interesting read. This guy’s moblogging the aftermath of the coup in Thailand.

Media clampdown in operation
Thailand could be facing serious media clampdowns in new rules proposed today.
Starting tomorrow, all media operators, including Internet media companies, will face immediate closure if they publish any news articles or comments which could be deemed a threat to Thailands national security and monarchy.
The Information Ministry invited all companies and operators to discuss cooperation methods in helping the government “to restrict, control, stop or destroy information deemed to affect the constitutional monarchy”.
Chief internet inspector Kritpong Rimcharonepak told reporters: “We seek their cooperation not to present articles, remarks, or information that will infringe the democratic reform under the constitutional monarchy. They can still present political comments on their media, but if anything goes wrong, the caretakers of those media must take responsibility.”

For more coverage, check out Christao’s Xanga, 19sep.blogspot.com, YouTube and the relevant Technorati tags.

This is a pretty interesting plug-in for iPhoto which makes the link between ‘the world’s greatest photo management software and the world’s favorite blogging platforms’, according to maker Daikini Software. I’ve made a couple of test posts here and it seems to work pretty well with WordPress. Daikini claims it also works with Movable Type™, TypePad™ and Blojsom.

The only bug I’ve discovered means that it doesn’t scale photos in a manner which respects their proportions. Still it’s only at version 1.1.1, and you can’t really complain for free.

It certainly speeds things up when photoblogging. Perhaps I’ll use this when travelling in the future.

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