Launching today is Guardian Abroad, a new Guardian site, designed to be a “home away from home” for expats. Very Web 2.0, there listings of blogs, lots of interaction, as well as original content, such as a rather nice piece about a British farmer relocating to France, and a small piece by yours truly about How could you live in Bangkok?

Declaration of interest – I work for the Guardian and know the people responsible for the project – hi Anna – but I do think it could develop into a nice little community…

A group of clearly and openly rightwing UK (well actually probably London) bloggers is started what looks like a seriously funded internet TV politics channel, 18 Doughty Street, which as Channel 4 points out (looking rather worried, as well they might be) isn’t subject to the same regulation as broadcast TV. They say they will be openly right wing but open to other voices – so it will be interesting to see how it works out …

And will there be a broadly leftwing equivalent?

To get @ you hit ALT and CONTROL and à (which is where zero is on an English keyboard).

A note to myself to the future, so I won’t again have to interrupt the woman at the next computer while she’s simulating a silent orgasm for the boyfriend at the other end of the webcam. Well I suppose it is a bar….